Kristi Nicholls was a Carbondalian, psychotherapist, triathlete, CAFCI steering committee member and mother of four. On Oct. 30, she legally and peacefully ended her life, with her four adult children at her side, before having to endure the grand mal seizures and strokes that would have been in her future. CAFCI dedicates this column to […]
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Book Review: “Yellow Bird”
By Izzy Stringham White River Books When a young oil worker named Kristopher Clarke went missing from the Fort Berthold Reservation oil fields in North Dakota in 2012, Lissa Yellow Bird, a Native American woman with no connection to Clarke, decided to find him. Sierra Crane Murdoch’s impeccably researched book, “Yellow Bird”, chronicles Lissa’s search. […]
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Obituary: Jerry Overton, June 21, 1943 – Nov. 1, 2022
Jerry Donald Overton, 79, passed on Nov. 1, 2022 in Montrose. Jerry was born on June 21, 1943 to George L. and Lucille Baldwin Overton in Memphis, Tennessee. He had two sisters, Barbara and Nell (deceased), and two brothers, William and James (deceased). Jerry grew up in Memphis where he graduated from Oakhaven High School. […]
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Work in Progress – Nov. 9, 2022
Your creativity counts By Just Jim It’s on the wall Down Main Street Everywhere you look Creativity abounds Carbondale, Glenwood And beyond Sprouting from minds and hearts Through fingers on the page It seeps through the cracks Up through your toes Falls from the sky Like snowflakes and red hats Admittedly, sometimes difficult to pin […]
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Work in Progress – Nov. 3, 2022
The Bald Eagles of Beaver Lake By Alex Menard This may read like a short story and still seems like a dream to me. In fact, I am relating it just as it happened on one stunningly beautiful fall day in Marble, Colorado. The day was so bright it almost hurt your eyes, and completely […]
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Voters to decide on free meals for public school students
By Diana Diaz and Kayla Kaufman Youth Correspondents It’s that time again! Ballots are out and many decisions are being made. One ballot measure to highlight is Colorado Proposition FF, which aims to provide school meals free-of-charge to all public school students, by limiting tax deductions for individuals whose federal taxable income is $300,000 or […]
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Chisme del pueblo: 27 de octubre, 2022
Traduccion por Jacquelinne Castro Día de los Muertos La biblioteca de Basalt invita al público a contribuir con fotos, flores y otros objetos para el altar comunitario honrando a nuestros seres queridos. Esta permanecerá abierta al público hasta el 29 de octubre. A la vez, Carbondale Arts organizará una ofrenda en Launchpad comenzando el 1 […]
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Fake is for fiction
Opinion by Dominic Furer Youth Correspondent Ah, Halloween…A day to dress up; a day to become someone you aren’t; a day of partying and taking on a different form. I always enjoyed Halloween as a child, mostly for the candy and the opportunity to run around at night with my friends and family. The holiday […]
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¡Vota por las tierras públicas este noviembre!
Por Omar Sarabia Defiende Nuestra Tierra Durante las elecciones de 2020, Wilderness Workshop y el programa Defiende Nuestra Tierra alentaron a las personas a registrarse para votar, alentaron a las personas a aprender sobre los candidatos y sus posturas sobre las tierras públicas y crearon todo tipo de materiales de “Vote Public Lands”: es un […]
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Thoughts on the Hayden, the Meeker Uprising, and the Crystal Trail
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Dale Will
When Ferdinand Hayden’s team of surveyors entered the Crystal Valley in 1873, they noted the existence of a “hardened trail” running from the summit of what is now known as Schofield Pass down to the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Colorado Rivers. At this point, the surveyors were the guests of the Ute Nation […]