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• Locations: News Published Jan. 11, 2018

  Trash conversation continues

  While both Trustee Ben Bohmfalk and Mayor Dan Richardson had ideas for a relatively simple approach to waste hauling at the Jan. 9 meeting, the debate that has raged in Carbondale almost since the municipality got out of the business is far from over. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 11, 2018

  Firsthand stories emerge as Weeks trial continues

  Prosecutors asked Pitkin County Deputy Parichat Robles outright why she didn’t shoot the fleeing suspects who had jumped from a RFTA bus emergency exit near Basalt during her trial testimony Monday. “I wasn’t going to shoot somebody that wasn’t a threat to me,” Robles said flatly. Nicholas Ameral, 20, pleaded guilty to felony aggravated robbery with an armed confederate in July. He was on a downvalley Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus on Feb. 21 last year, five days after robbing the Valero gas station in the Carbondale Cowen Center. Ameral received a six-year prison sentence; his alleged accomplice was his cousin, Benjamin Weeks, 20. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 11, 2018

  Pages of the Past: ‘Bert and Ernie’ development takes shape

  Jan. 12, 1978: The proposed Roaring Fork Village development — encompassing 49 acres of Gianinetti and Sewell land between Highway 133 and Eighth Street on the north end of town — went before a board of trustees with “two of the six members repeatedly absent.” read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 11, 2018

  Rams rock Longhorns in back-to-back basketball victories

  

  By Justin Patrick
  Special to The Sopris Sun

  Both the girls’ and boys’ Roaring Fork High School varsity basketball teams claimed big wins over upvalley rival Basalt Longhorns Tuesday evening. The Rams were on point during their home games, quickly squashing right out of the gate any hope of… read more →

• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  Rolling into 2018 via aikido

  
  Mike Jones, chief instructor at Roaring Fork Aikikai, first got into aikido exactly because it’s a martial art that requires more art than actual combat. That’s not to say it doesn’t pack a punch; at the end of our 90-minute class, he showed me a quick, seemingly effortless move that had me on my knees in an instant. “One of the reasons I got into aikido [is] there’s no yelling. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  Ram hoopsters bouncing back from break

  
  Roaring Fork High School’s basketball teams are off to a promising start as they jump right from the holidays into league play. “You get rolling and you get right where you want to be and then you’ve got winter break,” noted Athletic Director and Girls’ Coach Jade Bath. The varsity girls are 4-2 overall following an array of mostly non-league games in December. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  A post-holiday guide to some Carbondale gyms

  
  Another year has come and gone. The family has traveled home and the holidays feel like a distant memory. However, left behind is the mountain of cookies, fudge, pies, and more taunting you in the kitchen. With a guilty grin you give into the temptation and pile the treats high onto a plate and onto the couch. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  As Luckett would have it

  
  It has a 15-million person following in 180 countries. And in many ways thanks to William Luckett, a junior at Roaring Fork High School, Carbondale is quickly adding to the Zumba fever. The 17-year-old is no stranger to movement — he studies ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance — so when he fell in love with Zumba, it wasn’t surprising. He realized he wanted more than just participate: he wanted to teach. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  Pages of the Past: Crumbling mansions and affordable housing

  Jan. 5, 1978: “The brick house” — arguably the grandest ranch home in the Valley when 300 people arrived on a chartered train for the housewarming in 1908 — was in the process of demolition. Built by Charles Harris (The Journal calls him Davis), one of the lower valley’s first settlers, it cost $12,000 and included 18 rooms, six foot wide stairs, 10 foot ceilings on the first two of three floors and gingerbread ornamentation throughout. read more →
• Locations: News Published Jan. 3, 2018

  Into a bit of a pickle(ball)

  
  I’d been wanting to try my hand (or foot?) at pickleball since I first heard mention of the sport a few years ago. I had no idea how it was played, but with a name like “pickleball,” I assumed it would emphasize fun over finesse, trial and error over technique, recreation over rules, and community over competition. In short — as anyone who has ever attempted to play soccer or tennis with me would attest — my kind of sport. read more →