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• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Rekindling lost arts

  

  Just because Jeremy Wallace wants folks to know how to start a fire with a bow drill or forage for food doesn’t make him a prepper or an anarcho-primitivist.

  “I think at the core it’s just trying to reconnect people with the land,” the… read more →

• Locations: News By Justin Patrick Published Apr. 4, 2018

  GlenX awards cash prize to business startup finalist

  

  Carbondale is revered as an unparalleled jumping off point for adventure and recreation, but “business incubator” is probably not a descriptor most would associate with the outdoorsy mountain town. Local forward-thinking nonprofit GlenX is looking to change that by encouraging valley entrepreneurs. Last week, the organization awarded $10,000… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Handmakery hosts first exhibit for 88-year-old colorist

  

  First Fridays are not typically part of Bob Fadely’s social calendar. At 88 years old, he mostly stays at home coloring. But thanks to his favorite hobby and family, April marks his first-ever art exhibit. He’s pleased as punch about it.

  “This is really going to… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Apr. 4, 2018

  An evening of inspired stories

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  Six people will each share a seven-minute story at The Temporary April 5 via Writ Large, a spoken-word performance series curated by Alya Howe of Under Alya’s Umbrella.

  It’s also not the first time the organization has produced an evening at The Temporary — its… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Western Slope Veterans to partner with CMC

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  When Western Slope Veterans Coalition Founder John Pettit first imagined a partnership with Colorado Mountain College, he thought it would primarily take shape in the form of internship opportunities for the local veterans his organization serves. CMC Chief Operating Officer Matt Gianneschi thought there was a broader scope… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Pages of the Past: ‘It doesn’t matter if a story’s true or not, just so it’s good.’

  
  April 7, 1988: Basalt-area oldtimer and former Journal columnist Jake Lucksinger died at the age of 95, prompting reprinted excerpts of some of his “Legends and Lore” — he dropped the “Lies” after the first couple issues because “it doesn’t matter if a story’s true or not, just so it’s good.” read more →
• Locations: Columns By Jeannie Perry Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Ps & Qs: The spectrum of a species

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  I subscribe to The Borowitz Report because the only way I can absorb the news these days is through satire. And now it arrives with a disclaimer: Not the news. This is the world we live in.

  A world “where ‘stop shooting our kids’ is seen… read more →

• Locations: Columns By Nicolette Toussaint Published Apr. 4, 2018

  Seeking Higher Ground: Amy Barr loved the hell out of this world

  

  If I awakened to find that my older husband had died during the night, I was supposed to call Amy Barr. Those were her instructions, and I knew that she could glue the pieces of me back together again.

  Dawn Mulally, a friend and a former… read more →

• Locations: News Published Apr. 3, 2018

  Sparhawk, Yllanes and Henry for four years; Kitching for two; 2A passes

  
  The incumbents came out on top and the streetscape tax was renewed in a landslide, according to unofficial Carbondale municipal election results on April 3. read more →
• Published Apr. 1, 2018

  The Sun announces IPO

  

  By Margarita LuTack
  The Sopris Sum

  The Sopris Sun Board of Directors recently announced the newspaper’s initial public offering, which officially marks the entity’s conversion from a nonprofit to a publicly traded company.

  The move has already been met with controversy.

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