Will Grandbois

Anyone who tuned into CMC Radio in recent years should recognize KDNK’s new News Director — by voice if not by face. Lucas Turner is a Western Slope native with deep journalistic roots, although he didn’t necessarily intend to get into the business. Turner’s family runs the Rio Blanco Herald Times in Meeker, and his […]

You can’t see the avalanche zone tour, but then, neither can the participants or the reporter recording the whole thing. “Nicky News” Isenberg’s new show on KDNK — “The Tactile Traveler” — is by the blind and for everybody. “My job is to not only make it interesting for blind people and show them there […]

Carbondale will have a new police chief in a little over a year — and it won’t be the current second in command. Gene Schilling is planning to retire from the top role in September 2020, and Lieutenant Chris Wurtsmith will be leaving for personal reasons a few months before that. “It’s time,” Schilling said. […]

We’re replete with fresh faces at The Sun, including two hires in the last month. Todd Chamberlain took over the advertising position at the beginning of July, while Roberta McGowan is just wrapping up her first week as staff reporter. They’ve both been around the area for a while, so many of you already know […]

Growing up in Worcester, Mass., Jeff Isaacson learned to make Italian ices from his mother, not realizing it would become a profession he’d cling to even in the midst of a health crisis. “Every Sunday during the summer I was responsible for making them,” he said. “It was just a chore to me. I never […]

Carbondale Arts got what it asked for with a “Rainbow Connection” Mountain Fair theme. “It was crazy how many rainbows we had — and really spectacular ones,” observed Director Amy Kimberly. Of course, with rainbows come rain — although it’s better than sweltering heat. “Next year the theme is 75 and partly cloudy,” she joked. […]

John Tripp never wanted to be 100, and he thinks that may be why he’s on track to reach the milestone this week. “It’s reverse psychology,” he quipped. “The lord doesn’t want me, the devil doesn’t want me, so you’re stuck here with me in purgatory.” He acknowledged that his wife, Rene, who he lost […]

There appears to be only one strong note of opposition to expanding Carbondale’s bag ban and fee — and whether to include the unidentified business and its ilk or not was the primary contention of the July 23 Board of Trustees meeting. Since first airing the issue on May 15, the Town’s Environmental Board had […]

As Aspen Valley Land Trust doubles down on “community conservation,” Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers is proving a valuable partner. Crews from RFOV spent the weekend at the Marble Basecamp, a property that AVLT purchased three years ago in an effort to maintain and expand a decades-long tradition. For more than 50 years, Aspen Middle School […]

Some new things have been happening in Crystal City — but they’re rooted in old things. Emmett Gould saw the value of the remote mining town and the picturesque “mill” nearby more than a century ago and set about consolidating the claims. “He loved the beauty of it and wanted it kept,” Chris Cox said […]