April 2018

By Margarita LuTack The Sopris Sum The Sopris Sun Board of Directors recently announced the newspaper’s initial public offering, which officially marks the entity’s conversion from a nonprofit to a publicly traded company. The move has already been met with controversy. “I don’t know what was wrong with being a nonprofit. I liked being one […]

By Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat Sopris Sin Staff In an effort to remain relevant and make up for lost funding, the Garfield County Public Library system kicked off a set of new programs in Carbondale with a course on cursing in other languages. “I got inspired reading Hemingway’s ‘A Farewell to Arms,’” explained former head librarian Jeannine Stickle, […]

By Danko Beauregardenabler The Sopris Shroom  A new push to brew a mushroom-based tea in Carbondale’s ditch system is gaining steam, and the prospects have local chakras spinning. Council members will discuss a $1.2 million proposal to foster a locally sourced Kombucha brewing empire in town. If approved, the town’s ditches will become a community […]