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Carbondale Fire District ballot question seeks sales tax to boost operations

The lone Carbondale-area specific questions on the Nov. 4 mail ballot would address anticipated general fund, equipment replacement and staffing shortcomings within the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD). The District’s board of directors decided earlier this year to seek voter approval for a 1.5% sales tax to serve as a new funding source […]

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GarCo Report: November food assistance at stake, 500-foot oil and gas buffer waived

Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jackie Harmon started out the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on Monday with an elections update. “It’s a busy election,” she said. “Get your ballot, vote it, return it.” She added that when ballots are returned early, it’s more doable to announce unofficial results by 7pm on election day.  […]

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At Carbondale Library, “1946” film prompts reflection on scripture and inclusion

On Friday, a special screening of “1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture” (2022) was presented at the Carbondale Library. The film which has stirred conversation in recent years, examines how the anti-gay movement took root within Christian communities in the 20th century.  The event had the quintessential church gathering signifiers: folding tables, freshly unstacked chairs […]

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Dream Well: The night-mare

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 visiting: www.dreamhealings.com It’s spooky season! So, for this month’s dream […]

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Glenwood Report: Council reverses South Bridge toll decision, approves rezoning for West Glenwood Mall

Glenwood Springs City Council voted 5-2 at its Thursday, Oct. 16, meeting to not include a toll within the project area of the planned South Bridge, reversing a Sept. 4 decision. All council members were present for the second regular meeting of October.  Following a late-afternoon work session that included a joint meeting with the […]

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Works in Progress – Oct. 23, 2025

The States   Bridger LangfurCrystal Valley Out on the East CoastSits an iodine manNo kingBy himselfHis mind failingGrasping at relevance Sawing at an overdone steak In these divided statesIn these states divided  And in some far flung mountain townShaded by valley wallsThere can be heard the old wayDrifting down riversLost on quiet backwoods trailsStanding stillin the […]

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Local student-athletes earn top-10 finishes at state mountain biking championships

Carbondale was well-represented at the Colorado High School Cycling League State Mountain Biking Championships, held at the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley campus trails last weekend, Oct. 18-19. Riding for Roaring Fork High School, senior Quinn Carpenter placed sixth overall out of 136 state qualifiers in the varsity boys race on Sunday afternoon. Carpenter was […]

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