After four years as vice principal, Keslie Goodman will leave Roaring Fork High School at the end of the school year to take a leadership position in Iowa, where her family lives. It’s the right decision, she told The Sun on Feb. 20, but not an easy one. “I was never going to feel like […]
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Pages of the Past: Local shoots and skis his way to the Olympics
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal Feb. 16, 1978 The Basalt Board of Trustees approved a letter affirming the Town’s desire for the four-laning of Highway 82, among other improvements. The move was in direct opposition to a recent hearing in which Pitkin County had reportedly rejected the idea of four lanes […]
City Market process moves ahead (and other trustee action)
After years of delays, a new City Market in Carbondale is one step closer to reality. With things apparently on track for a Feb. 28 recordation, the Carbondale Board of Trustees approved modifications to a subdivision improvements agreement for the property on Feb. 13. “For the first time in a long time, you have a […]
Roaring Fork renaissance girl in the running for Daniels scholarship
Roaring Fork High School senior Emily Johnson has so many passions and talents, it’s hard to find a subject that doesn’t interest her. “I’m really into trying everything,” she said. “I don’t ever want to stop learning.” She’s into science, reading, writing, art, music, and cooking, but is lukewarm on rock climbing and war history. […]
Leach’s legacy and 40 years of firefighting
In Ron Leach’s opinion, his 40-year career with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District isn’t about him. “I want my legacy to be about the people I worked with,” he told The Sun on Feb. 4 — his official last day at the helm after 36 years as chief. He had plenty of names […]
Pages of the Past: Water, snow and illicit apricots
Feb. 9, 1978 Roland Fischer of the Colorado RIver Water Conservation District penned a guest column in opposition to the Division of Wildlife’s attempts to enforce minimum stream flow laws on the Crystal River. While he praised the idea of supporting fish and habitat, he feared it would improve to be impractical and expensive. “The […]
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Sisu endures — but we could use six weeks of winter
On a warm January day, a group of men regarded the muddy entrance to the Spring Gulch Trail system with the practiced eyes of recreationalists, ranchers and engineers. It’s ostensibly a meeting about parking lot improvements, but the spectre of drought is pervasive. “We used to say it was a good winter if by the […]
Pages of the Past: Art, snow and natural gas
Feb. 2, 1978 Although newly enacted “Per cent for Art” legislation wasn’t slated to take effect until summer, the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities advocated for applying it to the new town hall when it began construction earlier in the year. In essence, they planned to request that the Town earmark at least 1 […]
Ram hoopsters going strong
Hosting Moffat County on Jan. 26, the Roaring Fork girls’ loss came down to the final seconds while the boys’ victory seemed assured almost from the start. While the lady Rams held the lead for most of the three-pointer-laden game, the Bulldogs managed to pull ahead 41-40 with a minute left in the game. A […]
