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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Carbondale judges settling in at 9th Judicial District
On Sept. 3, 2025, Governor Jared Polis appointed two Carbondale residents to serve as 9th Judicial District Court judges. Susan Ryan’s appointment was created by the retirement of Judge John Neiley. Alexander Haynes takes the place of Judge Denise Lynch, who also retired last year. The 9th Judicial District has five district judges, four county […]
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RFSD Report: Board discusses declining enrollment, budget, safety
In addition to January’s planned regular board meetings on Jan. 14 and 28, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) also held a community meeting on school safety on Jan. 27 from 7 to 8pm to discuss its current strategies and protocols with families. The gathering complemented the regular meetings’ focus on updates to the 2025-2026 […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees embrace fire risk mapping
The most notable item on Tuesday’s agenda was a conversation with the Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative to get the ball rolling on a wildfire risk modeling project. But first, all trustees were present and received a new ball cap with the Town’s logo. A consent agenda was approved including meeting minutes, a resolution with […]
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Basalt Report: Town finds its footing in regional housing needs
This week, the Basalt Town Council was provided with a decades-long look at housing needs across the Roaring Fork Valley and where Basalt stands among trending rises in home vacancy rates, median home prices and rental costs with an assessment that projects the Town may have to construct over 600 units in the next 10 […]
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RFTA Report: Annual planning, mobility discussions, e-bike concerns
The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) board started the year with reviews of 2025 accomplishments and the 2026 organization work plan. The group also heard a detailed presentation on the data from the October and November Zero Fare pilot program and held board officer elections for the next year. During the public comment period, community […]
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Glenwood Report: CARE gets $10,000, Council hears Ride Glenwood On-Demand update
A packed Jan. 15 agenda to start the new year took Glenwood Springs City Council about four hours to work through. Included were lengthy conversations around extra funding for the primary animal shelter that serves the area and a data dump and contract extension for the City’s on-demand transit service. All council members were present […]
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Lepkowski returns, Feds urged to pay state disaster relief, county fair revenues up
Silt resident John Lepkowski is at it again with a new complaint about books in the Silt Library. The books are a series of graphic novels titled “The Boys” by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the same books that a woman complained about last week. Lepkowski told the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) Monday that he […]
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The Arctic Hoarder returns to Colorado
The North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) is a survivor. It is called the Arctic Hoarder for good reason. This small mammal, a member of the weasel family, lives at high elevations where it’s cold and snowy. Wolverines scavenge for food in the summer and cache it away for winter. And they are returning to […]
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Glenwood traffic cameras curbing incessant speeding
Have you fallen into the speed trap during a recent run to Glenwood Springs, perhaps after beating the light at Buffalo Valley and coming around the bend hastily approaching South Glen Avenue? Well, you’re definitely not alone. To curb incessant speeding, the City has placed one of its fancy new speed cameras nearby to catch […]