Some people are devout travelers. My friend Harry combined his love of travel with his gift of gab in a career that started as a traveling salesman and turned into life as a Costa Rican citizen and businessman. Zach, a hippy kid, interrupted his education for a year of traveling in India on a shoestring, […]
April 2026
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Slowin’ ‘your roll’ in Redstone
Editor’s note:Elizabeth Key is a resident of Redstone. With summer coming, the Redstone community is preparing for some likely troublesome traffic, since the north-south thoroughfare has been converted into a dead end due to the reconstruction of the South Bridge — the main entrance into the village. Residents on the north end of the Boulevard, […]
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Letters – April 16, 2026
Correction: Overdose death certificates are sent to the National Vital Statistics database, and preliminary data through October 2025 is available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Laird thanks C’daleI want to thank everyone who was able to support me for town trustee. I look forward to continue serving and helping our community be […]
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Scuttlebutt – April 16, 2026
Mother’s DayAttention mothers and newborns of the Valley! There is still time to register to be featured in the annual Mother’s Day issue of The Sopris Sun, a longtime tradition carried over from the Valley Journal, the local publication that preceded The Sun. Every year, we hear a couple of mothers lamenting not having been […]
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5Point Flagship Festival returns next weekend
Beginning on April 21 and running through April 26, 5Point Flagship Festival will kick off in Carbondale with a myriad of new adventure films, including a lineup of more than 30 short films and three features, filmmaker panels, live music and free community programming. The festival returns at a lower cost this year, including a […]
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Exit interview: Bohmfalk reflects on the past four years as mayor
At 8am every Friday for the past four years, longtime Bonfire barista Lety Gomez has placed a small sign on a round table in the back of the café: “Reserved — Coffee with the Mayor.” And most weeks, unless he’s out of town or dealing with an emergency at home or work, Ben Bohmfalk has […]
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Aspen Choral Society shares the beauty of grief
This weekend, the Aspen Choral Society (ACS) invites all from across the Roaring Fork Valley to “Luminous Night,” a poignant musical exploration of the nature of grief and loss in a moment not only significant for its organization but the world as a whole. Aspen Choral Society, which has performed mixed choral and orchestral concerts […]
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Sopris Theatre Company closes season with show restoring balance to life
The Sopris Theatre Company has been around for over 50 years at Colorado Mountain College (CMC). “The Cottage,” written by Sandy Rustin, is the play closing out their 2025–26 season, performed at the New Space Theatre at CMC’s Spring Valley campus (3000 County Road 114) in the Quigley Library building. The play is a mischievous […]
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GarCo Report: The right to hunt and a South Bridge permit
The right to hunt and fish in Garfield County was at the top of the Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) agenda on Monday, April 13. The meeting was short and devoid of public comment, which allowed the BOCC to jump right into the agenda. First up, Commissioner Perry Will offered a resolution to protect […]
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Marble Report: Wildfire concerns laid bare, mixed-use zoning debate continues
Residents of the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys seeking solace from wildfire-related jitters would have come away disappointed from April’s meeting of the Town of Marble’s Board of Trustees. The key invitee was Rob Goodwin, chief of the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD), without doubt one of the busiest people in the […]