Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (HST) lived in Woody Creek from the mid-1960s until his self-inflicted death there in 2005. Over the years, scores of locals interacted with the good doctor. Jesse Steindler told a few stories to authors Michael Cleverly and the late Bob Braudis for their excellent book “Kitchen Readings: Untold Stories of […]
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Carbondalians learn about ‘Community Interviews’ on Jan. 24
Carbondale-area residents will be the first to learn the results of the recent “Community Interviews” conducted by the Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) at 6pm on Jan. 24. Carbondale Branch Library Manager Tracy Kallassy told The Sopris Sun that staff members across the district conducted 83 interviews with “movers and shakers” from around the […]
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Libraries head into 2024 down a board member
Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) will go into 2024 short a board member. That was the decision of the trustees at their monthly meeting in New Castle on Dec. 7. The board took the recommendation of GCPLD executive director Jamie LaRue to wait until next year to nominate another trustee after he, board president […]
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Some Marble history available at the Carbondale Library
As a Depression-era kid growing up in Marble, George Baumli had a pretty-good gig. There were only two telephones in town; one at the Yule Colorado Marble Company and one at Milt Campbell’s drug store on Main Street.Young George would hang around the drug store waiting for the phone to ring. The call was usually […]
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Truckin’ through the racial climate
A couple of local occurrences in recent months have demonstrated a difference in how people perceive race relations in rural America. Both involved truck drivers landing their big rigs in precarious situations in Colorado mountain towns. The first incident occurred just outside of Marble last summer and was reported in this newspaper and elsewhere. The […]
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Libraries Report: A quick look at GCPLD’s 2024 draft budget
The library district’s draft budget for 2024 is about $3.2 million more than 2023, according to the budget that staff presented to the Garfield County Public Library District board of trustees. A partial list of where taxpayer money is going:• Library materials account for approximately $816,000 in 2024, compared to about $675,000 in 2023. This represents […]
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Works in Progress – Nov. 23, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the Colorado Yule Marble Company: Part IIBy Lynn “Jake” Burton Continued from last week’s Works in Progress page … By 1912, the Colorado Yule Marble Company (CYMC) had grown to about 700 workers; and so had its reputation nationwide, with dozens of white marble buildings scattered in several states, and […]
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Library Report: A WiFi suggestion and more
Most regular Carbondale Library users know there is outdoor WiFi reception on the south side of the building and some know there is WiFi in the front. But, what if it’s winter, the temperature is 32 degrees and dropping, it’s after hours and you really need to do something on the internet? Hope could be […]
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The Crystal Mill: How to get there, how to shoot it
An entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service is predicting a good leaf-changing season this year. “They (aspen) look better than they’ve looked in a long time,” the entomologist told the Denver Post. As usual, the peak leaf-peeking time is late September to early October. With that information in mind, it might be time to […]
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Thompson House Museum closed all summer — reopening more than a year away
The Thompson House Museum has been closed to the public all summer, due to structural problems. Estimated cost to fix the problems: about $1 million according to Sue Gray, the Carbondale Historical Society’s museum director. The Sopris Sun put the following questions to Gray via email. Here are her responses, which in some cases are […]