Nearly 100 miles offshore, north of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, Sarah R. Johnson, founder of Wild Rose Education in Carbondale, carefully leaned out of a hovering North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Pausing for just a moment to take in the vastness of the Arctic Ocean, Johnson exhaled as she released an ice ball […]
June 2022
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Goodflower dispensary sprouts in Carbondale
Cousins Brandon Turner and Ty Ritchey opened Goodflower on April 12 to serve the Roaring Fork Valley with a robust approach to selling recreational and medical marijuana products and accessories. This includes discounts every day of the week, high-quality glass smoking pieces, essential oil candles, as well as a large selection of pure CBD products […]
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Glenwood Garden Club gathers greenthumbs
Since 1931, the Glenwood Garden Club has provided a space “to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening and aid in the protection of mature trees, plants and birds and encourage specific plantings,” according to its original mission. Today, its purpose remains much the same, Ann English, a former president of the club, informed The Sopris […]
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Orbeez, how a toy can turn into a weapon
On May 26, the Orbeez Challenge on TikTok made its way to the Roaring Fork Valley. The challenge dares young people to use airsoft guns or “blasters” to shoot innocent bystanders with gel pellets. In a local case, high school students drove by Miners Park and, at least one of them, fired upon younger children […]
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My personal burn scar: An appeal for volunteer firefighters
It was July 3, 2018, when we fled our Hillcrest home and the hotshots were called in. We watched from Willits as the choreographed fire dance began; flames popped up and the chopper released rains of red retardant. The hillside was studded with brush fires crowning our home. We had run with little else than […]
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PitCo Landfill gets creative to curve capacity constraints
The Pitkin County Solid Waste Center (PCSWC) was originally established, in its current location, as the Aspen Free Dump in 1965. For years since, the community has received public service announcements about the landfill nearing peak capacity. The landfill has been pushing recycling and innovation to stymie the flow of mounting trash. Anything that can […]
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Basalt report: So far, Basalt’s green initiatives fall short
The Town of Basalt is “far from reaching both goals” of a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2025, and an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050, according to the Town’s combined 2019 and 2020 GHG Emissions Inventory Report released this week. Senior town planner Sara Nadolny delivered the disappointing news to the […]
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Great Expectations, rebranding and revitalizing
In recognition of its expanding services, Family Visitors Program (FVP) has changed its name to Great Expectations. Rebranding for the Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit, founded in 1983, was announced in May by Executive Director Andrew Romanoff, with reassurance that its mission — “to strengthen and empower families, foster the optimum development of children and prevent child […]
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Scuttlebutt/Community Calendar – June 16, 2022
Redstone drops Do you love The Sopris Sun and travel weekly between Redstone and Carbondale? We are seeking a volunteer to deliver a stack of our papers to Propaganda Pie, the Redstone General Store and the Redstone Inn every Thursday (or Friday). If you can help, email news@soprissun.com or call 970-510-3003. Thanks! Bike to Work […]