Tag: Carbondale
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Evacuations ordered for new wildfire near Carbondale in western Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Garfield County authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents in an area near Carbondale for another wildfire burning in western Colorado. Dubbed as the “Ranch at Coulter Creek” fire, the blaze grew north of Panorama Drive below the Ranch at Coulter Creek subdivision Sunday…
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How the town of Carbondale, Colorado scrambled after hundreds of immigrants arrived at its doorstep
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No one seems to know exactly how a remote mountain town like Carbondale, Colorado, became the destination for upwards of 150 mostly Venezuelan immigrants in search of the American dream. The “newcomers,” as they’re called in the Aspen bedroom community, originally arrived in Denver aboard…
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Temporary bridge installation on CO 133 expected to reopen the highway next week
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A 10-minute trip from Paonia to Somerset up Colorado Highway 133 turned into a 200-mile, 4-hour ordeal for the residents of the coal mining town about 10 miles northeast of Paonia. That’s due to a sinkhole caused by heavy rains that damaged the roadway in late April. The Colorado Department of Transportation said in a…
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Eating, drinking, hiking and more in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley: Tips from locals
As winter turned to spring, Dean Kinkel was starting to dream of summer in a Colorado land of mountains, river-cut canyons and urban spoils. After seasons of well-above-average snowpack, Kinkel was dreaming of what he and his buddies call “the quadruple” from their Glenwood Springs homes. “We’ll go up to Independence Pass and ski; we…