On Feb. 6, The Art Base in Basalt debuted its current exhibition, “Creative Destruction,” featuring a collaboration between Carbondale artists Michael Stout and Lindsay Jones working under a shared pseudonym: Also Known As. During the artist talk on Feb. 7, Stout and Jones discussed their respective processes for pieces in the mixed-media show with a […]
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Writer Susan Orlean never imagined doing anything else
Susan Orlean cuts a slight but certain figure. When she and moderator Christine Benedetti took the Paepcke Auditorium stage on Jan. 28, no one in the audience could doubt that Orlean enjoys a good conversation. That was how she passed the next hour: Cheerful chatting about her years as a features journalist and her newest […]
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Ways of Making: What we don’t throw away
Last week, I joined Kathy Honea in her art studio to launch a new series, Ways of Making, which platforms how local artists think within the community. Honea is a distinguished artist with a long history across the Valley’s art institutions, including Carbondale Arts, the Art Base, the Aspen Chapel Gallery, the Aspen Art Museum […]
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Curated Calendar – Feb. 12 to Feb. 23
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 NONFICTION BOOK CLUBThe Nonfiction Book Club discusses artificial intelligence at the Carbondale Library from 2 to 3:30pm. BANNED BOOK CLUBThe Banned Book Club discusses “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers at the Basalt Library from 4 to 5pm. SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL CLUBJoin fellow conservationists for a friendly Sustainability Social Club potluck at the Third […]
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Lady Rams earn redemption win over Meeker on home court
Bolstered by the return of senior Nikki Tardif, who’s coming back from a leg injury, the Roaring Fork High School girls basketball team scored a huge win over Meeker in Carbondale Tuesday night, 66-47. The win not only made up for the Rams first of just two losses on the season (47-40 at Meeker on […]
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Glenwood Report: Potential use of Flock cameras for immigration enforcement comes into question
The potential to use traffic surveillance cameras for federal immigration enforcement operations was the main topic for public comments during the Feb. 5 Glenwood Springs City Council meeting. Six of the seven council members were present for the first regular meeting of the month; Councilor Mitchell Weimer was absent. Following a late afternoon work session […]
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Officials star in new film, nonprofits get grants, new Aspen Glen subdivision gets an approval
Toward the end of the morning session of Monday’s Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, when commissioners typically discuss their calendars for the month, Commissioner Perry Will mentioned that he will attend the American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) Land and Liberty summit on Feb. 13 and 14 in Fort Worth, Texas. Event topics, according […]
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Basalt Report: Town to pursue speed cameras to slow traffic
This week, Basalt Town Council discussed a new form of automated speed enforcement technology that may come to Highway 82 in the near future in order to slow traffic at exits. The presentation was led by Lieutenant Aaron Munch of the Basalt Police Department (BPD) and Brendan Knox, a representative of municipal-enforcement software company Dacra […]
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Carbondale Report: Town properties to host 93 events in 2026
The main event at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Feb. 10, was approval of the special events calendar for 2026, representing 93 unique happenings hosted on Town properties. With Mayor Ben Bohmfalk absent, Mayor Pro Tem Erica Sparhawk led the meeting. First, a consent agenda was approved including meeting minutes; accounts payable; an intergovernmental agreement […]
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Joanne Joy Howard
1933 – 2026 Joanne Joy Howard was born in Ohio on Aug. 27, 1933, daughter to John and Ann Becker. Married in 1954 to Richard (Dick) Howard, they had four children: Leanne Montoya, Lauri James, Lynnea Washburn and Rick Howard. They were also blessed with seven grandsons, six great grandchildren. Joanne and Dick lived in […]