Agenda items for Monday’s Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting began with a liquor license approval for a Jan. 27 fundraiser in Battlement Mesa. The BOCC also approved the consent agenda, […]
Amy Hadden Marsh
Development neutral programs possible solution for regional “housing catastrophe”
April Long, program director of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC), and Hannah Klausman, Economic and Community Development director for the city of Glenwood Springs, talked problems and solutions […]
Works in Progress – Dec. 7, 2023
Approaching Avalon, Part 2By Amy Hadden Marsh, Carbondale Charlie and Maddie were long gone and I was once again cast adrift in the night on strange English roadways, panic stricken […]
GarCo Report: Communist library board, DC lobbyist, proposed property tax reductions
Anti-manga activist John Lepkowski brought copies of the Japanese illustrated books to Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting that he and others in the county want moved or removed from […]
Works in Progress – Nov. 30, 2023
Approaching Avalon, Part IAmy Hadden MarshCarbondale Legend has it that the ancient, mystical isle of Avalon is tricky to find, that in ages past pilgrims often got lost in the […]
GarCo Report: Anti-Semitism, nuclear energy and Mother Nature, Inc
Silt resident Caleb Waller opened Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting with a plea to stop antisemitism. Waller told the BOCC Monday that, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic […]
GarCo Report: NW Colorado elk herd status, Flying M PUD grounded, more library contention
By Amy Hadden Marsh Sopris Sun Correspondent The Garfield County commissioners (BOCC) met for more than eight hours on Monday, Nov. 13, with only 20 minutes for lunch. The morning […]
Seeing the Forest Service for the trees
Construction on the new Aspen-Sopris Ranger District buildings in Carbondale is one step closer to becoming reality. The White River National Forest (WRNF) awarded a $6.3 million contract to Dare-Case […]
Pornography panic at GCPLD board meeting
The crowd that gathered at the Carbondale Library on Thursday, Sept. 7 was too big for the Calaway Room, and spilled out into the hall. Word was out that Rifle […]
GarCo Report: Easy solution to Garco library issue, says Tom Jankovsky
Commissioners began the meeting by approving a resolution commemorating Constitution Week and Patriot’s Day, presented by Linda Morcom of the Captain Richard Sopris Chapter of the National Society of the […]