In late August 2023, Builders FirstSource quietly opened its new lumberyard facility in Carbondale. Located just north of the City Market shopping complex on Highway 133, it was the culmination of a years-long process leading to the consolidation of the company’s three operations in the Roaring Fork Valley (Aspen, Willits and Glenwood Springs) at the […]
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Spring Valley Ranch: From sagebrush to second homes
Like some of the wide open spaces and prime elk winter range in and around the Roaring Fork Valley, the 5,909-acre Spring Valley Ranch, east of Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, is on the chopping block. Georgia-based Storied Development LLC’s revision of an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) is under review by the […]
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Basalt Report: Councilor Drummond resigns, opening temporary seat
This week, Basalt’s town council discussed an upcoming two-day closure on Midland Avenue as well as this year’s budget. This meeting also marked the last for councilor Glenn Drummond, who officially resigned on Nov. 30. Elected to a four-year term in April 2020, Drummond initially had planned to serve until the term ended in April […]
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The last time I saw Rob Lowe
When I was a kid, my sisters and I would ride our bikes endlessly around Sopris Village in El Jebel. Our dad lived there, and it was like sci-fi Nancy Drew because it was this suburban “village” surrounded by miles and miles of empty fields: no City Market shopping center, no Movieland, nothing to do […]
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Basalt Report: Hearing planned for development on Emma Road
This week, Town Council convened for a regular meeting to discuss items including a potential housing development at 431 Emma Road and the possible timeline for the next stages of the Midland Avenue Streetscape Project. No citizens stepped up during the period for general public comments. Mayor Kane offered praise for the continued success of […]
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Basalt Report: Focusing on child care
Prior to its regular meeting, Basalt Town Council held a joint work session with the Eagle County Commissioners. Mayor Bill Kane introduced the council and emphasized Basalt’s commitment to conserving open space and containing development. Eagle County Manager Jeff Shroll opened with a discussion about purchasing a parcel of U.S. Forest Service land near Crown […]
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Letters – Oct. 21, 2021
Trash kills bears As I left my house to go to work this morning, I observed – yet again – that a neighbor along my street had their trash can knocked over with trash strewn all over. With the many public information campaigns repeating the mantra that trash kills bears, I wonder how it can […]