Literacy Outreach is in its 40th year of community empowerment. The organization has been facilitating development of literacy skills since 1985, based on the belief that the ability to read is an essential survival skill. Literacy Outreach believes that illiteracy holds people back from their full potential, and that improving reading skills allows them to […]
July 2026
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Nearly 3,000 pounds of rotting meat discovered in former Basalt meat shop after foreclosure
Meat removal is not listed in most contractors’ business repertoire. But Two Man Crew, Inc. could very well add that to its resume — along with carpentry, drywall, paint, construction and the other, more typical focuses of the general contractor — after the company removed nearly 1.5 tons of rotting meat allegedly left in a […]
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The Art Base going strong at 30
On Aug. 15, The Art Base in Basalt will celebrate 30 years of operation, education and creativity at its annual pARTy, where attendees can expect to dress in Oscar-themed attire and view and bid on its “10×10 Name Unseen” auction. Celebrations for this milestone have been taking place since May, when the nonprofit held a […]
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Checking out the Bells
Picture the scene: Friends from out of town are visiting the Roaring Fork Valley for the first time and you’ve offered to show them around. The first place that comes to mind is Maroon Bells. It’s an obvious choice. They are, after all, among the most beautiful and most photographed landscapes in the Rocky Mountains. […]
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Town weighs housing needs, supports development on Emma Road
During this week’s meeting, Basalt Town Council was presented with a final report from the City of Aspen estimating that Basalt will need an additional 299 units of housing over the next 10 years in order to keep up with regional growth. In addition, the council unanimously and eagerly approved the first reading of the […]
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Carbondale Report: Community urges Town to withdraw from SPEAR
Five Carbondale community members urged the Carbondale Board of Trustees on Tuesday to withdraw from Special Problems Enforcement and Response (SPEAR), a local interagency task force that has been accused of working with Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE). At the heart of their argument was the potential for data sharing between the task force and […]
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Curated Calendar – July 30 to Aug. 8
THURSDAY, JULY 30 TIE-DYE FOR TEENSTeens and tweens, ages 10-18, are invited to tie-dye bandannas at the Carbondale Library at 2:15pm. Participants are encouraged to bring their own clothing to tie-dye as well. ‘GROUNDSWELL’350 Roaring Fork screens “Groundswell,” a film about regenerative agriculture at 5pm in the Carbondale Library. GALERIE MAXIMILLIANGalerie Maximillian (602 East Cooper […]
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Seeking fire
I remember my father weeping when President Kennedy was shot. For a 12-year-old to see their father weep uncontrollably — a bomber pilot who in 87 missions had seen the world’s pain, a man who in that darkness loved quoting the soaring idealism of Don Quixote — was wrenching and bewildering. He was heartsick. Kennedy […]
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Cosmic Chatter: In the thick of change
We are in the thick of it — worldwide change, political extinction burst, restructuring of communities and ultimately a scarcely-seen rebirth. There is near daily exposure of unbalanced power and egregious abuse as the oligarchs extend themselves, forcing an economic model that is rapidly becoming obsolete. After 250 years of a nation opposed to monarchy […]
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Some thoughts on James Bogan, Richard Louv and childhood freedom
Pitkin County’s progress in piecing together the Redstone to McClure Pass trail has got me thinking about the fundamental importance of muscle-powered travel options to the human psyche. One-hundred-thirty-six years ago, James Bogan was paid the princely sum of $1,750 to construct a wagonroad from Penny Hot Springs to the Gunnison County line. The surviving […]