Sexual assaultOn Nov. 2, 2024, an 82-year-old woman in Carbondale was sexually assaulted in her home. A community meeting was held two days later. Police asked for video footage, promised updates, and emphasized their commitment to the investigation. Since then, only one formal update has been issued — a press release dated Nov. 12 and […]
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Letters – April 10, 2025
Peaceful protestWhat a great turnout at the Resist protest in Glenwood Springs on Saturday. There were hundreds of folks across Grand Avenue from me where my two signs were the only conservative opinions amongst a forest of southpaw sentiment. Yet the party of joy and inclusion was heart warmingly kind to me. I’ve never ever […]
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Letters – April 3, 2025
Re: RobertoLate one afternoon in 1978 I beheld a beautiful site: A lone skier carving graceful, high speed, long curves down Snowmass Mountain. It was Roberto Gasperl. Truly glorious and, clearly, he was loving it. I too remember the kind and amazing Roberto, and the day we lost him. Thank you Ed Colby for your […]
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Letters – May 20, 2025
Methane gas banYou’ll notice I use the term “methane gas” rather than the more familiar “natural gas.” That’s because “natural gas” is a misnomer. Out of its natural state, in the ground, methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and anything but natural. It doesn’t belong on the surface. I went to the March 11 Carbondale […]
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Letters – March 13, 2025
Correction: Jane Taylor was mistakenly cited as Jane Smith in A.O. Forbes’ “Seeking Haystacks” column last week. Measles vaccine I was a child before the measles vaccine existed. When I was 10, I got sent home from school one day feeling worse than I had ever felt in my life with a headache that I thought […]
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Letters – March 6, 2025
Library boardJocelyn Durrance was the Carbondale Branch Library’s trustee to the Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) board for five years and involved in library sciences for 30 years. Yet, she was recently replaced on the board for what appear to be strictly political reasons by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Commissioner Tom Jankovsky […]
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Letters – Feb. 27, 2025
Re: Nearly homelessVery interesting article about the “nearly homeless” situation.There are differing numbers as far as reported income levels. The Sopris Sun article claimed average Carbondale income in the 2022 census was just over $40,000.It may be important to note that was at the end of COVID, so some folks would not have been working […]
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Letters — Feb. 20, 2025
Correction: Matt Solomon is a former Eagle town council member, not Eagle County commissioner as mistakenly stated in last week’s Garfield County Report. Straight shot nightmareAs a downvalley resident who spent years commuting from Carbondale to Aspen, I want to let my fellow travelers know that the straight shot into Aspen will not make our […]
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Protect public mediaMy wife and I are regular listeners to Carbondale’s KDNK Community Access Radio via streaming here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Streaming enables us to enjoy KDNK, your local community radio station that is a gift for us all.I spent my 45-year working career in commercial and public broadcast media.We recently received a disturbing email […]
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Letters – Feb. 6, 2025
Re: Re: Cookie incidentI’m writing in response to Krista Lasko’s letter last week regarding the incident with a THC cookie at the Community Pantry outside of the library. I was surprised and sorry to read that Krista was disappointed with the library’s response to the incident. We’ve since spoken, and I’ve filled her in on […]