Garfield County is holding a photo contest for its 2020 calendar.  The theme? Noxious weeds.

Take the purple loosestrife. Its bright flowers might make a great shot in any calendar.  But Sarah LaRose, Garfield County’s Vegetation Program Coordinator, says, don’t let noxious weeds like the purple loosestrife fool you with their good looks.

Morning newscast for Tuesday, April 23, 2019. 

Erika Meitner was born and raised in Queens and Long Island, New York. She is the author of five books of poems: Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore, Ideal Cities, Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls, Copia, and Holy Moly Carry Me. 

Meitner is currently an Associate Professor of English, and the Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and the undergraduate Creative Writing at Virginia Tech.

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Morning newscast for Monday, April 22, 2019. 

The town of Carbondale and a group of nonprofits want to repair a stretch of the Crystal River, just downstream of the fish hatchery.

On Wednesday, the public can learn about the project and give feedback.

This half-mile stretch of river is “severely degraded,” according to consultants, due in part to generations of agricultural use.

Welcome to another week in the Roaring Fork Valley! This is Week in the Arts, a curated list of upcoming events.