Potato Day is the longest standing locals’ tradition in Carbondale. The event kicked off in 1909, and celebrated its 100-year anniversary in the same year that The Sopris Sun printed its first issue. On Oct. 2, the Town celebrates the 112th annual Potato Day. The significance of the potato for this town is often lost […]
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Commissioners to visit Aspen Glen’s eagle buffer zone
The Garfield County Commissioners regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 20, took nearly six hours before all was said and done. The majority of the meeting was focused on a developer’s application for a Substantial Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment to remove an eagle nest buffer zone in Aspen Glen along the Roaring Fork River. Commissioner […]
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El potencial limitado de Cottonwood Pass
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Con el aumento de los cierres de la I-70, la gente que viaja entre Gypsum y Glenwood Springs se debate sobre a dónde girar cuando no puede tomar la vía principal a través del cañón. Residentes de ambos lados recurrieron a atravesar el Cottonwood Pass, pero fueron acompañados por grandes semirremolques […]
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Cada inmigrante importa
Traducción por Jacqueline Castro En este valle, es muy probable que todos conozcan o estén familiarizados con alguna persona que no haya nacido en los EE.UU. y que no tenga un estatus de residencia legal. Como el autor Francisco Cantú dice, “la frontera alcanza a todas las comunidades”. Para la recaudación de fondos anual el […]
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Stars, stripes and traffic lights
Weekly observers may have been surprised to see that on Sept. 13 the Garfield County commissioners convened their regular meeting within the county’s third district, at Silt Town Hall. First, the commissioners “ratified” the decision to send a letter to the Colorado Congressional Redistricting Committee regarding their dismay at the latest drafted redistricting map. The […]
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Cottonwood Pass’ limited potential
With increased closures on I-70, folks traveling between Gypsum and Glenwood Springs wrestle with where to turn when they can’t take the main thoroughfare through the canyon. Locals on both sides resorted to traversing Cottonwood Pass but were accompanied by large semis and inexperienced drivers amid bumper-to-bumper traffic. According to Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) […]
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CVEPA shares perspective
On Aug. 29, the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association (CVEPA) board conducted their annual public meeting at Propaganda Pie in Redstone. Longtime Western State University professor of history Dr. Duane Vandenbusche was the keynote speaker and focused on the importance of water conservation in the West. CVEPA formed in 1972 in opposition to a proposed […]
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Desplazarse al trabajo se hizo interesante
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Con las obras en las carreteras y un gran número de coches en ella, se produce un mayor número de inactividad y esperas para que el tráfico se mueva, con el aire acondicionado del vehículo encendido (o con las ventanas abajo). Desplazarse es una necesidad diaria en la ladera oeste para […]
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Citizens question GarCo oil and gas spending
The Garfield County Taxpayer Accountability Project (GCTAP) was formed to monitor the commissioners’ spending, especially from the oil and gas mitigation fund. The Citizen Telegram printed Garfield County’s treasurer’s semi-annual financial statement (for the first six months of 2021) on July 29 which shows that there was more than $16 million in that particular account […]