In mid-January, The Sopris Sun received an anonymous tip from a resident at the Crystal Meadows retirement community describing that a neighbor’s truck had been broken into. Several days later, a Carbondale Police press release detailed multiple break-ins of vehicles and residences at River Valley Ranch. This followed another press release from mid-December about the […]
Ken Pletcher
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Normas y cortesía para la seguridad en los autobuses escolares
Comienza un nuevo año y los estudiantes han regresado a clases. No hay mejor momento, entonces, para refrescar la memoria sobre la seguridad alrededor de los autobuses escolares cuando los alumnos suben o bajan — especialmente ahora, con las condiciones de manejo más desafiantes del invierno. Primero, la ley estatal. Los conductores que circulan en […]
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School bus safety rules and etiquette
It is a new year, and students are back in school. What better time, then, to refresh our memories on school-bus safety when students are getting on or off — especially now, with winter’s more challenging driving conditions? First, the state law. Drivers in either direction on a road or street must stop no closer […]
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CPW busca la opinión pública sobre la estrategia de conservación y manejo de castores
A mediados de noviembre, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) publicó el borrador de su “Estrategia de Manejo y Conservación de Castores” (“Estrategia del Castor”) e invitó al público a revisarlo y comentarlo. Según el Resumen Ejecutivo del documento, el propósito de la estrategia es “aumentar y mantener la prevalencia de los castores y los humedales […]
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CPW seeks public input on beaver conservation and management strategy
In mid-November, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released the draft of its “Beaver Management and Conservation Strategy” (“Beaver Strategy”) study and invited the public to review and comment on it. As stated in the document’s Executive Summary, the strategy’s purpose “is to increase and sustain the prevalence of beaver and beaver-influenced wetlands in suitable habitats […]
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Medicare Advantage dropped in Garfield County
In early October, Grand Junction-based Rocky Mountain Health Plans, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare (UHC), informed its customers that UHC would no longer be offering any Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for Garfield and other western Colorado counties. UHC was the only insurer providing MA plans in Garfield. Some backgroundMedicare, federal health insurance for senior citizens (ages […]
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Election reflections (among other musings)
On the first Monday of November – Election Day eve – my father would have turned 100. Election Day frequently fell on his birthday over his almost 87 years. He took voting very seriously, as did my mother (who would have been 99 in August), and they instilled in my sister and me a deep […]
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Second No Kings rally set for Oct. 18
Saturday, Oct. 18, is the date for the second nationwide No Kings event this year. Locally, the rally will be in downtown Glenwood Springs. It is being organized by Carbondale-based Mountain Action Indivisible (MAI), which is affiliated with the national Indivisible organization. MAI volunteer Pat Morrissy — acting as the group’s press contact — told […]
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KDNK to host NPR’s Kirk Siegler at the Crystal Theatre
Carbondale community access radio station KDNK will play host to award-winning broadcast journalist Kirk Siegler, National Public Radio’s (NPR) national correspondent for the West, at the Crystal Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 6:30pm. Longtime Roaring Fork Valley journalist Amy Hadden Marsh will moderate a discussion with Siegler, after which there will be a question-and-answer […]
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ValleyOrtho announces revolutionary ACL procedure
Earlier this summer, ValleyOrtho announced that Tomas Pevny, MD, was using a relatively new procedure that involved using an implant – trade name BEAR (Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration) – to repair torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) in knees. ValleyOrtho, based at Valley View Hospital (VVH) in Glenwood Springs, also has branch clinics in Aspen, Willits, Eagle […]