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• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jul. 4, 2018

  Pilot program helps paralyzed participants move again

  

  It was the first time Adam Lavender stood in his wife’s embrace in six years. He’d been told by every spinal cord injury (SPI) expert at Craig Hospital that he would never regain mobility after a mountain biking accident in 2012. He was, and always would be, a… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jul. 4, 2018

  Ceramicists’ individual pursuits result in Paralleled Pastiche

  

  Artists Savanna LaBauve and Stephanie Seguin didn’t know each other when they each arrived in town last September to share a cozy studio space as the Carbondale Clay Center’s newest residents. But after a year of creative cohabitation, each acknowledges the other’s influence.

  “I’m really excited… read more →

• Locations: News By Kate Phillips Published Jul. 4, 2018

  Welcome to the Monkey House

  

  Get ready to reach new heights later this month at Carbondale’s newest bouldering gym Monkey House Carbondale!

  Conveniently located in the ET Plaza between Highway 133 and 12th Street, Monkey House Carbondale is a dynamic bouldering gym that was specifically designed to challenge climbers of all… read more →

• Locations: News By Laney Devers Published Jul. 4, 2018

  Meet the youngsters on the force

  

  Nineteen-year-old Jesus Terrazas of Gypsum was working for FedEx when he saw an ad in the paper for an opening at the Carbondale Police Department.

  It had been his dream since he was little to work in law enforcement. Knowing the odds were stacked against… read more →

• Locations: News By Jane Bachrach Published Jul. 4, 2018

  By the light of the moon

  

  Once upon a time, in the small but quirky town of Carbondale, there lived a woman who wrote a children’s book. She finished the book in no time, had it illustrated and designed by local artists and was quite happy with the finished product. She loved it, in… read more →

• Locations: News Published Jun. 28, 2018

  GarCo enacts stage two fire restrictions

  

  Stage two fire restrictions have been instituted for all unincorporated private, state and BLM lands within Garfield County and throughout White River National Forest.

  That means: 

  · No fires/campfires/stove fires, this includes wood or charcoal burning stoves and fireplaces in mountain cabins.

  · No charcoal grills and no wood or coal… read more →

• Locations: News By Megan Tackett Published Jun. 27, 2018

  Fireworks don’t work during a drought

  

  It sounds counterintuitive: it’s legal to sell fireworks in Garfield County, but their use — even in unincorporated areas — is absolutely banned.

  “We have the fireworks stand in the west end of our district, and in years like this, it can be pretty controversial,”… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Jun. 27, 2018

  The little engine that still can

  

  When Carbondale crews arrived on a mutual aid call for the Oak Meadows Fire up Four Mile, Jim Hawkins and his 1965 Dodge PowerWagon fire engine were there ahead of them.

  Jim owns Four Mile Creek Bed and Breakfast with his wife, Sharill, but he’s… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Jun. 27, 2018

  Impasse averted in Thompson Park affordable housing debate

  

  With only four of seven members present at the latest of Town Council meeting, the Thompson Park development needed unanimous support to move forward — and their initial proposal wasn’t getting it.

  With nine years and thousands of dollars already invested, the developer was pushing… read more →

• Locations: News By Amy Hadden Marsh Published Jun. 27, 2018

  Libel suit decision vindicates North Fork activist

  

  Peter Kolbenschlag can breathe a little easier after a District Court Judge in Delta County, Colorado dismissed a libel suit filed against him by energy company SG Interests.

  When an energy company that owns oil, gas, and coal interests throughout the US, donated over $10,000… read more →