Carbondale News

The Carbondale Police Department and FBI are asking for the public's help in finding the suspect behind a recent bank robbery.

Jocy, a student at Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, looks to parent mentor Maria Duarte as they work on a math problem in Kenny Teitler's third grade class.

Kelley Cox / Post Independent With the new county library in Carbondale nearing completion, the next incarnation of the old Gordon Cooper Branch Library building will be the subject of a board of trustees meeting tonight.

Post Independent Photo/Kelley Cox Against the roar of Interstate 70 traffic, Jeanne Golay helps to conduct a tour of the future bike path in the South Canyon Bridge area Tuesday.

Student Jocy looks to parent mentor Maria Duarte as they work on a math problem in Kenny Teitler's third-grade class at the Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale.

Photo by John Stanford UpSki canopies are designed to open and close. The "vent" allows rapid deflation in high wind to slow down.

Local legislators and lobby groups are helping lead the push to convince Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto a bill approved by the Colorado Legislature that would increase the renewable energy standard for rural electric cooperatives.

Dutch oven cooking available. Free, but donations appreciated. NEW CASTLE - Be a part of New Castle's 125th Anniversary celebration with a Westernaires performance, motorless parade, spirit walk, and pancake breakfast.

The recording industry - that is, the business of selling recorded music - is, we are assured, a lost cause, never to return to anything like it was in the pre-digital era.

Through a combination of energy efficiency and actively managing energy use, the Summit School District is on track to save more than $100,000 in energy costs this year.

A drop in Garfield County's assessed valuation of anywhere from 10 percent to 40 percent, depending on the type of property, may mean lower tax bills for property owners come next year.

The Dream Project adventure scholarship program has five outstanding recipients for 2013.

Photo courtesy of Julie Chancy Traffic can now pass around the rockslide on McClure Pass that occurred Sunday, but daytime motorists may encounter delays of up to two hours.

Change is a reliable constant in this life, and our rivers in this valley are most certainly doing precisely that.

This photo submitted as part of an application by SG Interests shows the area where it has proposed to drill a natural gas well near Four Mile Park southwest of Glenwood Springs.

A contractor for the Colorado Department of Transportation began work Monday to assess steep slopes above Highway 133 south of McClure Pass to determine if any rocks needs to be knocked off.

There's good news for Aspen foodies who don't relish a drive to Glenwood Springs for the valley's most interesting restaurant.

Kelley Cox Post Independent Noah Davis, manager of SEI's Solar in the Schools program, is working with students at Yampah High School in Glenwood Springs and two other area high schools, in a program that includes building solar powered model cars.

Jim Paussa photo/www.paussa.com A contestant in the 2011 National Sheepdog Trials Finals cools down after competing at Strang Ranch.

Jennifer Wagner, a Bachelor of Science in business administration student, studies between classes at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs.