It’s tough enough being immigrants in the 1950s in New York City, much less an Italian immigrant family fighting for the good life. Add in complicated and troubling romantic entanglements […]
Roberta McGowan
Basketball season wrapping up
With just one game left in the girls and boys RFHS basketball regular seasons, both teams are looking to the future. The girls soared to a 61-50 win over Coal […]
Stake your claim to the Mr. Roaring Fork throne
Of course you have what it takes. That’s the approach from organizers at KDNK Community Radio and Batch at Roaring Fork Beer Company when it comes to the Mr. Roaring […]
Animal tracks tell great stories
That famous line from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, “not all those who wander are lost,” fits in quite well with the Carbondale culture. People here meander through […]
Trail debate shifts to Redstone / McClure leg
Seven miles up and seven miles back. What an invigorating outdoor adventure! (https://exceptionalpets.com/) Plus, look at the breathtaking views. However, not everyone at the recent White River National Forest open […]
Video conferencing connects author, ELD middle schoolers
You read it. You loved it. And you and your 13 other classmates wrote letters to the writer, now teaching high school history at an Anglo-American School in Sofia, Bulgaria. […]
To save one life, Megan’s Law arrived
Little Megan Kanka was only seven years old when, in 1994, she was raped and murdered by a convicted sexual offender in the small community of Hamilton township in Mercer […]
Home on the range, at last
Seeing big grins on two clients, one 36 years old and the other five at WindWalkers, you realize how fortunate the Valley is to have this equine assisted learning and […]
The late Kathy Arnold, expert barrel racer and politician
This woman for all seasons rode like a cowgirl, prayed devotedly and, unbeknownst to many, served in both the Colorado State House of Representatives and the Colorado State Senate. Many […]