¿Qué significa estar en movimiento perpetuo? El mes pasado acepté una residencia artística en Fruita, Colorado con otros tres artistas. El edificio donde estamos hospedados solía ser una iglesia Católica pero ahora se ha renovado para ser una vivienda de alquiler de corto plazo llamado Our Lady of Perpetual Motion (Nuestra Señora del Movimiento Perpetuo).Al […]
January 2024
Posted inLocal Government
Carbondale Report: Pickleball association secures new courts, other action
All trustees were present during the regular meeting on Jan. 23, with Luis Yllanes joining by Zoom. The meeting began with swift approval of the consent agenda, which included appointment of Allison Cryns to the Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commission; an annual scope of work for the bikeshare program with the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, […]
Posted inChalkbeat Colorado
Colorado se convierte en uno de los primeros en emplear a un profesor encarcelado
Por Jason Gonzales y Charlotte West Traducción por Alejandra X. Castañeda Esta historia es un reporte realizado en colaboración con Open Campus. Una tarde a finales de noviembre, frente al salón de clases lleno de estudiantes, David Carrillo se paró en un pequeño podio y les hizo preguntas a 17 estudiantes sobre terminología macroeconómica. Durante […]
Posted inNoticias
Fideicomisarios de Carbondale dicen que el próximo paso en la respuesta a los migrantes podría ser eliminar gradualmente los servicios
Por Andrea Teres-MartinezTraducción por Edgar Barrantes Los fideicomisarios de Carbondale se reunieron el martes, 16 de enero, para discutir planes futuros para su respuesta a los aproximadamente 150 inmigrantes recién llegados de Venezuela.A partir de noviembre, la ayuda a los inmigrantes del pueblo ha consistido en encontrar y abrir dos refugios temporales y lanzar un […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
X-stangFor the first time ever, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Bustang will partner with X Games and Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) to provide a travel option for fans traveling from Denver to the X Games in Aspen through Sunday, Jan. 28. The Bustang West Line goes from Denver’s Union Station to Glenwood Springs five […]
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With rising fentanyl threat, CPD chief urges community awareness
The fentanyl statistics are alarming — especially for teens.In 2022, an average of 22 adolescents aged 14 to 18 died weekly in the United States due to drug overdoses. Fentanyl in counterfeit pills is identified as a significant contributor to this alarming trend.The rate of adolescent overdoses more than doubled from 2019 to 2020 and […]
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Carbondale peace activist, Mennonite leader takes Gaza ceasefire message to D.C.
While local peace activists were preparing to rally in Glenwood Springs over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, one Carbondale woman was acting out her faith-based views inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.Katrina Toews, who helps lead the Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship, took part in a hymn sing sit-in for peace […]
Posted inYouth News
School District introduces ‘delayed start’ option
Editor’s note: Gus Richardson is a student at Roaring Fork High School. Thursday, Jan. 18, marked Roaring Fork School District’s (RFSD) first attempt at implementing its new “delayed start” protocol, intended for days when there are hazardous road conditions but that aren’t dreadful enough to call a snow day.The idea is for RFSD to have […]
Posted inOpinion
Senior X Games
Editor’s note: This column was originally printed in the short-lived Roaring Fork Weekly Journal. Watching X Games always keeps me cringing in anticipation of the next serious wreck. While everyone enjoys and appreciates extreme feats of strength and agility, it’s hard to watch healthy young people take such dangerous risks with someone inevitably sustaining serious, […]
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CVEPA Views: Winter of ‘83 stampede
The breaking of branches and the thunder of hooves struck trepidation in my heart. The fading light of December dusk made the scene even more surreal. My girlfriend and I were directly in the path of a stampede of about 50 elk! The snow was so deep and the autumn so cold that the elk […]