I’m writing this because I want to see more teenagers at the No Kings protest on March 28. We should be at these protests because we are all affected by what the Trump administration and Congress have been doing, whether you know it yet or not. Countless masked Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have […]
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Legal representation scams target immigrant community
Advocates and attorneys in the Roaring Fork Valley say scammers posing as legal representatives are exploiting immigrants navigating the increasingly aggressive federal enforcement landscape. “I have seen and talked to victims of these scams,” Alex Sanchez, executive director of Voces Unidas de las Montañas, told The Sopris Sun . Voces Unidas, an organization fighting for […]
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El valle responde al tiroteo de ICE
En respuesta al tiroteo de Renee Good por parte de un oficial de ICE en Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mountain Action Indivisible organizó protestas en Parachute, Glenwood Springs y Basalt durante el fin de semana, así como una vigilia con velas en Carbondale.“El asesinato de Renee Nicole Good por parte de ICE sigue a una serie de […]
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Basalt art grantsGrants of up to $10,000 are available to local artists, organizations and nonprofits via the Basalt Public Arts Commission. Funding may be used for one-time or continuing public arts projects and programs that have a measurable benefit within Basalt. Submissions are due by 5pm, Feb. 20. Find details at www.basalt.net/bpac RFSD declining enrollmentThe […]
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RFV rises on No Kings Day
Upwards of 4,000 protestors gathered beneath the Grand Avenue Bridge in Glenwood Springs on Saturday, Oct. 18. As part of a national No Kings day of action, many wore yellow and others donned playful Halloween costumes. More than 2,500 No Kings events took place throughout the United States and it’s estimated that at least 5 […]
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Second No Kings rally set for Oct. 18
Saturday, Oct. 18, is the date for the second nationwide No Kings event this year. Locally, the rally will be in downtown Glenwood Springs. It is being organized by Carbondale-based Mountain Action Indivisible (MAI), which is affiliated with the national Indivisible organization. MAI volunteer Pat Morrissy — acting as the group’s press contact — told […]
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GarCo Report: Defending Shoshone water right, Medicaid concerns
Glenwood Springs resident Judy Haynes returned to talk to the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) Monday about Medicaid and the threat to local hospitals. Haynes was one of several members of Mountain Action Indivisible, a local citizens group, who approached the BOCC in late May about supporting the retention of Medicaid in light of the threat […]
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Fire dangerA number of small fires have occurred in the Valley recently. A passenger van explosion up Snowmass Creek Road on June 30 spread flames to dry vegetation before 30 firefighters contained it. The day prior, a multi-agency effort responded to a structure fire in Glenwood Springs. Thursday, June 26, saw a human-caused fire in […]
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En medio de las protestas nacionales, los residentes locales se manifiestan contra ICE y apoyan a las comunidades de inmigrantes
Mientras las protestas contra las medidas federales de inmigración se extendieron por todo el país la semana pasada, los residentes locales participaron el 10 de junio en Aspen en un debate comunitario sobre cómo apoyar a las comunidades de inmigrantes. Los manifestantes de Glenwood Springs también se manifestaron al día siguiente contra el aumento de […]
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Mountain Action Indivisible stands defiant
On April 5, an estimated 2,000 people flocked to Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs for the Hands Off! rally organized by Mountain Action Indivisible, a political advocacy group operating from Parachute to Aspen. The spike in Indivisible protests across our region is part of a national trend of grassroots organizing that quieted during the Biden […]