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• Locations: News By Amy Hadden Marsh Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Low snowpack, early run-off puts the squeeze on Missouri Heights water

  

  Prayers for rain on Missouri Heights were answered last weekend but the storm didn’t quench local water worries. Gay Lewis lives on 42 acres off County Road 102 with her husband, a few dogs, 22 horses and a herd of goats. She’s lived up there for 20 years… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Crystal River Caucus brings panel together to discuss trail options

  

  Two things were clear after the Crystal River Caucus’ meeting last week at the Redstone fire station: there was consensus among the three invited panel experts that the proposed highway alignment would be preferable for the Carbondale to Crested Butte trail, and many of the meeting attendees still… read more →

• Locations: News By Justin Patrick Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Roaring Fork Housing Authority sought to increase affordability

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  A group of forward-thinking citizens is in the early stages of creating a potential Multi-jurisdictional Housing Authority (MJHA) for the Roaring Fork Valley to address issues related to affordable housing. An MJHA is different from a county or city housing authority because it can reach across various governments… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Pages of the Past: Big business, humongous home

  From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal

  June 22, 1978

  The Town of Carbondale decided to begin enforcing an old policy restricting out of towners from using the municipal dump. With only nine months of operative life remaining on the facility and an estimated…

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• Locations: News Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Take a tour of Marble’s past

  

  Time travel is now available right here in the Crystal River Valley. If you come to Marble on Sunday, June 24 anytime between 1 and 4 p.m., you can step back in time about one hundred years. The Marble Hub and Marble Historical Society are presenting the Living… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jun. 20, 2018

  Luckily, no one was there when the tree fell (but it made a loud noise in several lives)

  

  Doni Nicoll was all set for his and his family’s next chapter. They’re already renting a new home in Arizona, where his wife and daughter have relocated. Their Satank property had a buyer and was set to close Friday, June 15. It had been professionally cleaned… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Jun. 13, 2018

  Planting the seeds of history

  

  A locomotive headlight on display at the Mount Sopris Historical Society (MSHS) museum serves as a stark reminder that history doesn’t preserve itself.

  It was a fixture at the Glenwood Railroad Museum, which was shuttered and had its assets “scattered to the wind” after Union Pacific… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Jun. 13, 2018

  Increased density, smaller lots proposed for Thompson Park

  

  It should come as no surprise that a development proposal as protracted as Thompson Park wasn’t approved in one meeting.

  In fact, Carbondale Trustees went into their June 12 meeting knowing that the major site plan review, conditional use permit and agreement amendments would likely be… read more →

• Locations: News By Laney Devers Published Jun. 13, 2018

  CU gives local kids a lens on climate change

  

  On Monday, June 11, I sat in on Eric Carpenter of the University of Colorado as he lead a Science Discovery workshop for local students in middle through high school.

  He had the help of Dr. Erin Leckey, manager of Lens on Climate Change, Sarah… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jun. 13, 2018

  Two generations of exchange

  

  Next week, Grace Jardin is heading to Mallorca, a Spanish island known for its beach resorts and limestone mountains. But Jardin isn’t going for the sights; she’s going to visit her friend.

  “I’m so excited because I’m so sad she’s leaving,” she said in the Hamiltons’… read more →