Volunteer at TRTCCarbondale’s Thunder River Theatre Company is celebrating 30 years of offering award-winning theatre to the community. Opening the season is Sam Shepard’s “True West,” which runs through Sept. 14. The late Lon Winston, TRTC’s founder, directed the play in 1995 as part of the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities (now Carbondale Arts). […]
News
Posted inLocal Government
Carbondale Historic Preservation Commission aims to update design guidelines
On Oct. 3, during the First Friday festivities, the Town of Carbondale and its Historic Preservation Commission will answer questions regarding updates, still in the works, to its historic preservation design guidelines for properties within the Old Town Residential (OTR) zone. Additionally, the commission will share a booth with the Carbondale Historical Society at this […]
Posted inEducation
Principal ponderings: Becky Oliver begins role at Carbondale Community School
Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for clarity and space. Last spring, Carbondale Community School (CCS) announced Becky Oliver as their new principal. A lifelong educator, Oliver spent 23 years in the Aspen School District, including 17 years at the elementary school and six years at the high school. During her expansive career she […]
Posted inEnvironment
Drought conditions persist, scorching local flora
After a winter in the bottom decile of historically documented precipitation, Western Colorado did not need more dry weather. Only in the past few weeks did monsoon patterns return to more typical levels. Moving into September, it is unlikely that precipitation or low pressure weather systems will significantly mitigate drought levels ahead of winter. As […]
Posted inEducation
RFSD Report: Policy discussions and a Crystal River Elementary art project
On Aug. 27, the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education discussed the start of the school year, considered policy adjustments in response to state legislation and reviewed academic strategies. Following adjustments due to unexpected challenges last school year, the district will move forward with a strategic plan put in place at that time. Notable […]
Posted inSports
Rams volleyball grabs first win of season in home opener
Home, sweet, home: That’s what it took for the Roaring Fork High School girls volleyball team to finally earn their first win of the season. That, and some solid play Tuesday night, Sept. 2, against the visiting Gore Rangers of Vail Mountain School. After dropping the first six matches of the season, including a 3-1 […]
Posted inBusiness
Revel Bikes and Miller roll again
An April 17 email from Revel Bikes’ senior management stating that the Carbondale-based company was going out of business sent shockwaves throughout the cycling world. In its roughly decade of existence, the company had become widely known for its innovative mountain-bike designs, especially with the introduction of its first carbon-fiber Revel frame in 2019. As […]
Posted inBusiness
Independence Run & Hike honored as one of top running stores in the U.S.
Independence Run & Hike has been the right fit for Carbondale going on 20 years now, and vice versa, just as they’ve worked to assure the right fit for countless feet when it comes to running and hiking shoes. From day one back in 2006, serving the Roaring Fork Valley’s ever-growing community of avid runners […]
Posted inNews
Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists launches children’s program
On Aug. 17, the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists (TRUU) congregation revived its children’s program and featured a musical performance consisting of John Denver songs in conjunction with the sermon. Run by longtime friends and collaborators Thelma Zabel and Cindy Nett, who previously taught together at Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) Mini College Preschool in Glenwood Springs, […]
Posted inObituaries
Deborah Ratiu Bannon
September 29, 1958 – August 20, 2025 After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Debbie passed away at home in Carbondale, Colorado on Aug. 20. Debbie was born in Royal Oak, Michigan on Sept. 29, 1958. She had a happy childhood with 11 siblings, loving parents, doting grandparents and a large extended family. With so […]