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| Thank you very much to these wonderful businesses and individuals for their donations of cash and door prizes for the Rifle Snowmobile Club's 17th annual Poker Run, on Feb. 14. more... |
| I regularly drive Highway 82 from Carbondale to the ski areas, and I have often thought “why doesn't CDOT synchronize the lights on 82?” | |
| This is in response to the letter from New Castle. | |
| It is with enormous gratitude that I write this letter. In April 2009, I moved my Dad, Ferd Schiavi, a 90-year-old East Coast resident of New York City and Washington, D.C., to Heritage Park Care Center in Carbondale. When he arrived, I heard him tell a... | |
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| Two wrongs don't make a right. | |
| We are a group of five students from Basalt High School, in Colorado. This is a project for our Fundamentals of American Democracy class where we have to find a problem in our community we would like to change. We think teen pregnancy is a big problem in... | |
| I received an email the other day titled “The American Dream”. It was a picture of President Obama signing a letter. The letter said, “Dear America, I quit.” I envisioned an “American Dream” as perceived by some of... | |
| The White House has released the latest version of its health care reform bill. Still lacking in this iteration is any effective means of curtailing our ever-escalating health care costs, while insurance company monopolies remain unaddressed. | |
| The White River Forest Alliance would like to extend a thank you to everyone who attended the public dialog and forum held on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Dos Gringos in Carbondale. Thanks also to Nelson Oldham and the staff of Dos Gringos who graciously kept the... | |
| Glenwood is looking to purchase six new trucks. About the same number as last year. I'm told this is part of an equipment rotation program budgeted years ago. But times have changed. Revenue is way down. Other mountain communities in similar straits are... | |
| I feel compelled to respond to a letter written by Curt Hanson of Parachute. In his letter he stated that Congress is exempt from paying into Social Security. This is not correct. The congressional pension system for Congress and Federal Employees... | |
| An open letter of deep gratitude to a loving community… | |
| I want to send out a huge thank-you to everyone who signed my banner and cheered me on during the Olympics. Although my race did not end up how I wanted, it means so much to know that the whole valley was behind me the whole way. | |
| I would like to respond to a letter from the reader who was comparing crack, cocaine and heroin to the use of medical marijuana. | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Friday, Feb. 19 — two articles, front page, about the Energy Advisory Board of Garfield County. Seems to me this is important local news. I hope the EAB is not disbanded and that Judy Jordan will remain in her position as... | |

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