Free wood chipsThe Town of Carbondale is giving away free wood chips created from the recycling of Christmas trees. The chips will be available until Feb. 8 (while supplies last) from the dumpster container in the dirt parking lot at 4th and Colorado. Harvest Roaring ForkThe Jan. 28 Garfield County Planning Commission public meeting to […]
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Novedades de la semana
Actualización semanal con las noticias más relevantes del Valle de Roaring Fork: advertencia final sobre cámaras de velocidad, cifras de ayuda alimentaria de Lift-Up, nuevas reglas de ingreso a kínder, cierre de Independence Pass por invierno, quemas controladas y trabajos de mitigación en Basalt Mountain. Última advertenciaEl periodo de advertencia para el nuevo sistema de […]
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Reader surveyThe Sopris Sun and Sol del Valle are asking readers, and yet-to-be readers, to take a few minutes to complete an online multiple-choice survey to help the papers gauge community engagement. Thank you for chiming in! Find the survey at www.tinyurl.com/SoprisSolsurvey Kindergarten age entryRoaring Fork School District announced that beginning next school year, incoming […]
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RFPLWF unites common interests
In late spring and early summer, signs began appearing at many outdoor access points throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. These notices included reminders to recreate responsibly alongside information about reduced public lands funding and ways to steward outdoor spaces. These signs are just one aspect of work being done by a new local coalition: the […]
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Restricciones de fuego, recursos comunitarios y organización vecinal – Agosto 2025
Nuevas restricciones de fuego en tierras públicas, directorio bilingüe de recursos para tres condados, llamado a conservar agua por bajo caudal, y logros de residentes en parques de casas móviles que buscan ser dueños de sus comunidades. Restricciones de fuego Todas las tierras administradas por el Bosque Nacional White River y el Distrito del Río […]
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Runners rejoice!Our very own Independence Run & Hike has been named one of 65 top running stores in the country for 2025 by The Running Event — North America’s premier run and outdoor specialty retail conference and trade show. “After 20 years of hard work, I’m absolutely over the moon to see Independence Run & […]
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McClure Pass Trail from Redstone meanders toward completion in 2027
A new trail from the village of Redstone to the top of McClure Pass has been controversial in recent years. The seven-mile trail is a planned segment of an aspirational Carbondale to Crested Butte trail, offering an over 80-mile alternative to popular existing hikes between the Roaring Fork Valley and towns south of the Elk […]
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For the benefit of Mr. Kight: Frontier Historical Museum director retiring
On a recent “nickel tour” of the Frontier Historical Museum (FHM) in Glenwood Springs, Bill Kight, museum director, talked local and personal history. Kight’s stories are among the best, including the one about Fort Defiance. “The fact of the Defiance name is still kind of controversial,” said Kight. It all had to do with prospectors […]
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Staffing concerns precede planned opening of new Carbondale forest ranger office
A recent decision to temporarily close the White River National Forest Supervisor’s Office in Glenwood Springs to public walk-in services for lack of staff may forebode staffing difficulties when it comes time to open the new Aspen-Sopris Ranger District Office in Carbondale later this year. The “public room” at the Glenwood office had already been […]
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E. coliColorado is among states facing at least two unrelated E. coli outbreaks. The first is traced to organic bagged carrots sourced from Grimmway Farms. A recall has targeted baby carrots with best-if-used-by dates from Sept. 11 to Nov. 12 and whole carrots sold around Aug. 14 to Oct. 23. Meanwhile, another E. coli outbreak […]