The selections are in, and several Roaring Fork High School spring sports athletes have been bestowed with all-conference and all-state honors. The Rams girls lacrosse team had the most picks among the Roaring Fork teams for both the 4A Mountain East League and 4A All-State picks. Two members of the team, senior draw specialist Josie […]
May 2025
Posted inFiction
Works in Progress
Ode to Shoulder SeasonBy Rachel Leigh Cohen a time nestled between visiting electric storms. soft like a collar bone peeking out beneath a loose necked cashmere sweater on a body that tends to lean towards coverage. subtle like classically sweet perfume mixed with light sweat culminating between cycles of sunbathing & cold plunges in rivers […]
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Modern West Floral keeps it local
Modern West Floral, a locally owned — and grown — flower business, operated by Vanessa Gilbert Meredith, is working to bring sustainable and locally sourced flowers to the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. Curating the natural beauty of our region is an important part of the business’ mission. On top of growing the flora […]
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Memorial Day 2025
American Legion Post 100 carried out its annual 21 gun salute starting at the White Hill Cemetery bright and early on Memorial Day, honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for every American’s right to freedom. From there, they went on to Evergreen Cemetery on 8th Street and then to the Veterans […]
Posted inNonprofits
AZYEP rings in a quarter century of empowering young people
The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP) is celebrating a quarter of a century of getting kids on the airwaves. Coming up on June 7, the youth radio team will host a party — of the century — in front of its home at KDNK Community Access Radio. The entire block from Main Street to […]
Posted inYouth News
Aquatics Center needs community support to close funding gap
The Carbondale pool, formerly known as the John M. Fleet Pool, named after a Carbondale mayor, was originally built in 1978. Since its creation, the pool has served the community as a hub for connection, recreation and education. Despite its importance, and likely due in part to its popularity, the pool had endured some wear […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
APR stands tallAspen Public Radio (APR) has joined Colorado Public Radio and KSUT to file a lawsuit with National Public Radio (NPR) against the Trump administration’s executive order which seeks to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The lawsuit claims the action violated the Constitution and First Amendment protections. “Free press is not optional […]
Posted inLetters
Letters – May 29, 2025
Speak up!June 5, at 2pm at the Carbondale Library, the library board of trustees discusses if it is their role as trustees to restrict access to books found objectionable by a small group of people based on a political or religious ideology. Censorship is to restrict or impede access to information. This past year, this […]
Posted inYouth News
Sopris Sun graduates shoot for the stars
Yesenia Benavides Burgos, Gus Richardson and Isaac Sterling have made the most of their time as interns at The Sopris Sun. The former two, who graduated on Saturday from Roaring Fork High School, have been enrolled in the youth journalism program (or Youth News Bureau, as we like to call it) since their sophomore year. […]
Posted inOpiniones
Salud mental — ¿Cómo encontrar la ayuda adecuada?
Explorar la terapia puede parecer confuso, pero no estás solo/a. Aquí te contamos cómo encontrar el tipo de ayuda psicológica que se adapte a ti. Históricamente, no se hablaba mucho sobre la salud mental. Pero, en los últimos años, muchas comunidades han empezado a reconocer su importancia. Con el tiempo, más personas están dando el […]