An April 17 email from Revel Bikes’ senior management stating that the Carbondale-based company was going out of business sent shockwaves throughout the cycling world. In its roughly decade of existence, the company had become widely known for its innovative mountain-bike designs, especially with the introduction of its first carbon-fiber Revel frame in 2019. As […]
September 2025
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Independence Run & Hike honored as one of top running stores in the U.S.
Independence Run & Hike has been the right fit for Carbondale going on 20 years now, and vice versa, just as they’ve worked to assure the right fit for countless feet when it comes to running and hiking shoes. From day one back in 2006, serving the Roaring Fork Valley’s ever-growing community of avid runners […]
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Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists launches children’s program
On Aug. 17, the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists (TRUU) congregation revived its children’s program and featured a musical performance consisting of John Denver songs in conjunction with the sermon. Run by longtime friends and collaborators Thelma Zabel and Cindy Nett, who previously taught together at Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) Mini College Preschool in Glenwood Springs, […]
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Why my prostate cancer story is a call for screening, advocacy and hope
For years, September meant the end of summer, celebrating birthdays and all the little rituals of a season changing. But this year, September carries a very different meaning: it’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month — and decision time for me to select a treatment. In July, I shared publicly that I had been diagnosed. I wrote […]
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Deborah Ratiu Bannon
September 29, 1958 – August 20, 2025 After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Debbie passed away at home in Carbondale, Colorado on Aug. 20. Debbie was born in Royal Oak, Michigan on Sept. 29, 1958. She had a happy childhood with 11 siblings, loving parents, doting grandparents and a large extended family. With so […]
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Healing is an act of love
This article from Sol del Valle has been translated for English readers. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for clarity and space. Alejandra Rico is originally from Chihuahua, Mexico and has been living in the Valley for 20 years. She offers free yoga classes, though donations are welcomed, every Thursday at 6:30pm at Stepping […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt
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 be hidden in Carbondale’s heart. Through Main Street’s charm and gallery halls, past murals bright on building walls. The treasure waits where artists gather, where community bonds grow ever stronger. So, […]
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Letters – Sept. 4, 2025
Correction: The Sopris Sun mistakenly noted that the anonymous source for the Aug. 21 article, “Is recess enough?”, did not respond for additional comment. The source did follow up, but their correspondence went unnoticed ahead of press time. Reelin in the yearsIt has been two years since Bob and Kathy Ezra first told me they […]
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Labor Day: Más que un lunes libre, un tributo al trabajo con dignidad
El origen del Día del Trabajo en EE.UU. se remonta a finales del siglo XIX, en medio de la Revolución Industrial. Las condiciones laborales eran duras: jornadas de 12 a 16 horas, seis o siete días a la semana, sin garantías mínimas. Incluso los niños trabajaban en fábricas, minas y campos, muchas veces arriesgando la vida por un salario miserable.