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    Trustees aim to eliminate energy

    By Colonious Monk
    Oat Press Son

    The Town of Carbondale has decided to up the ante in its efforts to lower greenhouse-gas emissions by banning all electricity in town over the next decade. The environmentally conscious community has long aspired to do its part in combating climateread more →

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    Basalt annexes Carbondale

    By Megalodon Toothless
    The Midvalley Moon

    In a surprise move, the Town of Basalt has successfully annexed Carobondale.

    Basalt Town Manager Ryan Mahoney described the move as “a long time coming,” adding that town officials have long resented Carbondale’s claim on the 81623 zipread more →

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    Invisible, but not indivisible

    By Billy Petitebranche
    Clarence Chronicle

    A proposal to holographically conceal everything beyond Gunnison County Road 3 from the outside world has fractured the Marble community.

    “The first rule of Marble is don’t talk about Marble,” sculptor Greg Tonozzi told The Sopris Sun with aread more →

  • Locations: News Published

    A struggling valley looks to its river

    As snow continues to pile up high in the West Elk Mountains, something new is going on at their feet in the North Fork Valley.

    Western Slope SUP, a river outfitting service in Hotchkiss, is preparing to offer the first-ever guided whitewater rafting tour onread more →

  • Locations: Obituaries Published

    Obituary: Tim Moore

    Thomas (Tim) G. Moore, 79, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at home in Carbondale.

    Affectionately known as Tim to many, he was a true gentleman with a great sense of humor.

    Tim was in the first class at Colorado Rocky Mountain High School in Carbondale.read more →

  • Locations: Obituaries Published

    Obituary: Annie Markham

    Annette Markham (Annie) passed away in Carbondale on Feb. 18, 2019 at the age of 94.

    Born to Peter and Ruth Glasier, she grew up on a farm near Denver.  After graduating from East High School, she earned her degree in English Literature from McPherson College. She… read more →

  • Locations: Obituaries Published

    Obituary: Ronald “Ron” Anthony Gilcrest

    December 26, 1932 – January 18, 2019

    Ronald Anthony Gilcrest passed away on January 18, 2019. He had a passion for pickleball and even played several games the morning of his death in Green Valley, Arizona. Ron was small in stature but huge on heart and humor andread more →

  • Locations: Letters Published

    A crisis of character

    Dear Editor: Each and every day, we take for granted the beauty and abundance of our lives, all provided to us by a generous planet. Despite us, somehow, this planet we live on is able to sustain life, able to work in mysterious ways, and I love the mystery. Many…… read more →
  • Locations: Letters Published

    Gaining the world; losing the self

    Dear Editor:

    My name is Sandra Lopez, the person who took sanctuary in Carbondale for 10 months. Thank you very much to my community, and to the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist congregation.  Thanks to all of you, I kept my family together and was protectedread more →

  • Locations: Letters Published

    National political dysfunction

    Dear Editor:

    I am a U.S. Citizen, living in Colorado, but I expect all of my senators to hear my plea.

    I have contacted every single senator in every state in our Union and I expect compliance to and with our Constitution.read more →