A weather-shortened home opener for the Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team on Friday, Aug. 23, ended in a 1-0 loss to the defending 2A state champion Crested Butte Titans. The visitors kept the Rams out of the net despite several chances, and scored late in the first half as a large thunderstorm started […]
August 2024
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Weaving art into architecture: Introducing Land+Shelter’s Andrea Korber
Land+Shelter Architecture and Planning has been a driving force behind some of the region’s most innovative architectural projects. Led by owner Andrea Korber, the firm’s mission goes beyond just designing buildings; it’s about infusing art into the built environment and creating spaces that resonate with the community. Korber, who joined the firm in 2007, has […]
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La Pastaiola connects community through pasta
Nestled on Sunset Drive in Basalt, La Pastaiola is an artisanal pasta shop that invites nostalgia and experimentation. Owned by husband-and-wife duo Marco Baghetti and Aina Ismagulova, the couple works elbows-deep to bring comforting dishes while also inspiring community connections. Baghetti happens to be from Naples, Italy. Although Ismagulova grew up in Almaty, Kazakhstan, […]
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Sopris Theatre invites you to its upcoming season
Sopris Theatre Company (STC) of Colorado Mountain College-Spring Valley is gearing up for its 2024-2025 season. Budding thespian Julia Whalen will celebrate her directorial debut with this season’s opening show, “The Sweetest Swing in Baseball,” written by Rebecca Gilman. The play follows the story of Dana Fielding, an artist battling personal demons and who ends […]
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One dozen awards
We are proud to announce that The Sopris Sun received a dozen Better Newspaper Contest Class 5 awards over the weekend at the Colorado Press Association conference for works published in 2023. 1st Place: Best Cover Design: “Poop, there it is!” by Will Sardinsky, Raleigh Burleigh and Hattie Rensberry 1st Place: Best Advertising Campaign: “Sunscribe” […]
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Gregory Thomas Pelland
Aug. 29, 1954 – July 27, 2024 Gregory Thomas Pelland passed away peacefully on July 27.He was born on Aug. 29, 1954, at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The first of five children born to Carol and Patrick Pelland, Greg grew up between Massachusetts, Germany, the Azores and Illinois. He had an early […]
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Planned September roundup disappoints wild horse advocates, lawmakers
A wild horse roundup is scheduled for early September northeast of Grand Junction. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which oversees wild horses in the American West, says 202 mustangs roam the 36,000-acre Little Book Cliffs Range (LBC), based on a census earlier this year, and the range can’t handle that many.But advocates, lawmakers and […]
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Shannon Hatfield
September 19, 1968 – August 18, 2024 We’re sad to announce the passing of Shannon Hatfield. Those who got to meet Shannon knew she was such a funny, energetic person. She was always helping others and doing what she could with the little she had. Shannon had a hard life, but she was a strong […]
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Dream Well: Graduating stress
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visitingwww.dreamhealings.com Kay’s DreamDreamed I had to go back to high […]
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Humanizar a tus padres, lo que traje de Mexico
Criticas Hector Salas-Gallegos Recientemente tuve el placer de visitar México. Fui una vez cuando estaba en la secundaria, pero esos recuerdos se han desvanecido en su mayoría. Esta vez, conduje hasta Chihuahua con mi papá para una reunión familiar, y la experiencia se sintió más significativa. Mi papá obtuvo su residencia en los últimos años, […]