I kept looking over my shoulder during the opening act of the Garfield County Fair’s Saturday night concert. Between songs by musician David Nail, I’d give a glance to the northwest to check on the smoke plume from the state’s largest wildfire this season: at the time a 100,000-acre behemoth called the Lee Fire. Red […]
September 2025
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Literate Life: ‘That’s impossible!’
When I was 12 I was talking with my mom at the dining table. Suddenly she looked up, stood up and said, “Mother?” She asked me, “Did you hear that?” I’d heard nothing. “I hear my mother calling my name!” she said. She walked around the house, upstairs, out front. My maternal grandparents lived about […]
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Paul Limbach
October 14, 1947 – July 15, 2025 Former Colorado State Beekeepers Association president and second-generation commercial beekeeper Paul Limbach of Silt departed Earth on July 15, 2025. He battled cancer for 23 years. Born Oct. 14, 1947 to Genevieve Irene Cassidy Limbach and William Edmond Limbach in a one-room house in Grand Valley (Parachute), Colorado, […]
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ValleyOrtho announces revolutionary ACL procedure
Earlier this summer, ValleyOrtho announced that Tomas Pevny, MD, was using a relatively new procedure that involved using an implant – trade name BEAR (Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration) – to repair torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) in knees. ValleyOrtho, based at Valley View Hospital (VVH) in Glenwood Springs, also has branch clinics in Aspen, Willits, Eagle […]
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George Salem Abraham
April 4, 2003 – September 2, 2025 With great sorrow, we share the loss of our beloved son and brother, George Salem Abraham, at the age of 22. Services will be private at the request of his family. Cremation arrangements are under the care of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian. George was born to Salem […]
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Livier Cruz: ‘I’ve been able to flourish’
This Sol del Valle interview has been translated for English readers. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Livier Cruz is an artist, puppeteer and creator. Originally from Mexico City, she has lived and studied in Spain. Today, the Valley is her home and the stage where she has found the […]
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Mark Otto Hockmeyer
October 1951 – Sept. 3, 2025 Mark passed away on Sept. 3 in Pueblo West, Colorado, succumbing to various medical problems. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts to Vincent and Patricia Hockmeyer, the family moved to Andover a few years later. Mark was a standout hockey player throughout his public school years. His high school team went […]
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Steadman Philippon awarded nearly $1 million from DoD for clinical study
On Sept. 1, the Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) was awarded a $962,977 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a year-long clinical study into improving treatments for osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. The study will focus on the use of microscopic particles in the body, known as extracellular vesicles, and be conducted […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Highway 6 fatalityFriends and family of 23-year-old Derrik Romero-Evans celebrated his life during a memorial in Montrose on Aug. 23. The young man was killed after being struck by a vehicle while working with a road crew on Highway 6 near Glenwood Springs on Aug. 11, according to a Sept. 11 article in the Post […]
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Mature Content: Another last chance
You’ll be reading this towards the end of the Jewish month of Elul, a few days before Rosh Hashonah (the universe’s birthday) and maybe two weeks before Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). The 10 days between are called “The Ten Days of Awe.” Here’s how these 39-days work. Yom Kippur, a day of fasting […]