Valentine’s Day 2018 is history, but for Carbondale entrepreneur Sarah Villafranco, it seems like every day is Valentine’s Day as far as her love affair with plants goes. The former […]
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Roaring Fork renaissance girl in the running for Daniels scholarship
Roaring Fork High School senior Emily Johnson has so many passions and talents, it’s hard to find a subject that doesn’t interest her. “I’m really into trying everything,” she said. […]
Leach’s legacy and 40 years of firefighting
In Ron Leach’s opinion, his 40-year career with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District isn’t about him. “I want my legacy to be about the people I worked with,” […]
RF Futsal growing by leaps and bounds
A couple years ago, sixth grader Mia Cubias would have been spending her weekends this time of year planted in front of their family’s television or playing soccer with her […]
Pages of the Past: Water, snow and illicit apricots
Feb. 9, 1978 Roland Fischer of the Colorado RIver Water Conservation District penned a guest column in opposition to the Division of Wildlife’s attempts to enforce minimum stream flow laws […]
Sisu endures — but we could use six weeks of winter
On a warm January day, a group of men regarded the muddy entrance to the Spring Gulch Trail system with the practiced eyes of recreationalists, ranchers and engineers. It’s ostensibly […]
Graham’s legacy sparks art, scholarship
Angus Graham never wanted his work to become the point of conversation — in a handwritten note about his pottery, he described his art’s purpose as a complementary one. “Pots […]
Brannigan’s All State Choir performance a first for RFHS
More than 2,000 singers across the state registered to audition, but it’s so notoriously rigorous that only 1,717 of them completed the process. Less than 30 percent were selected, and […]
Senior living proposal headed to trustees
The proposed Sopris Lodge Assisted Living Community is one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to the Planning and Zoning Commission’s unanimous vote to approve the special use permit […]
Dandelion Market’s future in question… again
Carbondale Community Food Cooperative members will face a number of options at their next meeting, but one looms larger than the others: dissolution. Without more volunteers to take on shifts […]