Carbondale’s trustees shared dinner with the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, June 20, for their annual check-in. Peppino’s focaccia sandwiches were served. Items discussed included regional transportation, affordable housing, rodeos and property taxes. The transportation conversation was prompted by a letter asking the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to facilitate a countywide […]
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GarCo Report: Wholesale greenhouses to cover 95% of light at night, American Stewards of Liberty, Mountain Valley changes
A full agenda greeted the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Monday for the final meeting of the month. The Board heard from citizens in the morning and the afternoon about issues not on the agenda. Richard Bach took time out from work to ask the BOCC to do something about increased taxes that are vexing […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – June 22, 2023
Troubadour talent Carbondale’s own Jackson Emmer won the 30th annual Troubadour Contest at Telluride Bluegrass this year. The songwriter competition invites artists not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal to perform original songs. Congrats, Jackson! Holy Cross election Holy Cross Energy, our nonprofit rural electric co-op, held its annual meeting on June […]
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Works in Progress – June 22, 2023
My life on two wheels, part two By Stanley Trulock Glenwood Springs By the summer of 1958, I had outgrown my 20-incher, so my grandma and grandpa took me to Montgomery Wards and let me pick out a new, “big” bike. It was a red and white 26-inch. They put in the trunk of their […]
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RCA airs concerns over county’s permit requirement
Redstone’s Fourth of July parade is just around the corner, and this year it’s going to look a bit different. As locals have seen with the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo, growth has given way to more structure in what is ceasing to be the Wild West. The Aspen Daily News printed a story on June […]
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Letters – June 22, 2023
Re: Doctrine of Discovery Thanks so much for Amy Hadden Marsh’s interview with Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk of the Ute Nation about the Pope’s official renunciation of the Doctrine of Discovery. It would take quite a bit more than an apology for the Catholic Church, and for the inheritors of Western European colonization at large, to make […]
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Chisme del Pueblo- 15 de junio
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Encuesta de la carretera 133 ¿Tiene alguna opinión acerca de sus viajes en la carretera 133 en Carbondale? Al grupo Age-Friendly Carbondale le gustaría saber. Encuentre la encuesta bilingüe en www.bit.ly/HWY133 Puente temporal El departamento de transporte de Colorado espera abrir la carretera 133 entre Somerset y Paonia en cualquier momento […]
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Estaban los tomatitos muy contentitos, cuando llegó de pronto otro tomatito
En la frontera pasan cosas, aparte de ser un núcleo económico importante para la región, se describe como un punto histórico y de gran relevancia para entender subculturas urbanas; para algunos sociólogos las denominadas tribus urbanas. Es bien entendido por todos que a nivel global las ciudades tienden a tener diferentes comportamientos entre grupos, los […]
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Glenwood Springs shows its Pride / Glenwood Springs muestra su Orgullo
Glenwood Springs’ Second Annual Pride Fest saw a big turnout at Bethel Plaza the evening of Saturday, June 10. Guest speakers, who took up about an hour with heartfelt speeches, included: Colorado House District 57 Representative Elizabeth Velasco, Glenwood Springs Mayor Ingrid Wussow, Kevin McManamon with Aspen Out and a recorded welcome from Governor Jared […]
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Trustees consider pickleball expansion and buy down program
All trustees were present for their first June meeting, except Colin Laird and Marty Silverstein. The consent agenda was approved unanimously (accounts payable, meeting minutes, an application for RFTA grant money to fund the new bikeshare program with the Town matching $66,939, liquor license renewals for Tiny Pine and Brass Anvil, a special event liquor […]