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• Locations: News By Jane Bachrach Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Skiing a year-round sport for local teen

  

  Spring has arrived and ski season is just about over in the Roaring Fork Valley. Temperatures are on the rise and snow levels (what little there was this year) are on the wane.  Ski enthusiasts are packing up and putting their skis in storage until next winter. … read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Carbondale residency is dance troupe’s first all together in U.S.

  

  For a time, it seemed rehearsing via Skype was the best way to work with the entirety of the company — after all, the Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre (YSDT) is a transnational troupe, with Artistic Director Samar Haddad King in Palestine and Associate Artistic Director Zoe Rabinowitz in… read more →

• Locations: News Published Mar. 21, 2018

  Obituary: Jack Real

  

  Jack Real, 82, died in his sleep on March 16, 2018 in his No Name home.

  A midwestern boy, fond of his meat and potatoes, Jack opened his heart to all he met, but turned a will of steel to social justice issues

  Jack… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 16, 2018

  Neighbors evacuated as Basalt home searched

  

  An investigation into hazardous bottles in the Roaring Fork River lead to a search at the Roaring Fork Mobile Home Park on the evening of March 16.

  According to a Pitkin County press release, around 40 people from multiple agencies participated in the operation. “In the interest of public… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Mar. 14, 2018

  UN club helps cultivate model citizens at RFHS

  

  The Roaring Fork High School Model United Nations club came home from New York with a concrete victory: the students representing Cote d’ Ivoire — or the Ivory Coast in English — cosponsored a resolution regarding the protection and safety of journalists, and three of their proposals made… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Learn to love monsters with ‘The Voices Project’

  

  “Blame is a monster I can’t seem to kill off,” sophomore Daniela Rivera observes in a deeply personal vignette she will perform as part of “The Voices Project” — an interdisciplinary, multi-school performance which takes place March 16 and 17 at Thunder River Theatre.

  The… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Pages of the Past: Roaring Fork strike a blow for the underdog

  

  From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal

  March 16, 1978

  A series of conflicts between dogs and deer were causing headaches for local wildlife officers. In a specific incident described, a motorist on Highway 82 called in two dogs harassing a herd of… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Mar. 14, 2018

  The long and winding road to fire chief

  

  For Rob Goodwin, being on top means propping people up. That’s been his philosophy throughout his career with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District, and now that he’s chief, it’s no different.

  “There’s an old saying: ‘there’s no limit to what a person can do… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Mar. 14, 2018

  Alaprima Painters featured in Rockies West National Exhibit

  

  Seventy-three artists from 17 states have works featured in this year’s Rockies West National in Grand Junction, and five of them call Carbondale home.

  It was the first time Carbondale had such representation in the exhibit, now in its 26th year. That’s because it was the first time the Alaprima… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Mar. 14, 2018

  RFHS, Ross participate in National School Walkout

  

  No signs. No slogans.

  Roaring Fork High School’s participation in the National School Walkout on March 14 was a quiet affair.

  While the whole student body shared 17 seconds of silence during a community meeting inside, around three dozen kids and a handful of grown-ups… read more →