Locations: News Published Jan. 24, 2020

Forest Service reveals plans for new Carbondale office

White River National Forest is planning to redevelop its Aspen-Sopris Ranger District Office beginning next year.

But before the March 2021 demolition and subsequent year of construction, there’s plenty of opportunity for community members to get a good look at the planned. First up is an open house from 5… read more →

Locations: News By James Steindler Published Jan. 22, 2020

Sculptures past to present

hroughout town, there are many sculptures standing proudly in parks or on various street corners. Each has special significance for at least one and perhaps hundreds of locals. Some of the figures have been in place for some time, others have come and gone.

Local inequality follows national direction

The economic gap between the richest Americans and the rest continues to grow, and the Roaring Fork Valley is a microcosm of that pattern.

That’s at least part of the picture painted by a 2018 report by the Economic Policy Institute recently dusted off by the… read more →

Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Jan. 22, 2020

To save one life, Megan’s Law arrived

Little Megan Kanka was only seven years old when, in 1994, she was raped and murdered by a convicted sexual offender in the small community of Hamilton township in Mercer County, New Jersey.

“Every police officer I interviewed – in my office and at the trial… read more →

Locations: News By Kate Phillips Published Jan. 22, 2020

How FlyNutrition is elevating the standard for nutritional therapy

You’re flipping through a favorite magazine when suddenly you come across it – “Solve all your nutritional issues TODAY with this one trick!”. You panic. Didn’t you already know everything? Isn’t your big race tomorrow? Should you just “wing it” and try this one trick? Now what?

In… read more →

Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Jan. 22, 2020

A complete and accurate Census count impacts local service levels

April 1 is Census Day. It is the date when the 2020 United States Census will count all people living in the United States, regardless of citizenship.

About 30 community members of the Aspen to Parachute Complete Count Committee (A2PCCC) met on Jan. 15 at the… read more →

Locations: News By Kathleen Shannon Published Jan. 15, 2020

CMC class teaches vibrancy in both life and death

While sipping hot tea in her home that smelled of fresh-baked cookies, a fly on the wall wouldn’t guess that Lisa Goddard and I were discussing death.

“There’s nothing that’s touched me more profoundly than the practice of sitting with the dying. After someone passes… read more →

Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Jan. 15, 2020

Home on the range, at last

Seeing big grins on two clients, one 36 years old and the other five at WindWalkers, you realize how fortunate the Valley is to have this equine assisted learning and therapy center here.

And WindWalkers is approaching the finish line into property ownership with the February… read more →

Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Jan. 15, 2020

The late Kathy Arnold, expert barrel racer and politician

This woman for all seasons rode like a cowgirl, prayed devotedly and, unbeknownst to many, served in both the Colorado State House of Representatives and the Colorado State Senate. Many in Missouri Heights, where she and husband Harold lived after moving from the Front Range, only knew Arnold… read more →

Locations: News By Kate Phillips Published Jan. 15, 2020

How volunteer tutors are changing lives through literacy

Nearly four years ago, Orlando Alfaro moved to the Roaring Fork Valley with the hope of beginning a career as an educator. There was just one major challenge: he could not read, write, or speak any English.

Not one to be deterred easily, Alfaro heeded the advice of… read more →