On Friday, Aug. 16, Governor Jared Polis appointed Carbondale cattle rancher Tai Jacober to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission. Selected to represent agricultural producers west of the Continental Divide, Jacober intends to bring the concerns of ranchers in the Roaring Fork Valley to Denver and find a balance between Colorado’s booming recreation economy […]
September 2024
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Stepping Stones celebrates10 years of community support
On Sept. 27, from 5 to 8pm, Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley will celebrate a full decade of serving and empowering local youth. In 2014, the organization opened its doors at 1010 Garfield Avenue to address essential needs in Carbondale and surrounding communities. This started with dinners, showers, laundry facilities and a safe, […]
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A Way Out’s Fall Symposium to address substance abuse and trauma
Carbondale-based nonprofit A Way Out will hold its annual fall symposium at The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) on Oct. 3 from 8am to 1pm. The event will offer insights into substance use disorders and mental health and feature a lineup of notable speakers who will address addiction and trauma recovery. Founded in 2014, A […]
Posted inSports
Rams Report: Football, volleyball suffer home losses; soccer wins
The thrill of victory to open the season just a week prior quickly gave way to the agony of defeat at home for the Roaring Fork High School football team. After winning their first varsity game in two years at Ellicott on Aug. 30, the Roaring Fork boys were outsized against a well-prepared Yuma team […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Speak for the treesThe Carbondale Tree Board is seeking 20 volunteers to help update the Town’s Tree Inventory, which includes all trees in the public right-of-way, 19 parks and other public spaces. Volunteers will be trained in updating and documenting the over 3,000 trees that form Carbondale’s canopy. There are also five open volunteer positions […]
Posted inLocal Government
Basalt Report: Bear incidents the highest in five years
Prior to this week’s regular meeting, the Town Council held a public work session with the citizen-run Basalt Affordable Community Housing (BACH) group. During this session, Town Planning Director Michelle Thibeault presented BACH’s 2025 plan to improve housing availability and address market difficulties in Basalt. Based on information gathered from a community housing needs assessment […]
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Carbondale Report: Community housing inclusionary requirements revisited
Tuesday’s meet saw all trustees in attendance and a packed agenda. First, a consent agenda was unanimously approved, including accounts payable, meeting minutes and support for a grant application requesting $650,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado for the new pool. Trustee Jess Robison recused herself from an item appointing her father, Jack Wheeler, as well as […]
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Carbondale Chamber invites locals to annual Business Confluence
On Sept. 18, the Third Street Center will play host to the Carbondale Business Confluence, an annual event presented by the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Andrea Stewart, president and CEO of the Chamber, said that the Confluence Event has developed over time to better serve the needs of Chamber members, and she’s proud of what […]
Posted inObituaries
Petra Crimmel
February 1, 1973 – August 13, 2024 Five years ago, Petra proved to the world something that no one ever doubted, but somehow forgot. Even in the throes of treatments, Petra could still be found running clinics, playing doubles, organizing tournaments and meeting and greeting guests at the courts. She also got in some skiing […]
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Works in Progress
Verge: An ode to time spent outdoorsBy Annalise Grueter “I am — really am — an extremist, one who lives and loves by choice far out on the very verge of things,on the edge of the abyss, where this world falls off into the depths of another. That’s the way I like it.” – Edward […]