Traducción por Dolores Duarte En 2022, el gobernador Jared Polis firmó la ley del programa Preescolar Universal de Colorado (UPK por sus siglas en inglés) – la primer iniciativa para preescolar gratuito del estado. Con el proceso de solicitud para el año escolar 2024-2025 que se abre a fines de este mes, el Sopris Sun […]
February 2024
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Thunder River Theatre presents ‘Endgame’
Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) is set to premiere the third show of its 2023-2024 season. This time, audiences are in for an exciting production of Samuel Beckett’s one-act absurdist, dramedy and minimalist play, “Endgame.” The show opens Feb. 16 at 7:30pm and will run for eleven performances through March 3. The play was […]
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Carbondale Report: Pool approximates final design
All trustees minus Erica Sparhawk were present at the Feb. 13 meeting. The primary topic was Carbondale’s new pool, which now has a schematic design projecting a footprint that expands further south into Sopris Park than the current pool. First, trustees breezed through the consent agenda: liquor license renewals; a special liquor license; a renewal […]
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Steve’s Guitars presents: Viv & Riley
Viv & Riley play a show at Steve’s Guitars
Posted inLocal Government
Basalt Report: More music and more construction this summer
This week, the Basalt Town Council convened to discuss both a petition against the Midland Streetscape Project as well as some exciting new events coming this summer. Mayor Kane was absent during the meeting, so Councilor David Knight took his place leading proceedings. The meeting opened with a period for public comment during which several […]
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Rams close out regular season with double-header Friday night
The Roaring Fork High School boys and girls basketball teams both find themselves with a chance to secure the second seed going into next week’s 3A Western Slope District Tournament, but a stout opponent looms for the regular season home finale Friday night. After three straight wins for the girls, including a 59-30 senior night […]
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Universal Preschool applications open soon
In 2022, Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Universal Preschool (UPK) program — the state’s first free preschool initiative. With the 2024-2025 school year application process opening at the end of this month, The Sopris Sun spoke with Stacy Petty, director of the Universal Preschool Local Coordinating Organization (LCO). LCO is responsible for […]
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Libraries Report: District pays for archivist
The Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) is providing funding to hire an archivist at the Glenwood Springs Historical Society and Frontier Museum. “We believe that this falls well within the mission of the library,” GCPLD Executive Director Jamie LaRue told The Sopris Sun in an email. “It also encourages collaboration among ‘memory’ institutions in […]
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Schools Report: RFSD purchases home for future superintendents
During the regularly scheduled Feb. 6 Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education meeting, a resolution was unanimously passed to purchase a home for future superintendents. The $1.226 million single-family, end-unit townhome is located in the Crystal Bluffs area of Carbondale’s River Valley Ranch and was built in 2001. The 3-bedroom, 2-bath home is […]
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Alpine Bank nears $2.5 million community fundraising goal
For Alpine Bank’s 50th anniversary, President Glen Jammaron said they wanted to do something big. The objective was to raise $2.5 million for nonprofits — a number Jammaron referred to as a stretch of a goal. However, considering that half a century is a significant milestone, the bank didn’t shy away from setting such a […]