This is the first feature in a short series highlighting artists living at Sopris Lodge Carbondale Senior Living. Sopris Lodge in Carbondale is more than an assisted living center for those in their golden years. From hosting community events to collaborating with local nonprofits, there is hardly a dull moment. And coming up, Sopris Lodge […]
October 2024
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Letters – Oct. 17, 2024
MAP updateHave you heard? Coming in 2025 to a Carbondale street near you: more crosswalks, wayfinding signs for priority bike routes, traffic calming pilot/demonstration projects on key streets, mini-roundabouts (adding a feature like a large planter to a four-way intersection to create a makeshift roundabout). These are a few of the first steps suggested in […]
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Sol del Valle is a community mosaic
I vividly remember the pride and happiness I felt back in 2015 when I asked my dad to pull over so I could pick up The Sopris Sun in Basalt, where I went to school. My poem had been published — “I’d be lying if I told you…”It was a poem I wrote in my […]
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Colorado Wildland Fire Conference facilitates conversation and best practices
On Oct. 2-3, 251 attendees from across the American West converged on Snowmass Village for the 2024 Colorado Wildland Fire Conference (CWFC). The gathering, which was first held in the 1990s, occurs every 18 months. Host cities rotate around the State of Colorado to ground the conversation and the broad vulnerability to wildfires. Paul Cada […]
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Not-so-Sleepy Hollow
It’s been almost a decade since Roaring Fork High School invited the public to enjoy a play in its auditoria — the school’s auditorium-cafeteria hybrid. With little funding for these types of extracurricular activities, it took a passionate group of students to revive a theater club at the high school.“It’s kind of just turned into […]
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Local author’s new book delves into resilience
Laurel C. Fox can be described as many things: voice-over and stage actress, singer, substitute teacher, go-getter, mother and now, author and advocate. Her new book, “Braveing the Way,” is a profoundly intimate piece of nonfiction that tells the story of her daughter’s traumatic brain injury. Taylor was hit by a car at the age […]
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Exploring the experience of plants in ‘If Flowers Could Talk’
Local florist and landscaper Daniela Standley knows flowers like family. “I’ve always had a calling [to] flowers. It’s easy for me to know what they need and want,” Standley shared with The Sopris Sun. She realized her affinity for flowers as a teenager and graduated high school early in order to attend a vocational college […]
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Mature Content: Science, reason and local government
Editor’s note: The opinions, including political endorsements, of columnists do not reflect those of The Sopris Sun. As a career healthcare provider, I believe in science; that is, in ideas and beliefs that have been subjected to persistent, unsuccessful attempts to disprove them. As a scientist, my mind is open to questions and new information. […]
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Works in Progress
Preparing for winter A common sight of late … bears can often be found napping in trees around town during daylight hours. They come down at dusk and dawn to feed to avoid human contact.
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Nuevo Mundo – 13
Nuevo Mundo: Wari (niño) ya está en este Nuevo Mundo. Uno puede pensar cuántos seres extraños le acompañan, y sí, ya es parte de esta nueva cofradía. Un té caliente y a seguir soñando porque tu mundo entró en una nueva configuración. Arte por Leonardo Occhipinti, instagram: @otilajnun