Volunteers who showed up on Oct. 5 to re-seed the hillsides below the old Mid-Continent Mine in Coal Basin were helping fulfill the mission of the new Coal Basin Mountain Bike Preserve west of Redstone. The owners of the private property, Walmart heirs Sam and Tom Walton, aim… read more →
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Oct. 9, 2019
Coal Basin bike preserve supports restoration with recreation
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Oct. 2, 2019
New large-scale mural takes shape near Fourth Street
Two children from the Mountain Momma Preschool stood in the small park at Fourth and Main streets staring at the side of a building where muralist Bunnie Reiss had painted a two-story-tall hoofed animal with a green diamond in its torso. A large orb (perhaps a sun) was… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2019
Pickleball grows up
To meet the growing interest in what NBC news recently claimed is the fastest growing sport in the world, the Roaring Fork Pickleball Association and town of Carbondale broke ground early this month on the construction of six new pickleball courts at the North Face Park on the… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2019
Carbondale students take up mountain bike racing with Glenwood Demons
Four Roaring Fork High School (RFHS)students on Sept. 22 will be among several hundred youths racing mountain bikes in Snowmass Village as part of the sanctioned Colorado High School Cycling League race series.
It is the first time the league, a nonprofit organization, will come to… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2019
Caught in a vortex at Dan Bern concert
Steve Standiford established Steve’s Guitars as an intimate listening room in 1993. The colorful room bursting with musical paraphernalia, trinkets and, of course, guitars in every nook and cranny has hosted a great variety of performers over the years — a lot of talent has come through the… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2019
Clay Center’s annual fundraiser to bring together potters, tacos and community
Start with 30 Carbondale clay artists; add 300 one-of-a-kind handmade plates, four chefs, two organic farms, one distillery, one brewmaster, and countless volunteer hours — mix thoroughly.
All these ingredients are coming together for the Carbondale Clay Center’s largest fundraiser of the year, a themed event… read more →
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Feb. 6, 2019
Sopris Sun seeds
Winter 2009 was probably the worst time to start a newspaper, much less take on the role of editor.
Across the country, large daily newspapers like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Denver’s Rocky Mountain News were going out of business and Carbondale’s own Valley Journal suffered the same fate… read more →
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Nov. 7, 2018
RFHS Jazz Band to collaborate with Denver students in free concert
The Roaring Fork High School Jazz Band will perform with the premiere ensemble from the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA) in a free community concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Third Street Center.
With support from Jazz Aspen Snowmass, CCJA Jazz… read more →
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Oct. 31, 2018
Recreationists vie for access on Sutey Ranch
Stating that access to beginner-level horseback riding is being compromised in the Roaring Fork Valley, riders in the Carbondale area are lobbying the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate its Sutey Ranch property for equestrian use only.
The BLM is accepting comments from community… read more →
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Jul. 25, 2018
Setting the stage for Mountain Fair
Two weeks ago, artist Lindsay Jones was sitting outside her garden-level apartment in Carbondale with a dozen or more wooden plant-inspired shapes scattered on the ground around her.
Some as big as six feet around, they were the art pieces for one of her largest… read more →
