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• Locations: News By Lynn Burton Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Moxley eyes spot in new professional football league

  

  While most National Football League players and fans have Super Bowl Sunday circled on their 2019 calendar, Trae Moxley is looking forward to the week after. That’s when the new Alliance of American Football  league kicks off its 12-week season, and the Roaring Fork High School alum hopes… read more →

• Locations: News By Justin Patrick Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Ditch tour provides insight into unique Carbondale resource

  

  The Carbondale ditch system that runs through town looks about the same as it did in the early 1900s when agriculturally dependent residents built it to conveniently and reliably access water diverted from the Crystal River.

  The flow is now more precisely controlled with headgates… read more →

• Locations: News By Justin Patrick Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Sopris Liquor and Wine celebrates grand reopening

  

  Carbondale’s neighborhood liquor store just got a whole lot bigger, though without giving up any of its small-town charm.

  After an extensive remodel, Sopris Liquor and Wine is gearing up for a Grand Reopening celebration on Oct. 6. The store acquired a next-door lease this… read more →

• Locations: Obituaries Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Obituary: Hester Aiken Miner

  
  Nov. 17, 1919 – Sept. 28, 2018

  Hester Louise Aiken Miner, age 98, of Hoover, AL, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2018.

  The graveside service will be at Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.

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• Locations: Opinion By Nicolette Toussaint Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Thunder River Theatre’s Equus – a galloping hit

  

  The small stage positioned in the cavernous darkness of Thunder River’s black box theatre can barely contain the unbridled passions loosed by Equus. This stage is an emotional boxing ring in which disturbed 17-year-old Alan Strang squares off against middle-aged psychiatrist Martin Dysart.

  The discomfort… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Locals flock together for new guide

  

  Rebecca Weiss and Mark Fuller are bird nerds, and they’re making it easy for you to be one, too.

  “Birds are the most watchable form of wildlife,” Weiss said. “Birders are fun to hang out with and it helps you connect to nature.”

  “They’re… read more →

• Locations: Columns By Jeannie Perry Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Ps&Qs: The hamster-led, pumpkin spiced revolution

  

  Fall is a wonderful season.

  That nearly-dead-but-not-yet feeling of: warm days and cool nights, beautiful tapestries on the mountainside, and the pumpkin spiced deluge whenever we leave the house. Americans are extremely busy this fall; there’s barely time to stop and smell the rotting rose… read more →

• Locations: Columns By Stan Badgett Published Oct. 3, 2018

  Apples of the Earth

  

  Ah, Potato Day! There’s something in the spud to think about.

  Fred Geis used to play a tune on the radio: “You’re My Little Potato.” Fred, a fellow poet, wrote a poem extolling Anne Holden, who always wore her hair pulled up in a bun.… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Oct. 2, 2018

  Basalt apartment complex 'uninhabitable' after pipe comes through the ceiling

  

  A “utilities emergency” prompted the mandatory evacuation of all 56 units of the Roaring Fork Apartments at 111 Emma Rd. in Basalt on Oct. 2.

  “Early on, I’d requested the American Red Cross for their assistance,” said Richard Cornelius, a division chief with the… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Sep. 26, 2018

  Old friends and new come together to put on Potato Day

  

  They may not be officially in charge of the event anymore, but the Gianinettis are still heavily invested in the success of Potato Day.

  In addition to their involvement with the meal, the folks at Gianinetti Spring Creeks Ranch put up a matching donation to encourage… read more →