Caregivers have a new place to take children 9 and under for unstructured playtime with others. Better yet, the play cafe has an extensive drink menu with espresso classics, specialties like matcha and chai as well as italian sodas and boba. Mountain Sprouts opened in the La Fontana Plaza on Jan. 19 and had its […]
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Dim the lights!
People can learn to live with a lot: boisterous neighbors, noisy construction, glaring lighting. It might not be until someone else poses the question, “How can you live with that?”, when they ask themselves the same. That, more or less, was the case for Brian Pettet, a resident of Ranch at Roaring Fork, when a […]
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Interviews Under el Sol: ‘Our job is to care for people’
Benito J. Arce Palestina began his career in 2014 as a firefighter in Colorado. He previously volunteered for the Palmer Lake Fire Department, but for almost three years now has served in the Valley. For the past six months, he’s been with Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District. Originally from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, he came […]
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Ways of Making: Where astronauts land
As I sit in Brian Colley’s studio, a small plastic stampede of dinosaur figurines gathers in the corner, suspended above plush eyeball masks and a dim light bulb the size of an adult head. Asked how the dinosaurs play into his art practice, Colley mentions a watercolor series of “Dinosaur Rodeos” he made a few […]
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Curated Calendar – Feb. 19 to Feb. 27
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 SELF PORTRAIT COLLAGINGSix to 12 year olds create expressive self portraits using collage at the Basalt Library from 4 to 5pm. OLYMPICS AT THE CRYSTALCatch the men’s freeski halfpipe qualifier (featuring Aspenite Alex Ferreira) re-aired at the Crystal Theatre today at 4:30pm and the women’s 50km cross country ski (featuring El Jebel’s […]
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High school swimmers conclude season; several local wrestlers statebound this weekend
The combined Glenwood Springs Demons girls swim team, which includes student-athletes from Roaring Fork High School, concluded its season with several members representing at the 3A State Swimming and Diving Championships in Thornton Feb. 13-14. The top individual finisher for the team was sophomore Sylvia Duchscher, who placed fifth in the 100 Freestyle event with […]
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Defying limits: Austria’s Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner to speak about climbing the world’s tallest mountains
On Feb. 24, Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House hosts a speaker who will turn the audience’s attention to the heights. Not just any heights: specifically, 8,000 meters, the 14 tallest mountains in the world. She is Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, one of the only women to have climbed the planet’s tallest mountains, and the first woman to have […]
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GarCo Report: Focus on animals and at-risk teens
Yampah Mountain High School and Colorado River BOCES staff struck gold at Tuesday’s Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting. They asked for $25,000 from the national opioid settlement funds for an on-site intervention counselor. These funds are a result of 2021/2022 national opioid settlements resolving opioids litigation brought by state and local governments against manufacturers, distributors […]
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RFTA Report: Legislative strategy, new midday Hogback route and e-bike safety
This month’s Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) meeting focused on reviewing the organization’s legislative agenda. Board members also considered lease amendments for the Brush Creek Park & Ride, and CEO Kurt Ravenschlag covered several regional updates. During board comments, Erin Zalinski of Glenwood Springs shared that she had attended a mayor’s meeting in Parachute and […]
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CMC partners with CSU Global to create new pathways for graduate school
Creating yet another clear pathway for rural mountain community members to achieve new heights, Colorado Mountain College (CMC) has recently announced a new partnership with Colorado State University Global. As part of the CSU system, CSU Global is the first 100% online and institutionally accredited public university in the United States. Designed for working adults […]