The Oct. 10 Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) board of directors meeting focused on the 2025 proposed budget and strategic planning. Before heading into the agenda, Vice Chair Greg Poschman and others commented on the significant upvalley traffic they noticed while traveling downvalley for the meeting in Carbondale. Others noted that daily traffic extends onto […]
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Basalt Report: Roaring Fork Safe Passages highlights mitigation opportunities
During the period for public comment at Tuesday’s Basalt Town Council meeting, citizens voiced their concerns about the high frequency of bear confrontations this season and, as a result, bear fatalities.Daniela Kohl, founder of the Roaring Fork Valley Bear Coalition, advised council to spread the word on bear safety measures especially coming up on Halloween. […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees consider police/rec budgets
All trustees were present for a relatively short regular meeting on Oct. 22. It began with liquor license renewals and accounts payable unanimously approved in the consent agenda.Two residents spoke up during the time allotted for general comments. The first insisted that non-compliance of state and municipal laws for “years and years” is affecting safety […]
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Glenwood question 2A seeks sales tax increase for streets, utility infrastructure
Glenwood Springs voters are deciding in the Nov. 5 election whether to not only extend, but also increase a dedicated sales tax from a ½ cent to 1 cent on every dollar spent in the city for future street improvements.New to the tax funding mix with the measure would be a dedicated portion of the […]
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Carbondale tree update
Carbondale has been recognized as a “Tree City” for three decades. The designation through the Arbor Day Foundation means a lot of things, including that Carbondalians care about the flora within town limits, which can require careful evaluation and planning.In 1994, the Board of Trustees approved the formation of the Tree Board in response to […]
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Curbside recycling progress report
It has been five years since Carbondale contracted Mountain Waste & Recycling to be the single-service hauler for the town’s trash and residential recycling. The Sopris Sun wanted to see, especially, how the single-stream curbside recycling program was going and sat down recently with Kevin Schorzman, Carbondale’s Public Works director. We also reached out to […]
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GarCo Report: Beer and budgets
Editor’s note: Readers have likely been wondering where the GarCo Report has gone, and it’s not because the commissioners have taken a break. Rather, The Sopris Sun reached capacity with elections coverage and ace reporter Amy Hadden Marsh taking time to assist with KDNK’s news director transition. We look forward to resuming our regular coverage. […]
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Senate District 5 interview: Marc Catlin
Republican nominee for Colorado Senate District 5 Marc Catlin grew up on a farm in Montrose County. Since 2017, he has served as the state representative for House District 58. His career has included managing the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users’ Association, a stint as a radio host of “Diversions” on KUBC AM — a talk […]
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Senate District 5 interview: Cole Buerger
Born and raised on a ranch in Garfield County, Democratic nominee for Colorado Senate District 5 Cole Buerger describes himself as “not your typical politician,” and “a generalist, not a specialist.” Buerger is a small business owner residing in Glenwood Springs, and he serves on the boards of the Middle Colorado Watershed Council and the […]
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One year after unhoused newcomers influx, regional response coalescing
It was November 2023 when Voces Unidas de las Montañas, an advocacy organization, sounded the alarm about close to 100 unhoused people, mostly from Venezuela and unfamiliar with a Colorado winter, camping in cars and tents beneath the Veterans Memorial Bridge at the north entrance to Carbondale. According to Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson, what […]