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Volume 18, Number 2 | February 19-25, 2026
Forging hope
Emma Scher, 11, took a turn hammering a piece of molten metal during blacksmith Mike Martin’s demonstration outside the Carbondale Library on Saturday, Feb. 14, part of the “Sparking Peace” events in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs over the weekend that included a reading of his wife, Hannah Martin’s children’s book by the same name. Catch the story on page 4. Photo by John Stroud