Editor’s note:KDNK Community Access Radio and Sol del Valle are collaborating on an investigative news series regarding the death of Ramon Chacon. This is the first part of that series, which has been made possible due to a grant from the Colorado Media Project. Rifle resident Ramon Chacon, 42, died on April 29, 2024, after […]
May 2026
Posted inLocal Government
Basalt Report: Homestead residents brace for summer traffic
A neighborhood advisory committee consisting of residents along Homestead Drive has been working with the Basalt Police Department (BPD) and Town Staff to address traffic and parking concerns ahead of this year’s summer season. However, after two monitoring periods, Town Staff has yet to gather sufficient data to make a policy decision and intends to […]
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Carbondale Report: Stagnant, growing or mature?
Downtown Colorado, Inc. comes to town to talk shop with businesses and government Out-of-town experts came to Carbondale this week to discuss — and potentially improve — the downtown. Denver-based Downtown Colorado, Inc., an organization founded in 1982 with the goal of helping to get downtowns “where they need to be,” spoke with the Board […]
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Schools honor longtime retiring bus driver brothers
They’re his “bus kids” for life, whether they’re still in school today or the parent or grandparent he drove around 40-some years ago. That’s how longtime Roaring Fork School District bus driver and former Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling thinks of all the students he’s driven to and from school, sporting events and field trips. […]
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Power goes out in Glenwood, party’s on in Carbondale
Bonedale receives 2,000 more visitors due to Glenwood Springs’ power outage, data shows Carbondale Beer Works poured more taps. Sopris Liquor and Wine scanned more bottles and cases. Peppino’s Pizza eventually had to turn away customers. “We sold 30 to 40% more pizzas,” Peppino’s employee Andrew Gillies said. “We sold so much, we ran out […]
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Scuttlebutt
Shoshone water A Western Slope coalition last week gained a major step toward securing local water rights tethered to the Shoshone Hydroelectric Facility just east of Glenwood Springs on the Colorado River. The Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Coalition & Campaign announced on May 22 they secured $40 million in funding from the U.S. Bureau of […]
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Letters – May 28, 2026
Correction: Near New sales are reportedly down an average of $200 to $300 per day from last year, not per week as stated in last week’s article. GenderingLast week, you wrote an article about the Bonedale skatepark where you interviewed my brother, Zeb Burger. My family loved the article and everyone is excited about the […]
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Dig a Little Deeper: The politics of amnesia
Government is a core pillar of local, state, national and global society. We trust it to make and enforce rules and responsibly spend tax dollars. We rely on it to operate core functions for health, safety and finance. We ask it to provide additional services that enhance our quality of life. We elect representatives to […]
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La muerte de Ramon Chacon sigue sin resolverse dos años después
El residente de Rifle, Ramon Chacon, de 42 años, murió el 29 de abril de 2024 después de ser atropellado por un vehículo dentro de los límites de la ciudad sobre la autopista Highway 13. El 21 de mayo de 2026, la oficial de información pública del Departamento de Policía de Rifle, Angela Mills, declaró que el caso se considera “cerrado e inactivo”.
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Por qué un grupo de parteras de Colorado está demandando a los reguladores estatales
Julianne Guy presenció por primera vez un parto en casa en una aldea de la Guatemala rural durante su estancia en el Cuerpo de Paz en la década de 1980. Entabló amistad con la partera de la aldea, una mujer indígena maya que hablaba principalmente kaqchikel, quien comenzó a llevar a Guy con ella a […]