High fire danger is behind the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) decision Monday to prohibit the use, sale and possession of fireworks in unincorporated Garfield County. Emergency Manager Chris Bornholdt told the BOCC that sagebrush fuel moisture “is at or below 100%.” Piñon pine and juniper fuel moisture is at 72% and is expected to dry […]
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Author Torrey Peters speaks in Willits
Torrey Peters visited The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) last week to discuss her latest work, “Stag Dance,” a story collection that explores gender, transness and self-perception. The panel event was part of Mitzi Rapkin’s “First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing” podcast series, in which Rapkin interviews different authors and talks about their work as […]
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Aspen Literary Festival’s first draft due Sept. 26-28
EDITOR’S NOTE: Annalise Grueter is a member of the Aspen Writer’s Network and participant in its Summer Words workshops. Currently, a tribe of people devoted to painting a picture in black and white for the mind’s eye are eagerly discussing their craft in Snowmass Village. This is the 49th anniversary of Aspen Words, and the […]
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City, nonprofit water company embroiled in legal battle over West Glenwood water service
A nonprofit water utility is taking the City of Glenwood Springs to court over who should provide water service to parts of West Glenwood that are being redeveloped. It’s life or death for the small shareholder-owned company that predated the City’s annexation of the area in the 1980s. Last year, the Mitchell-Cooper Ditch and Pipeline […]
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CMC invites you to Cuba
Colorado Mountain College (CMC) is offering an opportunity this fall for students and interested community members to travel to Cuba through a faculty-led study abroad program. The 11-day, 10-night trip is scheduled for Nov. 21 through Dec. 1, 2025, and is part of the official coursework for “Current Political Issues” (PSC 1050), a class offered […]
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Glenwood Springs Historical Society hires executive director
After conducting a national search, the nonprofit Glenwood Springs Historical Society is pleased to announce the hiring of Mark Jensen as its executive director. The candidate pool, which included several local applicants, was extraordinarily strong. However, the Society’s board believes it has found the right match of experience and skills to lead the organization in […]
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Myrna Fletchall to resign from GarCo Library District Board of Trustees
Close on the heels of Britton Fletchall’s June 19 resignation as president of the Garfield County Re-2 school board, his wife Myrna Fletchall submitted a letter to the Garfield County Library District announcing her resignation as a library board trustee. The Sopris Sun obtained a copy of her letter on Tuesday, June 24. Myrna, whose […]
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Basalt Report: Construction on the Frying Pan slated for this fall
Three representatives from the Basalt Sanitation District (BSD) came to Town Hall this week to inform the council and community about a significant construction project replacing approximately 800 feet of sewer line, including a section across the Frying Pan River just upstream from the bridge at Two Rivers Road. Construction is estimated to begin around […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees commit $1 million to trailer parks, challenging Basalt
In a 5-1 vote, Carbondale’s Board of Trustees pledged $1 million to a regional effort to purchase two trailer parks, representing 139 units, under a community-ownership model for a total cost of $43 million. As framed by April Long, executive director of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition, the purchase would be akin to securing […]
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Carbondale Beautification Club gets to it
The Carbondale Beautification Club (CBC) has begun to conduct a myriad of restoration, landscaping and cleanup projects at businesses, public areas and even homes in Carbondale. Its inaugural restoration project just took place at KDNK Community Access Radio, where club leader Jeff Basler and fellow volunteers cleaned and beautified the space in front of the […]