Users of Glenwood Springs’ Ride Glenwood On-Demand van service will soon have to fork over a couple more bills to grab a ride anywhere in town besides Glenwood’s two main valleywide bus hubs. Glenwood Springs City Council, during its regular Thursday, Oct. 15, meeting, voted 6-1 to increase the fare from $1 to $3 per […]
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Art Burrows’ ‘Seven Dances Along the Wild Abyss’ examines risk, celebrates locals
Victor Major, finishing a seven-mountain traverse alone after strong partners have emptied their reserves, is so tired he falls asleep with his head against the slope above his boot-pack stance. It is May 2022, and he is also about to see that his intended ski route down Pyramid Peak has fallen to pieces. Nika Meyers […]
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Bestselling author Shelley Read to visit CMC on ‘Go as a River’ tour
The words seem to whisper from the page. Elegant and precise. Beautiful even when describing all-too-fathomable tragedy, not glossing over pain but rather presenting the hurts to readers as if balm has already been applied to the injuries. Shelley Read has written a book for academics and farmers alike; her protagonist’s quiet joys in nature […]
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GarCo Report: County discretionary grant program ending, Mitchell Creek PUD advancing
At the final regular Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting for October, commissioners heard $67,500-worth of third- and fourth-quarter discretionary grant requests from 15 local nonprofits. But, there is a problem. The county discretionary budget started off 2026 at $120,000, which is supposed to last all year at about $30,000 per quarter. County […]
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Stepping back in time with ‘As Long as Rivers Run’
Larry Ray Rather is a longtime Roaring Fork Valley resident. His family moved here in the fall of 1960, and his father worked for the company that helped rebuild the Castle Creek Bridge. He is a rancher, a father and now a writer. His debut novel, “As Long as Rivers Run,” hit the shelves in […]
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The Valley Journal blasts to the future
With a titch of technology and support from the community, The Valley Journal lives on! The Sopris Sun’s predecessor and Carbondale’s 33-years-strong newspaper no longer prints issues, but its treasured archive has now been fully digitized. Carbondale Branch Library Manager Tracy Kallassy started the digitization process, funded by the library district, three years ago with […]
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Scuttlebutt – Oct. 22, 2026
In-person votingIn-person early voting in Garfield County is underway as of Monday, Oct. 19. Voting centers are open Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, up through Election Day at the Glenwood Springs Community Center and the Garfield County Fairgrounds South Hall. The voting centers, along with in-person voting at the Carbondale and Parachute town halls, […]
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Curated Calendar – October 22 to October 31
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 HOUSING APPLICATIONThe application to apply for a spot in an affordable Glenwood Springs two-bedroom, part of Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley’s The Confluence build, closes today. Apply at tinyurl.com/habitatconfluence MOVE WITH MEChildren ages 18 months to 3 years old are welcome at the Basalt Library from 10:30 to 11:15am for Move […]
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Rams Report: Soccer scores two more wins; regional XC and state mountain biking on tap
Editor’s note: The state mountain biking championships has been postponed until Oct. 31-Nov. 1 due to heavy rains. Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team continues its winning ways, earning a pair of shutout wins over the past week to further support their No. 3 ranking among Class 3A teams in Colorado. On the road […]
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Thomas J. Cooney
November 29, 1950 – October 8, 2026 Thomas J. Cooney, 75, passed away on Oct. 8, 2026, surrounded by the family he loved so deeply. Tom was fully present in the lives of those he loved. Generous with his attention and appreciative of life’s simple moments, he had a way of making people feel like […]