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 […]
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Carbondalian for life
Tom Mercer has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for long enough to be considered a local by anyone’s measure, and contributed enough to boot. In recent years he regularly contributed articles to The Sopris Sun and while we’re sad to see him go, we’re comforted knowing he’s not quite done with us. Recently, Mercer […]
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Se buscan trabajadores en todas partes
Traducción por Dolores Duarte No es ningún secreto que hay una falta de mano de obra. Es una tendencia nacional y el Valle Roaring Fork no es la excepción. Caminando por Main Street en Carbondale, es difícil no notar los carteles de “se busca ayuda” pegados en las ventanas de los restaurantes más populares. Algunos […]
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Community, meet the police
The first-ever Carbondale Police Department (CPD) Citizen Academy was quickly renamed the “Community Academy” so as not to deter folks without U.S. citizenship from participating. That change-up was the result of input given by the first members of the academy — and was one of many suggestions taken to heart by the department. Citizen academies […]
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Workers needed near and far
It’s no secret, there is a deficiency in the labor pool. It is a nation-wide trend and the Roaring Fork Valley is no exception. Walking down Main Street in Carbondale, it’s hard not to notice the “help wanted” signs taped to the windows of popular restaurants. Some businesses, such as the newly-opened Ming’s restaurant next […]
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Golden moments make history
The Carbondale Mountain Fair would not be the same without KDNK; in fact, it’s how some folks tune in for the fair each year — even before virtual attendance was in style. For the 50th anniversary, fair gurus conferred and decided to mash up some highlights from historic recordings preserved, or rescued, and brought to […]
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Instalación solar sí, redistribución de distritos no
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los comisionados iniciaron su reunión del 12 de julio discutiendo la redistribución del Distrito 57 de la Cámara de Colorado (HD-57). El representante del HD-57, Perry Will, estuvo presente para hablar sobre el tema. El comisionado Tom Jankovsky inició la conversación dejando claras sus preocupaciones. Los mapas preliminares de redistribución “toman” […]
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Collaborate and dance
In Carbondale, as of late, there’s been a trend of dancing in the street — well, at least outdoors — with the recent production of SHOES outside SAW studios and, coming up on July 17, a New York dance company called Konverjdans will perform outside The Contemporary in Willits. While The Contemporary structure is not […]
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Bio-reina entra en escena
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los espectáculos de drag son escasos y poco frecuentes en el valle de Roaring Fork, por lo que fue especialmente emocionante para los fans locales de la escena escuchar que habría una actuación en Steve’s Guitars. Las artistas caminaron por la pasarela y se pavonearon justo como las reinas que les […]