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 […]
Ken Pletcher
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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 […]
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Earth Day panel discusses policy implications
On Monday, April 21, a near-capacity crowd gathered at the Third Street Center for a panel discussion titled, “How Environmental Policies in D.C. and Denver are Affecting the Roaring Fork Valley.” The event was sponsored by Wilderness Workshop (WW) and Mtn Bio, a community-based, climate-centered educational nonprofit; both are Carbondale-based. Beth Shoemaker, founder of Mtn […]
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Torch passed at Carbondale’s Ace Hardware
On Feb. 14, ownership of the Ace Hardware business in the old City Market shopping center in Carbondale passed from longtime owners Vicki Peterson and her husband, Chris, to Telluride-based Tom and Jenn Mortell. The process was not only a real estate transaction, it also represented a succession of ownership between two families who have […]
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International Guitar Night comes to the Valley
Roaring Fork Valley residents are in for a treat on Friday, March 7, as International Guitar Night (IGN) plays at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen as part of its 25th anniversary North American tour. The IGN is the brainchild of guitarist and poet Brian Gore. A longtime performer in the San Francisco Bay area […]
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Carbondale’s old City Market — Is anything happening?
Nearly four and a half years have passed since City Market moved its Carbondale operations from the building at the Highway 133-Main Street roundabout north to its new facility in the Carbondale Marketplace shopping center. Since then, the building has sat vacant, mostly stripped to its outer walls and, as many townspeople have noticed, with […]