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Locations: Letters Published Oct. 24, 2018

Letter: Dread reckoning

Dear Editor:

Lurking in shadows
Drifters, grifters, shapeshifters
Fear All Hallow’s Eve

JM Jesse
Glenwood Springs… read more →

Locations: Letters Published Oct. 24, 2018

Letter: Stop calling me

Dear Editor:

Everyone and his brother and your sister is currently writing asking for my vote for Jared, for Walker, for Scott, for Diane, and for and against a host of issues.

Is there any chance that someone or some group has clue about… read more →

Locations: Obituaries Published Oct. 24, 2018

Obituary: Nellie LaJoy

March 8, 1934 – Sept. 28, 2018

Nellie LaJoy, a long time Carbondale resident, passed away on Sept. 28. Nellie felt blessed to be loved by her family and friends and to live in this amazing place.

Nellie was born in Glen…

Obituary: Hester Aiken Miner

Nov. 17, 1919 – Sept. 28, 2018

Hester Louise Aiken Miner, age 98, of Hoover, AL, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2018.

The graveside service will be at Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.

Memories of Anita Witt

Compiled by Charlotte Graham

Special to The Sopris Sun

Carbondale (especially Missouri Heights) locals said “So long for now” last Saturday, Sept. 9 to Anita Witt, the brightest of stars in our universe at Missouri Heights Schoolhouse with a reception afterwards at the… read more →

Locations: Opinion Published Sep. 11, 2018

Telephonic local stories, Volume II

Editor’s note: this serial short story was published monthly over the course of a year as an experimental community endeavor. Read the first volume here.

Chapter One: Happy Birthday, Max!
By Gavin Dahl

“Please tell me they got Cheetos again.”

Max isn’t necessarily supposed to, you know, eat… read more →

Locations: News Published Aug. 22, 2018

Caminatas bilingües gratuitas llegan a Red Hill

Este verano, Wilderness Workshop de Carbondale lanzo un programa comunitario diseñado para que la población latina del Roaring Fork Valley este incluida en experiencias, entendimiento, y con la meta de que aboguen por las tierras públicas. El programa, Defiende Nuestra Tierra, fue oficialmente iniciado en junio con una… read more →

Locations: News Published Jul. 27, 2018

Carbondale enacts water restrictions

Due to decreasing flows in the Crystal River and due to increasing demands on the Town’s potable water system, the Town Manager is implementing the following restrictions beginning at midnight, Monday, July 30.

That means:
• No outdoor irrigation between 10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
• Properties with… read more →

Locations: Obituaries Published Jul. 25, 2018

Obituary: Anna Shook Peleaz

Anna Shook Peleaz unwillingly, but ever so gently, set her Earthly body down to rest on the morning of July 7, 2018. In the arms of her birth parents, her brother and her beloved husband, she surrendered to the ravages of her cancer and bid farewell to the… read more →

Locations: Letters, Opinion Published Jul. 24, 2018

An open letter to our community and the Pitkin County BOCC Regarding the Crystal River to Crested Butte Bike Trail

IMPORTANT NOTICE: YOUR COMMENTS ON THE BIKE TRAIL MUST BE SENT TO THE BOCC BY THIS FRIDAY, JULY 27TH, 2018. Please write or email your Commissioners at:

Temporary Address:

Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners
123… read more →

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