Opinion By Zaira PintosSeeds of well-being Amid work, family, home, children and bills to pay, talking about well-being can feel like a luxury. Sometimes we think that to feel better we need more time, more money, or to completely change our routine. But the reality is simpler: Well-being can begin with small daily rituals. A […]
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Dear county commissioners
Re: Harvest Village By Roger Berliner Editor’s Note: Roger Berliner is a Sopris Sun board member, and has submitted this guest column outside of that capacity and of his own accord. Land use issues, without a doubt, rank at the top of the hard work you do. I know. I spent 12 years as the […]
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My river is gone
By Chuck Ogilby My river is about to die. The once-mighty Colorado River has been dying a slow death by a thousand cuts for years, but now it is going for good. I am a small irrigator and water user with good rights. Because of this, I am on the Division 5 — Colorado River […]
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Kids for No Kings
I’m writing this because I want to see more teenagers at the No Kings protest on March 28. We should be at these protests because we are all affected by what the Trump administration and Congress have been doing, whether you know it yet or not. Countless masked Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Would You Rather…?
VOICES Radio Hour is brought to you by VOICES in partnership with KDNK, The Sopris Sun and the Connection is Medicine Foundation. With each episode we share stories from members of our community. We hope this serves to preserve an oral history of who we are, where we come from and who we aspire to […]
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Poetry in print matters
Nancy Bo Flood regularly shares her poetry with The Sopris Sun, which is published on its Works in Progress page, a weekly section that highlights community creativity. From sketches to short stories, Works in Progress contributions have run the gambit since the page’s inception three years ago. Flip to this week’s feature by Nancy’s husband, […]
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The dark feathers of intelligence
Guest Column by Wendy Videlock I woke this morning to a snow-dusted mesa, a couple of finches at the feeder and a raven rising up like a vision from the ravine. I was reminded of a recent trip to Yellowstone. Yes, there were waterfalls, breathtaking views, antelope, elk and hundreds of bison but it was […]
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Carbondale’s next big splash
By Nick Nardecchia & Mali SparhawkSopris Stars guest column The Sopris Stars is a new monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. When we were little, summer meant one thing: the Carbondale pool. We both remember taking our first swim lessons there. We’d run down the deck until a lifeguard blew her whistle and […]
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Wildlife crossings make economic and ethical sense
By Tom Cardamone Roaring Fork Safe Passages Tom Cardamone is the board chair of Roaring Fork Safe Passages, a nonprofit intent on providing wildlife crossings in the Roaring Fork Valley. Wildlife crossings over and under highways save lives, are cost effective and enhance the vitality and ecological functioning of the large landscapes they connect. […]
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Handwritten letters: increasingly vital in our digital age
As a member of the “chronically online” Generation Z, I am well acquainted with how technology seems to be fused with the human hand. I discovered the art of letter writing four years ago, when I began a pen pal correspondence that has since flourished into an irreplaceable friendship. I believe handwritten notes are an […]