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• Locations: News Published Apr. 1, 2020

  First Friday goes virtual

  

  Carbondale’s First Friday celebration will take place from 6 – 8 p.m. April 3 on the Thunder River Theatre Company’s ThunderStream. Connect with places you like, hang with friends you love, discover new spots, experience art and culture and — most of all — participate in community. … read more →

• Locations: News By Kate Phillips Published Apr. 1, 2020

  RFOV promotes art through your window

  

  Take a moment, right now, to look up from this article and peer out of the nearest window. What do you see? Perhaps, if you are privileged enough, you have an expansive view of Sopris; or maybe, you just witnessed a neighbor enjoying a brief moment of respite… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Apr. 1, 2020

  Watching is for the birds

  

  If you’re itching to take a walk on the wild side, look no further than your own backyard, for that’s where you’ll find the fascinating world of birding.

  It’s spring, so birds are coming back from their winter vacations down south and are eager to return… read more →

• Locations: News By Kathleen Shannon Published Apr. 1, 2020

  Victory Gardens see revival during stay-at-home order

  

  While emptying shelves in the grocery store seem to be filling shoppers’ supply of anxiety, backyards are starting to look more like opportunities.

  Echoes of WWII’s Victory Garden initiatives are ringing through the chambers of social media outlets and garden supply phone lines during COVID-19, nationally… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Apr. 1, 2020

  Roaring Fork Family Physicians plans for pandemic

  

  Dr. Chad Knaus wrapped up his tour of critical access hospitals and disaster zones and rejoined his Roaring Fork Family Practice just in time to apply some of those same skills right here in Carbondale.

  “I had about three weeks of getting back into the rhythm… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Apr. 1, 2020

  Retired pulmonologist answers the COVID-19 call

  

  “The pneumonia vaccine, although it won’t reduce the risk of getting coronavirus, could lessen the incidence of bacterial pneumonia, a critical complication.”

  That is the professional opinion of Dr. Clifford Zwillich, a pulmonary disease and internal medicine specialist who lives in Missouri Heights with his wife,… read more →

• Locations: News Published Mar. 27, 2020

  RFSD offer grab-and-go meals to all kids

  

  Roaring Fork School District will provide free, nutritious meals to all children during the upcoming school closure beginning Monday, March 30 through Friday, April 17. All children 18 years of age and under will receive one breakfast and one lunch per day regardless of where the child attends school. This… read more →

• Locations: News By Kathleen Shannon Published Mar. 25, 2020

  Utility workers and services make life at home possible

  

  Whether you, reader, are consuming this local news via the internet or a hard copy of the paper, I’m willing to wager that you are reading it at home. While the nation scrambles to find normalcy under the utterly abnormal circumstances brought on by COVID-19, communities are learning… read more →

• Locations: News By John Colson Published Mar. 25, 2020

  Silverstein slowing, not stopping

  

  The little package of candy may still be on the counter at the Carbondale Post Office, and the music might still be playing on the boom box donated by KDNK, but Marty Silverstein won’t be there.

  Silverstein, who has worked at the post office in Carbondale… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Mar. 25, 2020

  Democratic and Republican assemblies convened virtually

  

  The Garfield County Republican and Democratic assemblies convened on March 20. Both of the assemblies were conducted via Zoom, a visual conference call tool utilized significantly throughout the professional world as of late.

  On March 16, Governor Polis signed a bill enabling assemblies to meet remotely… read more →