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• Locations: News By Geneviève Villamizar Published Nov. 14, 2019

  Film features connection beyond basecamp

  

  “It was a group of us, John Callahan, the Marolt brothers, and Jim Gile. We all grew up on Cemetary Lane, skiing and ski racing,” says Mike Marolt, the son of an Olympic ski racer. “But we really got started into this stuff in the eighth-grade outdoor ed program… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Nov. 14, 2019

  RFHS Chamber Choir to take the top stage

  

  In just a few semesters, Roaring Fork High School’s choir program has grown from next to nothing to a confident cadre preparing to perform at one of the nation’s premiere venues.

  Thanks to Manhattan Concert Productions, many of the members will travel to New York City next June… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Nov. 14, 2019

  Town may help provide showers to homeless

  

  In updating trustees on five years of Carbondale Homeless Assistance on Nov. 12, organizer Lynn Kirchner took the opportunity to ask the Town to pitch in.

  The ad hoc group has managed to raise around $1,500 every year to provide showers at the Carbondale Recreation Center… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Nov. 7, 2019

  Former Redstonian writes about love and war

  

  As a Vietnam veteran who lost his leg in combat and still has shrapnel in his body, Infantry Captain Ron Sorter, knows about pain — emotional as well as physical. He’s suffered both.

  Veterans Day, Nov. 11, has always been a somber yet special day for… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Nov. 7, 2019

  Talking trees with the Town Arborist

  

  Ask Mike Callas about his favorite trees in town, and he won’t show you the biggest or most beautiful specimens. Instead, the Town Arborist has a special affection for those with deep historical roots or new varieties he’s gone out on a limb to bring to Carbondale.

  Take,… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Nov. 7, 2019

  Pages Past: Please don’t shoot the telephone lines

  

  From the archives of the Valley Journal and Sopris Sun

  Nov. 8, 1979

  There had been several cases of hunters shooting out telephone wires and cables, according to Mountain Bell. Mostly only single users had been affected, but on at least one occasion an… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Nov. 6, 2019

  Virgili and Hartzell win CMC trustee, Salida a slam dunk

  

  The results of the Colorado Mountain College (CMC)  Board of Trustee elections, as of 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, show the overwhelming passage of ballot questions 7A and 5A to annex the Salida School District into the CMC district. This will be the first time CMC has… read more →

• Locations: News By Ken Pletcher Published Nov. 6, 2019

  Library referendum squeaks through

  

  According to unofficial results, Garfield County voters approved by a narrow margin Ballot Initiative 6A on Nov. 5. 

  As of 10:26 p.m., the count was 6,147 for and 5,638 against.

  The measure will provide additional funding for the county library district by adding a… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Nov. 6, 2019

  Ramirez leapfrogs Larson for school board

  

  Even when Jasmin Ramirez was trailing incumbent Shane Larson in the race for Roaring Fork Schools’ District D, she was simply pleased to be in the running. 

  “I’m just a mom who cares,” she said. “I feel proud that enough people heard and related to my… read more →

• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Oct. 30, 2019

  Our community is not immune to drug addiction

  

  While much attention has focused on the nation’s opioid crisis, other drugs continue to be a problem. According to a 2018 assessment from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration, “the methamphetamine threat remains prevalent; the cocaine threat has rebounded; new psychoactive substances (NPS) are still challenging, and… read more →