Transporte, medio ambiente y comunidad: conoce las principales noticias del Valle del Roaring: demoras en la Carretera 133, comidas gratuitas para jóvenes, el futuro de Nutrient Farms, el regreso del Uinta Basin Railway, advertencias sobre alces y un ataque en Boulder. Carretera 133 El Departamento de Transporte de Colorado está sellando secciones de la Carretera […]
June 2025
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Daniel Torres: Vivir para escribir lo vivido | Poesía y reflexión
Daniel Torres, poesía y reflexión, escritor latino comparte su visión sobre la poesía como una forma de liberar emociones profundas y conectar con experiencias humanas universales. Su escritura es tan honesta como diversa: del amor al desarraigo, de la protesta a la esperanza. ¿De donde nace el interés por la poesía? Creo que el camino […]
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Eventos comunitarios en el Valle del Roaring | Junio 2025
Conoce los eventos comunitarios en español del 6 al 14 de junio en el Valle del Roaring. Desde espectáculos de magia y cine familiar hasta fiestas benéficas, lectura y mercados. ¡Diversión para toda la familia! VIERNES 6 DE JUNIOILUSIÓN MENTALLa Wheeler Opera House da la bienvenida a Santiago Michel, un mentalista reconocido, para un espectáculo […]
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RFSD Report: Bidding adieu to 2024-2025, and prepping for next school year
Last month, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) announced new school leaders, reviewed district policies, recognized departing high school graduates and navigated public tensions. Busy agendas marked a year of challenges, changes and resilience. On May 6, RFSD announced two additional assistant principal hires, following earlier administration appointments made in late March and early April. […]
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Lindholm defies Alcatraz lore with a little help from a friend
Soren Lindholm is akin to a legend in the making. After facing what might curtail most, he picked up where he started, reinventing the wheel so he could once again fly fast through air, snow and water. “I came to love swimming because I grew up in the summers spending time in the Northwoods in […]
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Maddie Lucks first to represent Roaring Fork High School Speech and Debate Team at Nationals
Editor’s note: Gus Richardson was a member of the speech team for three years, including as the captain of interpretation events for one year. Roaring Fork High School’s (RFHS) Speech and Debate Team has had a storied past. Pre-pandemic, the team was doing just swell — attending local conferences and meets, but not going too […]
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Community rallies to revive RFHS greenhouse and garden
Editor’s note: I, Raleigh Burleigh, was a student at Roaring Fork High School and in its inaugural agriculture-biology class in 2011. The experience gave me a connection with several local elders in sustainability, as well as a greater appreciation for the wisdom of plants. In the year 2010, Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) — with […]
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It’s not just about the books
My name is Jocelyn Durrance. I was a librarian for 30 years. I joined the Garfield County Public Library Board in March 2020. Things were good. Board meetings ran smoothly. Library board trustees included an attorney, a single Latina mom with high school aged children, a 30-year retired librarian and a Parachute resident with years […]
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Seeking Haystacks: Part of ‘the good fight’
My class recently came to our house for the end-of-the-year dinner. It is always a tender time as we get to appreciate them for what they have done, what they have given us and who they are! We ate, marveling at a large bull snake that seemed to want to share our burritos, and then […]
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Fatherhood retreat invites introspection
Consciously or not, most people are at least partially defined by their relationship to a father figure, or lack thereof. Fathers have much to teach us about how to responsibly engage with the world. Sometimes, we’re inadvertently left with emotional wounds to heal. Kyle Jason Leitzke came upon a trove of sentiments when he poised […]