Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach and a substitute teacher at several Roaring Fork School District schools. The Roaring Fork High School varsity boys soccer team picked up a pair of wins over the past week to move to 2-1 on the young season. The Rams hosted […]
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RFSD Report: Mill levy override question going before school district voters in Nov. 3 election
Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach and a substitute teacher at several Roaring Fork School District schools. Voters in the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) communities of Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs will decide whether to offset state funding decreases with a local mill levy override. The […]
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Impuesto de bomberos de Glenwood irá a votación
Los votantes de la ciudad de Glenwood Springs se unirán a los votantes del Distrito Rural de Bomberos de Glenwood para decidir si aumentan los impuestos sobre la propiedad en $3.6 millones para apoyar los servicios de respuesta ante incendios y los servicios médicos de emergencia. El Concejo Municipal, durante su reunión ordinaria del 20 […]
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Glenwood Report: Council forwards fire mill levy question to voters for Nov. 3 election
Glenwood Springs city voters will join voters in the Glenwood Rural Fire District in deciding whether to raise property taxes by $3.6 million to support fire response and emergency medical services. City Council, at its regular Aug. 20 meeting, voted 6-0 (with Councilor Mitchell Weimer absent) to place the question before voters at the Nov. […]
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Fall sports season off and running
Roaring Fork High School made its return to the varsity football ranks after a year’s hiatus, facing off against a tough Gunnison team at home on Aug. 21. The Rams held their own defensively for much of the first quarter, during which the Cowboys were beset by several offensive penalties. However, once the Class 2A […]
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Fall sports kicks off with return of Friday night lights football in Carbondale
Varsity football is officially back at Roaring Fork High School, and the gridiron is where the 2026-27 prep sports season begins as the Rams take on Gunnison this Friday, Aug. 21, 7pm at Rams Field in Carbondale. “We’ve really been hyping it up and are trying to get a big crowd out there for our […]
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Glenwood presentará demanda contra el propietario del inmueble donde opera ICE
El Concejo votó 6-1 a favor de presentar una demanda ante el Tribunal de Distrito de Colorado contra el propietario privado del inmueble donde opera ICE, JG Housing Solutions, LLC, por permitir que continúe la operación del centro de detención
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Cavern Springs residents moving forward with mobile home park purchase
The families who call the Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park home are being lauded for their “can-do” perseverance, leading to yet another likely success story in the push toward resident-owned parks in the Roaring Fork Valley. After an extensive fundraising effort over the course of just a few months earlier this year, residents of the […]
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Glenwood Report: Council votes 6-1 to pursue legal action against ICE facility landlord
A packed house greeted the Glenwood Springs City Council at its Aug. 6 regular meeting, as citizen activists lined up demanding, again, that the City take enforcement action against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in West Glenwood. Council ultimately voted 6-1 to file suit in Colorado District Court against ICE’s private […]
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New school district staff housing project slated for El Jebel
The Roaring Fork School District hopes to take the first step toward fulfilling its goal to secure another 300 units of staff housing over the next 10 years through a partnership with a Colorado affordable housing developer. Earlier this year, the district selected Colorado Rural Homes to carry forward a plan to build 60 homes […]