Shoshone water A Western Slope coalition last week gained a major step toward securing local water rights tethered to the Shoshone Hydroelectric Facility just east of Glenwood Springs on the Colorado River. The Shoshone Water Rights Preservation Coalition & Campaign announced on May 22 they secured $40 million in funding from the U.S. Bureau of […]
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Letters – Dec. 11, 2025
Thank you, RFHSNext time you meet a Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) student, shake their hand and offer them a heartfelt thank you. Over a period of three weeks, RFHS students filled the shelves at the Lift-Up pantry. They collected more than $1,000 and nearly 3,000 food items. A month ago, the pantry was struggling […]
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Community sprouting around RFHS biodome
Next volunteer project day is Oct. 25 Gretchen Hofmann has been taking care of organic gardens and biodomes since landing at the Windstar Foundation, an Aspen nonprofit founded by musician John Denver, when she was 25. She made her career stewarding diverse landscapes, even teaching organic gardening at UC Davis. Coming full circle, she is […]
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Rams Report: Fall sports roll into final weeks of the season
Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer and girls volleyball teams picked up key wins this week on the road, while the combined Basalt-Roaring Fork cross country team tuned up for a big meet this Friday. A rare mid-week cross country meet brought area teams to the Rifle Creek Golf Course on Tuesday, Oct. 7 for […]
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Girls lacrosse, soccer in position for postseason playoffs
Roaring Fork High School’s co-op girls lacrosse team rebounded on Tuesday, April 29, with a win over 4A Mountain East League opponent Summit High, 20-4 at home in Carbondale. The win came on the heels of a pair of tough league losses to knock the Rams into third place in the league — 13-11 at […]
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Another pair of wins for Rams basketball teams, as busy schedule looms
A short week with just one game for the Roaring Fork High School boys and girls basketball teams gives way to a big endurance test with five games scheduled over eight days headed into February. Both Rams teams dispatched the visiting Meeker Cowboys on Saturday, Jan. 25, in the RFHS Gym. The girls won 72-44 […]
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Roaring Fork basketball teams open strong ahead of home Patch tourney
The Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) boys and girls basketball teams both got off to a good start this week, winning their season openers against Rifle on Tuesday night.Playing at home, the Rams boys took down the Bears 70-64. Junior Lucas Carballeira had 22 points, junior Ethan Wilson 15 and sophomore Quentin Galbraith and junior […]
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Soccer marches on to 3A quarterfinals, one goal at a time
It took a couple of nailbiter wins through the first two rounds of the 3A state playoffs, including a snowy slidefest on Tuesday at Rams Field, but the Roaring Fork boys soccer team is on to the quarterfinals.The Rams, entering the 32-team state championship tournament as the No. 5 seed, defeated No. 12 The Academy […]
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Rams soccer in driver’s seat for 3A league title; volleyball wins third straight
It’s watch, wait and win time for the Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team, which took another step toward securing the 3A Western Slope League title on Tuesday with a scoreless draw at Coal Ridge.Now with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 2 ties overall and 5-0-1 in league play, and ranked […]
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Boys soccer scores league win over Rifle, volleyball team falls; football earns forfeit ‘W’
Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team started off on the right foot in the 3A Western Slope League opener at Rifle last week, handing the previously undefeated Bears their first loss of the season.With the score tied at 1-1 midway through the second half of play on Thursday, Sept. 12, Rams sophomore Cal Stone […]