Best Buddies, an international nonprofit with a local chapter, welcomed in the month of June at Basalt River Park with its “Caminata de la Amistad,” aka Friendship Walk. It was an event for people of all abilities, full of friendship, fun and community spirit. This is the second year the walk has taken place in […]
June 2025
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Nuclear power in Western Colorado revisited
In November 2022, The Sopris Sun published an article on the possibility of one or more nuclear generating plants being built in Western Colorado. It was prompted by an initiative from the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado earlier that year that favored establishing nuclear power in the region; this was in response to the planned […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt
Inspired by Forest Fenn, we have a treasure hunt you can more easily win. Look for a clue in The Sopris Sun to let you know when the hunt has begun. The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will […]
Posted inLocal Government
Local wolf, cattle deaths alarm ranchers and wolf advocates
Two collared grey wolves have died in Colorado since Memorial Day weekend, including one in the Roaring Fork Valley. The male yearling, identified as #2405, was part of the Copper Creek pack. Another wolf, #2407, died on May 31 in the northwest corner of the state. No necropsy has been released. Wolf #2405 had four […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Town manager finalistsThe Town of Carbondale has narrowed its search for a new town manager down to four finalists: Ryan Hyland, former Silverthorne town manager; Shannon Kelly-Fong, current assistant city manager for Lacey, Washington; Sara Ott former Aspen city manager; and Kara Silbernagel, current deputy county manager for Pitkin County. The Town will host a […]
Posted inOpinion
Ps & Qs: The American Dream costs about $300k
When I was a kid, you could buy a house in Aspen for about $300k and I remember when my parents sold our house on Twining Flats Road in 1979 for $179,000. Fast forward 20 years to Carbondale in 2000, when the first house on your right as you entered Satank was for sale for […]
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Letters – June 5, 2025
MVDS gratitudeMany thanks to the generous members of our community who supported Mountain Valley Developmental Services (MVDS) at our Greenhouse Open House & Picnic on May 17. We had the best first day of sales since the Mountain Valley Greenhouse opened in 1984 as a year-round commercial greenhouse selling annual and perennial bedding plants, house […]
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Permaculture pioneer Jerome Osentowski receives lifetime achievement award
Jerome Osentowski, known for his pioneer-level work in the permaculture world, recently accepted a lifetime achievement award at this past Dandelion Day celebration for his impacts in the Valley and beyond through his education efforts with students and community members from all over as founder of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI), located on […]