In 2017, the Town of Carbondale adopted the goal to achieve a 100% reduction of carbon emissions by 2050. While that may sound ambitious, Carbondale is steadily taking steps toward carbon neutrality, with the next right beneath our feet.Carbondale’s Third Street Center is already an epicenter for binding sustainability and community, with its solar array […]
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1990: Restroom stink stalled Miners Park project
The first paragraph in a 1990 Valley Journal newspaper article no doubt got most folks’ attention. It quoted Dean Harding asking Carbondale’s Board of Town Trustees: “Do you want your kids to have to watch me take a leak?”Harding’s remark came after some Crystal Village residents protested a planned $28,000 project at Miners Park that […]
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Garco Report: County finance department wins national award, landfill hours change
Monday’s Garfield County commissioners’ (BOCC) meeting lasted all of an hour, including an executive session looking at legal issues involving two cases: the U.S. District Court case of the Estate of Oscar Canas v. Garfield County and the Garfield County District Court Case of Madrid v. BOCC. Dustin Moyer, the new CEO of Mountain Family […]
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Basalt Report: Votes are in
Unofficial election results Election Day came on April 2 for Basalt’s 2024 municipal election. Since then, the votes have been tallied and the unofficial results have come back. Although the results need to be reviewed to account for scanned, received-late or ineligible ballots, Basalt can say hello to the candidates most likely to be sworn […]
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Carbondale Report: STR license denial appeal granted
Tuesday’s meeting began with student of the month awards. Upon receiving his certificate, third grader Noah Korah of Ross Montessori informed the public: “I like Godzilla.”The week’s consent agenda included accounts payable, reappointment of David Clair to the Bicycle Pedestrian and Trails Commission and liquor license renewals for New York Pizza and the Pour House. […]
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Spring Valley Ranch: From sagebrush to second homes
Like some of the wide open spaces and prime elk winter range in and around the Roaring Fork Valley, the 5,909-acre Spring Valley Ranch, east of Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, is on the chopping block. Georgia-based Storied Development LLC’s revision of an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) is under review by the […]
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Teamwork makes the dream work
As of April 3, after two decades of sweat and tears, the Thompson Divide was guaranteed protection from future mineral leasing — well, at least for the next 20 years.“The Biden-Harris administration today [April 3] took action to finalize protections for the Thompson Divide area in central Colorado, one of the state’s most cherished landscapes, […]
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GarCo Report: Library trustee candidate hammers BOCC about appointment process
Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting, minus Tom Jankovsky, started off as expected with the county libraries as the subject of the open public comment period. Library board trustee candidate Carole O’Brien was first out of the gate, scolding the BOCC for its lack of communication to candidates about the changes to Tuesday’s scheduled special […]
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Funeral home oversight on the horizon
Editor’s note: This content contains details about the mismanagement of human remains. When the news broke in February that former funeral home owner Miles Harford had allegedly kept a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for nearly two years and improperly stored the cremated remains of more than 30 individuals, Coloradans were shocked […]
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Carbondale hops aboard Downtowner microtransit trial
Nearly one year after Carbondale launched WE-cycle’s bike share program, residents, visitors and workers alike will have another option for getting around town without a car. On March 26, trustees approved a contract with Downtowner, a company headquartered in Florida, for a six-month service trial beginning July 1.With Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) matching $181,500 […]