In 1959, two Carbondale school teachers, Dorothea Ike (later Farris) and Patricia Richmond, were lamenting the fact that their students couldn’t do any research after school because the school library was closed and the nearest public library was in Glenwood Springs, too far for the kids to travel. From Richmond’s journal, “Roaring Fork Valley Recollections […]
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Letters – Dec. 18, 2025
What news?When we write letters to the editor, what is our intent? Who is the audience? Who reads? Who learns something and changes their mind? I recently heard less than 2% of people under 50 read a paper. What percentage under 50 read anything not on social media? I read social media, too, but it’s […]
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Libraries head into 2024 down a board member
Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) will go into 2024 short a board member. That was the decision of the trustees at their monthly meeting in New Castle on Dec. 7. The board took the recommendation of GCPLD executive director Jamie LaRue to wait until next year to nominate another trustee after he, board president […]