As Colorado ski areas boomed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a couple of Denver developers decided they wanted in on the action. They eventually set their sights on Marble, a near ghost town about 25 miles as the crow flies, west-southwest of Aspen. The developers, Lee Stubblefield and John Zakovich, thought that Mt. […]
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Helicopter called in to douse Marble house fire
Firefighters called in a helicopter from Rifle to douse a small brush fire near the old Marble ski area on May 27, according to Carbondale Fire District Chief Rob Goodwin. Responders found the body of a male at the site. The Gunnison County coroner has not released the man’s name or cause of death. Goodwin […]
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Try some destination photography in Monument Valley
There’s good news and bad news if you’re mulling over a quick trip west to Monument Valley. The bad news: The Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park composes the bulk of Monument Valley but, as of June 1, is closed until further notice due to COVID, according to the tribe’s website. The good news: One of […]
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Artist Tracey Harris settles in Marble
Here is something most non-artists don’t know and many artists can only dream about: when an artist starts doing solo shows, galleries take notice and sometimes contact them to join a roster, rather than the artist contacting the gallery. That’s what happened to Marble artist Tracey Harris. She is now carried by five galleries, located […]
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Information surfaces on little-known Marble quarry GM
Much is known about Col. Channing Meek, the enterprising businessman who turned a marginal marble quarry into a nationwide operation in the years from 1905 until his untimely death in 1912. Less was known about Meek’s globe-trotting general manager at the Colorado Yule Marble Company. Until now. Descendants of John Forrest Manning donated their great-grandfather’s […]
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Town seeks input on possible new swimming pool
The town isn’t exactly jumping into the deep end to build a new swimming pool, but it is sticking a toe in the shallow part. As a first step, Carbondale residents are being asked to take a public survey to help town officials decide what amenities they’d like to see in a new pool. The […]
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Moxley eyes spot in new professional football league
While most National Football League players and fans have Super Bowl Sunday circled on their 2019 calendar, Trae Moxley is looking forward to the week after. That’s when the new Alliance of American Football league kicks off its 12-week season, and the Roaring Fork High School alum hopes to snag a place in the trenches […]
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Final page turns for Novel-Tea bookstore
You heard it all the time in Carbondale, back in the 1980s and 1990s. “Carbondale needs a bookstore,” they said. Coming out of the 1960s, after the town had withered for decades like a water-starved potato plant, Carbondale had been on a cultural and economic roll with a community access radio station, an arts council […]