Por Bianca Godina Editora de El Sol del Valle Globos dorados, rojos y negros adornaron las puertas en honor de la inauguracion de la nueva sucursal de La Placita 2, Taqueria y Carniceria. “Un pedacito de mi país”, es el lema que Juan Hernández y Geovanny Marin quisieron traer a su comunidad como dueños de […]
April 2024
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife, CPW, se enfrenta a una difícil decisión por el bienestar de los cimarrones de Avalanche Creek
Por Will Buzzerd Corresponsal de Sopris Sun Traducción por Dolores Duarte Si esta primavera te encuentras por Filoha Meadows o por detrás de Sopris mantén la vista alerta por borregos cimarrones. Si tienes suerte, podrás ver uno de los pocos rebaños autóctonos de Colorado. Sin embargo, por muy segura que sea la especie, la manada […]
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Cierre de los refugios de Carbondale para nuevos inmigrantes deja a algunos con incertidumbre sobre el futuro
Por Caroline Llanes y Eleanor Bennett Traducción por Convey Language Solutions Los refugios para pasar la noche habilitados por el ayuntamiento de Carbondale y Recovery Resources para los nuevos inmigrantes, en su mayoría procedentes de Venezuela, cerraron a primera hora de la mañana del lunes, dejando a algunos sin saber cuáles serán sus próximos pasos. […]
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Roaring Fork High athletes dig in post-spring break cleats
Roaring Fork High School’s spring sports schedule is back in full swing this week following spring break, with the marquee event being the three-day Trent Goscha Memorial Baseball Tournament starting Thursday at Ron Patch Memorial Field. The Rams enter their home tournament with some confidence after a close game on the road at Class 5A […]
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Mountain Valley Developmental Services empowers personal growth
Mountain Valley Developmental Services (MVDS), now in its 51st year, began in 1973 when a group of mothers of children with disabilities wanted to help their children acquire additional skills before entering public schools. As they started enlisting therapists to work with the children and a coordinator who secured grant funding, they formally organized the […]
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GarCo Report: Library trustee candidate hammers BOCC about appointment process
Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting, minus Tom Jankovsky, started off as expected with the county libraries as the subject of the open public comment period. Library board trustee candidate Carole O’Brien was first out of the gate, scolding the BOCC for its lack of communication to candidates about the changes to Tuesday’s scheduled special […]
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Funeral home oversight on the horizon
Editor’s note: This content contains details about the mismanagement of human remains. When the news broke in February that former funeral home owner Miles Harford had allegedly kept a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for nearly two years and improperly stored the cremated remains of more than 30 individuals, Coloradans were shocked […]
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Sopris Theatre Company presents ‘The Book of Will’
Sopris Theatre Company, Colorado Mountain College’s community-student hybrid theater program, will present Lauren Gunderson’s “The Book of Will” to close out its 2023-2024 season. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts originally commissioned this comedic drama, and it won the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association’s New Play Award in 2018. It runs about […]
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Carbondale hops aboard Downtowner microtransit trial
Nearly one year after Carbondale launched WE-cycle’s bike share program, residents, visitors and workers alike will have another option for getting around town without a car. On March 26, trustees approved a contract with Downtowner, a company headquartered in Florida, for a six-month service trial beginning July 1.With Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) matching $181,500 […]
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‘Avalanche Dreams, A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing, and Life’ by Louis Dawson
Louis “Lou” Dawson describes “Avalanche Dreams” as “a work of creative nonfiction” and he advises the reader that “while autobiographical in nature,” the book is “an approximation of the author’s lived experience.” The author, well known to most alpine and sport climbers, has changed some names in his book to protect people’s privacy. He notes […]