Will Grandbois

In just a few semesters, Roaring Fork High School’s choir program has grown from next to nothing to a confident cadre preparing to perform at one of the nation’s premiere venues. Thanks to Manhattan Concert Productions, many of the members will travel to New York City next June to join other choristers from across the […]

In updating trustees on five years of Carbondale Homeless Assistance on Nov. 12, organizer Lynn Kirchner took the opportunity to ask the Town to pitch in. The ad hoc group has managed to raise around $1,500 every year to provide showers at the Carbondale Recreation Center for those who wouldn’t otherwise have access. It might […]

Ask Mike Callas about his favorite trees in town, and he won’t show you the biggest or most beautiful specimens. Instead, the Town Arborist has a special affection for those with deep historical roots or new varieties he’s gone out on a limb to bring to Carbondale. Take, for instance, the ponderosa in front of […]

From the archives of the Valley Journal and Sopris Sun Nov. 8, 1979 There had been several cases of hunters shooting out telephone wires and cables, according to Mountain Bell. Mostly only single users had been affected, but on at least one occasion an entire community had had its communications severed. Some damage would likely […]

Even when Jasmin Ramirez was trailing incumbent Shane Larson in the race for Roaring Fork Schools’ District D, she was simply pleased to be in the running.  “I’m just a mom who cares,” she said. “I feel proud that enough people heard and related to my dreams for a better representative district for our kids […]

What makes the Thompson House particularly special is the contents, and some of the students at Ross Montessori would be happy to tell you all about them. “Almost everything here belonged to the Thompsons, and it really gives you a better idea of how people actually lived,” Oliver, one of several students taking a junior […]

Carbondale’s new integrated weed management plan is getting attention at the county level and beyond. Sarah LaRose of Garfield County Vegetation Management made the trip to praise the policy as the Board of Trustees prepared to adopt it on Oct. 22. “We’re really looking forward to seeing what the Town of Carbondale is able to […]

You may have forgotten about the Panama Papers (much less the Paradise Papers), but Briana Boland hasn’t — and she’s making sure others remember as well. The Marble native is proof that growing up in a small town doesn’t prevent you from getting involved in the world, having just completed her International Studies degree at […]

Steve Avery had his nose, three teeth, upper lip and part of his palate removed in addition to a lymph node dissection, chemotherapy and radiation as part of a cancer treatment that turned out to be only the beginning. After complication after complication and in advance of a heart valve repair, his insurance company notified […]

If the Thompson House isn’t already haunted, it certainly will be on Oct. 5. In conjunction with the ghostly theme of this year’s Potato Day, The Carbondale Historical Society is jumping right in to October with a ghost walk at the nationally-registered building next to Triangle Park. While Hillcrest Cemetery was long considered and even […]