Roaring Fork High School senior Emily Johnson has so many passions and talents, it’s hard to find a subject that doesn’t interest her. “I’m really into trying everything,” she said. “I don’t ever want to stop learning.” She’s into science, reading, writing, art, music, and cooking, but is lukewarm on rock climbing and war history. […]
February 2018
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Leach’s legacy and 40 years of firefighting
In Ron Leach’s opinion, his 40-year career with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District isn’t about him. “I want my legacy to be about the people I worked with,” he told The Sun on Feb. 4 — his official last day at the helm after 36 years as chief. He had plenty of names […]
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A bond that transcends language
Most of the clients that walk into Main Street Barber Shoppe are native English speakers. So that’s what Rosa Contreras speaks with them — a feat that’s been years in the making. Contreras had a successful life in Guatemala, raising her family and running her salon business. But in 2003, her husband Oscar moved to […]
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RF Futsal growing by leaps and bounds
A couple years ago, sixth grader Mia Cubias would have been spending her weekends this time of year planted in front of their family’s television or playing soccer with her dad and uncle inside their garage. Now, she spends most of her weekends at the Carbondale Middle School gym—playing futsal (a form of indoor soccer) […]
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Pages of the Past: Water, snow and illicit apricots
Feb. 9, 1978 Roland Fischer of the Colorado RIver Water Conservation District penned a guest column in opposition to the Division of Wildlife’s attempts to enforce minimum stream flow laws on the Crystal River. While he praised the idea of supporting fish and habitat, he feared it would improve to be impractical and expensive. “The […]