Colorado attorneys are not required to engage in pro bono work — free legal services — to maintain their licenses. In fact, that’s true of all 50 states. Rule 6.1 of the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct states: “Every lawyer has a professional responsibility to provide legal services to those unable to […]
December 2021
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La línea de ayuda pro-bono busca abogados
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Los abogados de Colorado no están obligados a participar en trabajo pro-bono — servicios legales gratuitos — para mantener sus licencias. De hecho, es así en los 50 estados. La regla 6.1 del modelo de conducta profesional de la asociación americana de abogados establece: “Todo abogado tiene la responsabilidad profesional de […]
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Chisme del Pueblo
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Tiempo fuera El sitio web de The Sopris Sun estuvo fuera de servicio temporalmente la semana pasada. Le agradecemos a todos los que llamaron, enviaron correos electrónicos y enviaron mensajes de texto para dejarnos saber. Muchas gracias a Titan Digital por trasladar nuestros archivos a un nuevo servidor, y ahora estamos […]
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¿Regalando por regalar?
El presupuesto promedio gastado por una persona durante estas épocas es 110%. Diez por ciento más de lo que tiene o de lo que gana. Probablemente sea por todos los regalos que compramos estas fechas, sobre todo si eres Latino, ya que los hijos de tus compadres o amistades cercanas son como tus sobrinos, y […]
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Opinion: Bad ads, real estate
A house in our neighborhood is for sale. It has been advertised in one of the Aspen newspapers and attracted attention from a newspaper headquartered 5,000 miles away — with 1.1 million online and print global subscribers. “Rocky Mountain high prices: homebuyers priced out of Aspen head to Basalt,” read the article’s front-page headline. The […]
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COVID de larga duración y su tratamiento
Una de las características más distintivas — y preocupantes — del COVID-19 es la persistencia de los síntomas después de que las personas se han recuperado de la infección inicial por coronavirus. Denominadas formalmente secuelas posts-agudas del SARS CoV-2, la afección se ha convertido en algo más conocido como “COVID de larga duración” o “COVID […]
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Equity Garden grows new possibilities
“As a community, it’s our responsibility to uplift one another, so that everyone has the opportunity to grow,” says Elizabeth Agee, Just Good Food Manager for the Colorado Farm & Food Alliance (CFFA). We stand in a frosted field beneath Mount Lamborn, about a mile from downtown Paonia. Beneath our feet, the soil is rich […]
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Trustees pursue short-term rental limits
The prospect of clamping down on short-term rentals drew robust participation at a Carbondale Board of Town Trustees special meeting on Dec. 21. More than 20 people joined the board and staff, online and in-person. The discussion was framed by the efforts of Community First Carbondale (CFC), a group formed about six months ago to […]
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BOCC buttons up final 2021 agenda
The Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meetings are available on the Garfield County website for those who wish to view the meetings in their entirety. Following are but a few highlights from the Dec. 20 regular meeting. DHS approvals Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Sharon Longhurst-Pritt had several items for the BOCC’s consideration. […]
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Zipfit reboots in Carbondale
While Zipfit’s headquarters is still parked in a garage in Aspen, the custom ski boot liner company recently moved the daily operations to what Managing Director Chris Dominick and Brand Manager Jeff Colt affectionately call their “shredquarters” in Carbondale. On a chilly morning last week, the two men squired The Sopris Sun around their comfortably […]