Two area nonprofit organizations that work closely together to provide resources to the needy - LIFT-UP and Defiance Thrift Store - want to start a used clothing recycling program.
But in order to do that, Mike Powell of LIFT-UP said he is hoping that Garfield County will extend a special landfill rate to the Defiance organization, just as it has been doing for LIFT-UP.
In a letter to the Board of County Commissioners, dated July 27, Powell noted that LIFT-UP currently pays $1 for every truckload of unsellable items sent to the county landfill.
That compares to...

CARBONDALE, Colorado - A new grow dome greenhouse that sprouted up behind Roaring Fork High School this spring - that will serve as a hands-on agricultural science classroom for students starting next month - is set to begin sprouting things of a leafy nature.
Last week, 18 students from the University of Colorado's Invest Program were on hand to help create "lasagna garden beds" inside the dome. A lasagna bed uses layers of green and carbon materials, in this case topsoil and fresh cut alfalfa, which gradually composts within the garden after...

ASPEN, Colorado - Pitkin County is having trouble getting its thoughts on the Sutey-Two Shoes Ranch land swap down on paper.
After about 60 proponents of the land exchange, including former elected officials, signed a letter of support that went to Colorado's congressional delegates, county commissioners decided a letter explaining their position on the matter should also go to the delegation.
The initial letter, written by former Commissioner Dorothea Farris and local rancher Connie Harvey, advocated letting the exchange proceed despite Pitkin County government's opposition.
Commissioners this week reviewed a draft of their letter, written by Open...

"Would you ever do everything I said for 30 days?" I asked Husband-Head while he watched the news on TV.
There was no answer.
"I SAID ... would you ever do everything I asked you to do for 30 days?" I repeated.
"This is a trick question, isn't it?" Husband-Head finally responded. "I've ALREADY been doing everything you ask for the past 16 years!"
But it wasn't the same. I was referring to a guy named A.J. Jacobs, the author of "My Life as an Experiment," who agreed to do whatever his...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Two state track relay event titles aren't Allison Brown's only claim to fame this year. Add a recent fifth-place finish in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) national competition to her growing list of both academic and athletic accomplishments.
Brown, who will be a senior at Glenwood Springs High School when the new school year begins Aug. 23, was one of just two state finalists who advanced to the July 14-17 FBLA nationals in Nashville, Tenn. She competed in the Public Speaking II event.
Brown wrote and...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS - The Eagle County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged Jia He Si, 52, of Glenwood Springs on a warrant out of the Eagle County District Court charging him with unlawful sexual contact.

The arrest stemmed from an incident on July 23 at the AA Oriental Touch Massage in Edwards. Si allegedly touched a female inappropriately during a massage. Si was previously arrested in 2009 for a sexual offense in Pitkin County.

Anyone who believes they may have been victimized during a massage at the AA Oriental Touch Massage...