Hayden Gamble

Next Tuesday, the community will cast their vote on a number of measures, including whether or not to allow Garfield County Public Library District and Colorado Mountain College to sidestep the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Referred to as “de-Brucing” (named after Douglas Bruce, who wrote and promoted the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a spending limitation […]

The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails team has finalized their draft plan for the proposed Carbondale to Crested Butte trail; they are set to present and discuss it with the Pitkin County commissioners on Nov. 7. The meeting will start at 1 p.m. at the Third Street Center, with the Open Space and Trails […]

The Nov. 6 election marks the first time the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority has ever sought out a property tax. Garfield County’s Ballot Issue 7A addresses RFTA’s request for a 2.65 mill levy to, among other projects, improve bus rapid transit and local bus services (and in turn reduce congestion on Highway 82); increase mobility […]

“Your only role this weekend is to let us take care of you,” the volunteers reiterated as this year’s “West of the Continental Divide” Casting for Recovery participants gathered together at the Redstone Inn on Friday, Oct. 12, to kick off a weekend of fly fishing and rejuvenation. As the 14 participants (chosen from a […]

The world isn’t wheelchair accessible. You can either try to make it that way, or you can leave the wheelchair behind, says Tim Burr, founder of Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit, Return to Dirt. “I think everybody would choose to leave their wheelchair behind because it’s the epitome of your inaccessibility. When you’re out of it and […]

This past June, Ruedi had its first ever run-in with some aquatic hitchhikers. Inspectors stopped two watercraft (both of which had come from Lake Powell) infested with quagga mussels from entering the Reservoir. A total of 47 boats contaminated by the Aquatic Nuisance Species were intercepted in Colorado this year, according to Colorado Parks and […]