News across Garfield County
Community activists help restore riparian landscapes
Joy and grit were in abundance during a recent Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) field day, as nearly 50 volunteers navigated mud, rain and a bit of hail to help restore and support the Roaring Fork Watershed’s best engineers: the beavers. With generous funding from the…
Rams Report: Soccer picks up league win for homecoming
Editor’s note: John Stroud is a Roaring Fork High School track and field coach. The Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) boys soccer team made the most of their big homecoming game against Aspen in front of a charged-up fan base on Sept. 24 at Rams Field, topping the Skiers 5-1. It…
Filling up on Root 66
It’s that time again! Carbondale’s 117th annual Potato Days — themed “Get your Kicks on Root 66,” an ode to the 100th anniversary of the classic roadway, along with a potato pun, of course — runs through the weekend. The festivities kick off with a screening of “Thelma and…
Garfield County commissioner candidates go head to head
One thing is for sure: the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will see some new blood come November. County constituents got a preview of what that might look like at the regional candidate forum in Rifle on Tuesday evening, Sept. 28, where Republican Eric Rudd…
CPW weighs in on the GAME Act
A Sept. 3, 2026 letter to Representative Jeff Hurd from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Director Laura Clellan provides agency comments on the draft Greater Access for Multiple-use Experiences (GAME) Act. The Act, which Hurd has yet to introduce in Congress, would create a land…
Picking up the pieces at 711 Main Street
Main Street in Carbondale has surely changed over the years, from a dirt road to a cemented street and refurbished, or entirely new, buildings masking the old spunk with fresh flair. The building at 711 Main Street is a good example of meshing history with the modern age, and can…
Scuttlebutt – Sept. 30, 2026
Potato Days volunteersBe a part of history by helping pull off the 117th annual Carbondale Potato Days, the longest-running tradition unique to the town. Volunteers are needed the day of the main event, Saturday, Oct. 3, in Sopris Park for Peace Patrol, Green Team, bartending,…
Ps & Qs: Let’s teach AI to grow potatoes
Potato Days is this weekend. “Get your kicks on Root 66” is the theme, and when I think about my own roots in this town I start to get all wispy and sentimental. My great grandfather bought the Mount Sopris Ranch from Eugene Grubb in 1923. Mr. Grubb introduced Carbondale to the…
CVEPA Views: Chipeta, Target and the transcendent power of forgiveness
Of all the remarkable characters who have touched the history of western Colorado, none intrigues me more than Chipeta. The bride of Ouray, she has transcended both time and space as a light in this world. Her powers were certainly not lost on Ouray, the most influential and…
William Frederick Pulver Jr.
May 16, 1945 – September 2, 2026 William Frederick Pulver Jr. (who went simply by Fred), born May 16, 1945, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the age of 81 in his home in Carbondale, where he and his beloved wife, Dolores Pulver, raised a family of eight precocious…
Recognizing the silent signs of suicide
Editor’s note: Translation assisted by artificial intelligence, edited by Owen McArdle Mónica Grijalva Ruiz holds a Masters of Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. September was Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, an opportunity to talk about a topic that often…
SoL Theatre’s beloved dog Jack Hughes
11 years old Jack Hughes (aka Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside Johnson Michaud Austin Hughes) died unexpectedly at 1:30pm on Wednesday, Sept. 23, much to his mother’s chagrin. He was 11 years old … which was not nearly old enough for her to feel even remotely okay about it.…