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Town Trustee Katrina Byars is outspoken about her advocacy for affordable housing in Carbondale. And yet, earlier this month when the board voted to adopt new community housing guidelines for including affordable rentals in new developments, she cast the sole “no” vote. News Director Gavin Dahl sat down with her late last week to learn more about her position. Despite the concerns expressed by trustee Katrina Byars, Garfield County Housing Authority executive director KT Gazunis praised the town’s new guidelines for community housing, telling the Post Independent last week that Carbondale is quote “very forward thinking and at the cutting edge to keep workforce housing and other kinds of housing in the community.”
Ski resort counties are some of the wealthiest in Colorado, but they're having a harder time connecting people who need assistance than poorer counties. Eric Galatas explains.
A coal lease modification was approved by the Bureau of Land Management last week, allowing Peabody Energy’s Twentymile Coal to access an estimated 340,000 additional tons of federal coal from Foidel Creek Mine, an underground mine about 20 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs. According to Steamboat Today, the lease involves 310 acres underground in the existing mine, which has been utilized by Twentymile since 1983. Foidel Creek Mine is made up of six federal, private and state coal leases and currently produces about 7 million tons per year, according to numbers from the BLM. Carbon emissions from burning coal are one of the leading causes of global warming. From mining to processing to transportation to burning to disposal, coal has more environmental impacts than any other energy source.
The City of Glenwood Springs offers Christmas tree recycling to residents, which helps keep organic material out of the landfill. Real Christmas trees can be dropped off to the leaf collection site near the Airport. Directional signs to the drop-off site have been installed along Midland Ave. Trees must be free of ornaments, wire, lights and tinsel.