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 […]
Ken Pletcher
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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 […]
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Revel Bikes and Miller roll again
An April 17 email from Revel Bikes’ senior management stating that the Carbondale-based company was going out of business sent shockwaves throughout the cycling world. In its roughly decade of existence, the company had become widely known for its innovative mountain-bike designs, especially with the introduction of its first carbon-fiber Revel frame in 2019. As […]
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Book Review: Ann O’Brien’s ‘The Dance of Love’
There are scores of books available on or about the Japanese martial art aikido. Most of them are of the how-to variety depicting step-by-step explanations of aikido techniques or movements. Many also delve into the philosophical or spiritual aspect of the discipline, beginning with the translated writings of aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba (or O-Sensei, “Great […]
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Letter from Michigan: Community and Garth Taylor
Greetings, Bonedale and Valley folks, from (so far) a pretty steamy summer here on the southeastern shore of what Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker recently proclaimed as “Lake Illinois” (humorously responding to Donald Trump’s renaming the Gulf of Mexico). Nomenclature issues aside, our beach is vast, the water is beautiful and the blueberries are ripe. These […]
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Carbondale food truck court cruises toward completion
The new food truck court at the east end of Main Street in Carbondale is getting closer to reality. The facility — officially named Townline Trucks — has been under construction since late winter. The name comes from the property’s location on Carbondale’s eastern border. The project is the brainchild of Richard (Rich) and Kathryn […]
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Se reevalúa el uso de energía nuclear en el oeste de Colorado
Colorado reevalúa el uso de energía nuclear En noviembre de 2022, The Sopris Sun publicó un artículo sobre la posibilidad de que se construyeran una o más centrales nucleares en el oeste de Colorado. Fue impulsado por una iniciativa de los Gobiernos Asociados del Noroeste de Colorado a principios de ese año que favorecía el […]
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Nuclear power in Western Colorado revisited
In November 2022, The Sopris Sun published an article on the possibility of one or more nuclear generating plants being built in Western Colorado. It was prompted by an initiative from the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado earlier that year that favored establishing nuclear power in the region; this was in response to the planned […]