Shawn Gallus had an idea. He thought, let’s put together a backcountry ski trip with the builder of several of the huts in the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association system. And then film it! He and his friend Nick Cherney had purchased Polar Star Inn, a private backcountry hut on the western slope of New […]
Ken Pletcher
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Todos ganan con proyecto de CMC/HCE
Traducción por Dolores Duarte A principios de abril, Holy Cross Energy (HCE) anunció que se asociaba con el Colorado Mountain College (CMC) para desarrollar una gran instalación solar fotovoltaica cerca de Glenwood Springs. La instalación, que se construirá en terrenos propiedad del CMC cerca de su campus de Spring Valley, tendrá una capacidad de generación […]
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CMC/HCE solar project is a “win-win”
In early April, Holy Cross Energy (HCE) announced that it was partnering with Colorado Mountain College (CMC) to develop a large photovoltaic solar array near Glenwood Springs. The installation, which will be built on CMC-owned land near its Spring Valley campus, will have a generating capacity of 4.5 megawatts (MW). It will also include a […]
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Carbondale Fire acquires new equipment
The Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD) announced in mid-March that it had recently received shipment of five pieces of new fire-fighting equipment. Included were three fire trucks and two water tenders (tanker trucks). The fire trucks are replacing ageing equipment at the Marble, Redstone and Missouri Heights stations, while the tankers are destined […]
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Solar power initiative brought to Garfield County
On March 1, Garfield Clean Energy (GCE) kicked off Solarize Garfield County (Solarize), a three-month initiative intended to increase the number of residences in Garfield County utilizing solar power generation. The Solarize program is a component of GCE’s overall objectives of increasing energy production from renewable resources, increasing energy efficiency and reducing petroleum consumption in […]
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A caboose comes to Carbondale
A caboose, you say? Here in Carbondale? Well, yes, right behind the big yellow house at the corner of 3rd and Capitol. So how did that get here and when? It’s a good story, but first … The house According to a survey of historic structures put out by the Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission in […]
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LEAD students get Wilderness First Aid training
Over the recent Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, The Buddy Program held Wilderness First Aid (WFA) training events for high school students in Rifle and Basalt. The training is a component of Buddy’s LEAD program, Leadership through Exploration, Action and Discovery. This year-long program is run in collaboration with Colorado Mountain College (CMC), and […]
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Our Town – Meet Ed Holub, our bona fide Deadhead
Q: Where did you grow up? A: In New Jersey. I lived in Newark for 13 years and then moved to a place called Cranford. My parents were both Polish immigrants. My dad was taken to Siberia during World War II, and my mom was run out of her village and taken to Germany and […]
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Local schools struggle with tough pandemic-era semester
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a level of disruption, uncertainty and hardship unprecedented in our country and the world. This has been especially true for our education system at all levels, which has faced enormous challenges in how to conduct cohesive, sustained and effective instruction at a time when the pandemic has wreaked havoc […]
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Restaurants deal with mixed COVID directives
Text by Ken Pletcher Photos by Laurel Smith On Dec. 10, Garfield County’s COVID-19 status was changed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) from orange (“high risk”) to red (“severe risk”). Per CDPHE rules, it meant that restaurants were no longer permitted to have in-house dining and could only offer takeout […]