Roberta McGowan

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 Ridge, with Maya Lindgren knocking down 35 points in the game, including five three-point buckets. Lindgren will return to the Rams next year. They have […]

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 Fork Pageant (formerly Mr. Carbondale) set for Saturday, Feb.15. The festivities kickoff at 6 p.m. with a dessert reception at the door included with the […]

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 forests, mountains, waterways and the high desert environment not necessarily searching for anything in particular but just hoping a “treasure” appears. And that welcomed surprise […]

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 house to present the proposed Redstone to McClure Pass trail agreed a non-motorized trail should be completed. Five miles of the project is on Forest […]

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. Unexpectedly, author Dominic Carillo wrote back a long and appreciative email. Fairly quickly, an interactive Skype (video chat) session between the author and the students […]

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 County, New Jersey. “Every police officer I interviewed – in my office and at the trial – cried when recalling the details of finding Megan’s […]

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 therapy center here. And WindWalkers is approaching the finish line into property ownership with the February closing on the 15-acre ranch on Missouri Heights’ CR […]

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 in Missouri Heights, where she and husband Harold lived after moving from the Front Range, only knew Arnold as an accomplished barrel racer at the […]