A light agenda greeted Glenwood Springs City Council for its second regular meeting of the month on Thursday, May 21, with all but Councilor Ray Schmahl present. Two members of the public addressed Council under the public comments portion of the meeting for items not on the agenda. Glenwood resident Judy Haynes asked Council what […]
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Marble Report: Gunnison County Commissioners come to town
It was standing room only in the Marble Community Church Fellowship Hall for the Gunnison County Commissioners visit on May 21. Laura Puckett Daniels, Liz Smith and Jonathan Houck had made the long trip from the County Seat accompanied by Assistant County Managers Martin Schmidt (Public Works) and April Kroner (Community Development). Wasting no time, […]
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Death of Ramon Chacon remains unsolved two years later
Editor’s note:KDNK Community Access Radio and Sol del Valle are collaborating on an investigative news series regarding the death of Ramon Chacon. This is the first part of that series, which has been made possible due to a grant from the Colorado Media Project. Rifle resident Ramon Chacon, 42, died on April 29, 2024, after […]
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Basalt Report: Homestead residents brace for summer traffic
A neighborhood advisory committee consisting of residents along Homestead Drive has been working with the Basalt Police Department (BPD) and Town Staff to address traffic and parking concerns ahead of this year’s summer season. However, after two monitoring periods, Town Staff has yet to gather sufficient data to make a policy decision and intends to […]
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Carbondale Report: Stagnant, growing or mature?
Downtown Colorado, Inc. comes to town to talk shop with businesses and government Out-of-town experts came to Carbondale this week to discuss — and potentially improve — the downtown. Denver-based Downtown Colorado, Inc., an organization founded in 1982 with the goal of helping to get downtowns “where they need to be,” spoke with the Board […]
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Schools honor longtime retiring bus driver brothers
They’re his “bus kids” for life, whether they’re still in school today or the parent or grandparent he drove around 40-some years ago. That’s how longtime Roaring Fork School District bus driver and former Carbondale Police Chief Gene Schilling thinks of all the students he’s driven to and from school, sporting events and field trips. […]
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Power goes out in Glenwood, party’s on in Carbondale
Bonedale receives 2,000 more visitors due to Glenwood Springs’ power outage, data shows Carbondale Beer Works poured more taps. Sopris Liquor and Wine scanned more bottles and cases. Peppino’s Pizza eventually had to turn away customers. “We sold 30 to 40% more pizzas,” Peppino’s employee Andrew Gillies said. “We sold so much, we ran out […]
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Shoshone water A Western Slope coalition last week gained a major step toward securing local water rights tethered to the Shoshone Hydroelectric Facility just east of Glenwood Springs on the Colorado River. The Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Coalition & Campaign announced on May 22 they secured $40 million in funding from the U.S. Bureau of […]
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The ‘Stairway to Heaven’
The origin story of Staircase Park has always been a little hazy — fitting, perhaps, for a hidden riverside spot that for years felt more like a local secret than an official Town park. The diminutive pocket park, accessible from Oak Run Road and nestled next to the Crystal River, has been beloved by Carbondalians […]
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Scuttlebutt – May 21, 2026
Bridge repairThe Garfield Board of County Commissioners approved “an amount not to exceed” $650,000 in emergency repair funds to mend the Thompson Creek Road bridge, spanning the Crystal River just northwest of Carbondale, according to a press release issued this week. One of the bridge’s lanes will mostly remain open during the next two to […]