Will Grandbois

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]