Stefano Da Frè — a local filmmaker and president and CEO of Rosso Films International, along with his business partner Laura Pellegrini, has taken on a new endeavor with Coventure in Carbondale after recently finishing a TV pilot for Netflix Italy which follows “Stolen Dough” titled “A Slice of The Family Business.” “Stolen Dough” was […]
October 2025
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Dr. Casey Bowen provides alternative options for infertility
Casey Bowen, a longtime Carbondale resident and naturopathic doctor, has returned to her practice, joining Dr. Hilary Back at Back to Balance in Carbondale after taking a few years’ hiatus to focus on growing her own family. Dr. Bowen looks forward to working with families in the Valley who are looking to either start or […]
Posted inLocal Government
Habitat’s Carter condos filling affordability void in Roaring Fork Valley’s tight housing market
The high cost of housing in the Roaring Fork Valley hit home for Glenwood Springs city employee Jacob Zook as soon as he got the rent increase notice for his free-market apartment on Wulfsohn Road at The Meadows. “I was not able to afford it, so I was pretty desperately looking for other options,” said […]
Posted inEnvironment
Spring Valley Ranch strikes (out) again
A proposed substantial amendment to the Spring Valley Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD) on more than 5,900 acres, east of Glenwood Springs, seems to have met its match with local resistance. On Oct. 27, in a surprise move, Spring Valley Holdings LLC (SVH) withdrew the PUD amendment and rezoning application for the controversial mega-development. In […]
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Scuttlebutt
‘Ghost, Goblins, & Ghouls’Sage pianist Clay Boland Jr. has pulled together a new Halloween-themed album called “Ghosts, Goblins, & Ghouls: A Halloween Introduction to the Instruments of the Orchestra” featuring the works of Bach, Scarlatti, Grieg, Chopin, Shostakovich and MacDowell. Louis Girardot spiced it up with digital editing and some special effects. The project is […]
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Letters – Oct. 30, 2025
Re: BrunoI am writing in response to Mr. Kirchenwitz’s letter last week. I do not know what his “not fit for print” t-shirt said, but did gather from the tone of his letter that he does not appreciate counter views. I remember a time when civil discourse with one’s political opposition was the norm, especially […]
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Historiography: We shall fall as the leaves
The Meeker Massacre, as it is known in Colorado history, was the final straw for the U.S. Government in its territorial struggle with the Ute tribes, leading to expulsion from their Colorado homeland. Famously, the “Meeker Incident” as it’s referred to by the Utes, culminated in a small band of rebels taking women and children […]
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Theater Review: Local activism is changing the game
Carolyn Clough and Janelle Togno are changing the game in local activism and putting their money where their mouth is by doing something about their personal pain caused by war and our government, not just complaining about it. The Haunted House of Representatives, Located at a private residence just up the Crystal River from Carbondale, […]
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Un vampiro sabio te da el mejor consejo de desamor
Un vampiro milenario comparte su perspectiva sobre el amor eterno… y las rupturas pasajeras Más de Sergio Manto