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Carbondale, CO

Makai Yllanes is set to graduate from Colorado Rocky Mountain School, an outdoors-focused independent college preparatory school in Carbondale, which has a local student enrollment of about 40%. During his time at CRMS, he has been a member of the climbing and cross-country teams, and for his senior project, he has been working on a documentary film.

Graduate profile: Makai Yllanes, Colorado Rocky Mountain School

Leslie Quezada finished her senior year with high achievements academically and has already began to take the next step in her career. Following an internship at the Toyota dealership in Glenwood Springs, she is ready for what’s to come following Yampah Mountain’s graduation on Friday. Here are her...

Graduate Profile: Leslie Quezada, Yampah Mountain High School

The Yampah Mountain High School class of 2023 celebrated graduation at the Glenwood Springs Community Center on Friday. Sixty eight students earned their high school diplomas as they step forward into a new chapter of their lives.

PHOTOS: Yampah Mountain High School bids farewell to the class of 2023

Washington State

Editor’s note: This article previously misstated that the band named Dustin Elliot and The Broken Rodeo will be performing when really the band’s name is Dustin Elliot and The Broken Radio. The band is scheduled to play from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 17 on the festival’s main stage....

Strawberry Days Festival announces 2023 main stage lineup

First Friday is back, and this month, experience it with art around town. Carbondale Arts is displaying a new gallery called “Stone Entropy” with local sculptors from the Crystal Valley. “Metamorphic processes have been happening to this stone for billions of years,” artist Gregory Tonozzi said in a...

A&E Roundup: All art at First Friday in Carbondale

Garfield County, CO

UPDATE 4:50 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 2: Interstate 70 is now reopened in both directions at the Canyon Creek exit west of Glenwood Springs. The eastbound lanes of I-70 originally closed at 3:21 p.m. following a wreck, a Garfield County emergency alert states. Support Local Journalism. Readers around Glenwood Springs and...

UPDATE: Interstate 70 reopens at Canyon Creek west of Glenwood Springs

Coke ovens. What is the logic or priority to celebrate and restore these coke ovens in Glenwood, Redstone and other places? They were filthy poison-spewing devices. The sky was black and choked with smoke debris. I’m sure large numbers of people suffered serious health issues from these awful things. Hello — burning large quantities of fossil fuels. Aren’t there other worthwhile endeavors?

Friday letters: Coke ovens, dog etiquette, Holy Cross election, affordable housing

New Castle, CO

Cub Scout 221 of New Castle and local residents attended a Memorial Day Flag ceremony at High Land Cemetery in New Castle on Monday, a city news release states. “We honored our service men and women who are no longer with us with a moment of silence. A prayer was offered by the Cub Scouts as well,” the release states. “The flag ceremony was completed with a gun salute by Rich Medina, Mike Miller, Eric Williams, Andy Esquibel, Joe McNeal and Yadi Guthrie played Taps on the trumpet.”

Cub scouts honor U.S. military’s fallen in New Castle

Sarah-Cedar Edwards Moroney won her re-occurrent battle with metastatic triple negative breast cancer early morning, May 28, 2023. She went home to be with the Lord and her mother, Ruth Edwards Moroney. Sarah’s positive attitude, faith, friends and family community are what got her through the last few months. Sarah was a volunteer EMT with Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District.

Obituary: Sarah-Cedar Edwards Moroney

Did you know that June is National Men’s Health Month? The purpose is to encourage men to be proactive about their health by making healthy lifestyle choices and seeking medical attention early. PCRM (Physician Committee for Responsible Medicine) has a series of cooking classes called Food For Lif and...

Doctor’s tip: Check out food for a healthy heart cooking class on June 22

Two juveniles have confessed to the vandalization of Carbondale Community School following a criminal mischief incident that took place on May 30. Officers responded to an incident at 8:36 p.m. on Tuesday and worked with Carbondale Community School Principal Sam Richings-Germain and Executive Director Michael Hayes for tips to narrow down those responsible for the vandalization.

Police respond to Carbondale Community School vandalization incident

Rifle, CO

One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Rifle on Wednesday morning, according to the Rifle Police Department. RPD Public Information Officer Angela Mills said the driver hit a tree in a parking lot while traveling eastbound on East 16th Street. The call came in shortly after 9 a.m.

Driver seriously injured following Wednesday crash in Rifle

Silt, CO

A two-vehicle crash on Monday on U.S. Highway 6 just east of Silt resulted in the death of a New Castle male, the Colorado State Patrol said on Thursday. Near 9 a.m. on Monday, a 79-year-old Silt resident driving a Ford F-250 pickup truck eastbound on Highway 6 was taking a turn north onto Davis Point Road when his vehicle was struck by a 50-year-old New Castle resident driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

One dead following Memorial Day crash near Silt

Garfield County Public Health will now distribute free naloxone to those in need at both its Glenwood Springs and Rifle locations. Glenwood Springs location: 2014 Blake St. Garfield County Public Health has taken a significant step in the ongoing battle against opioid overdoses by offering free naloxone, a life-saving medication, to its residents.

Garfield County Public Health to distribute naloxone

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Lady Demons multi-sport stars Breauna Sorensen, Mattéa Enewold sign to run track, play volleyball collegiately

After helping lead the Glenwood Springs High School girls basketball team to the 5A state semifinals this winter, seniors Breauna Sorensen and Mattéa Enewold are taking...

Lady Demons multi-sport stars Breauna Sorensen, Mattéa Enewold sign to run track, play volleyball collegiately

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