In the Roaring Fork Valley housing costs have skyrocketed in recent years. That’s a common headline, old news and perhaps even an understatement.A Forbes article received a lot of social media engagement after being posted on the Carbondale Facebook page, and for good reason. In the Sept. 26 Forbes article, “Cities where home values have […]
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Carbondale graffitiOn Sept. 24, Carbondale police received reports of criminal mischief initiating an investigation into ongoing graffiti. Officers took reports of “tagging” at more than 20 locations and two juveniles were charged with Criminal Mischief Class Felony 6 (damages from $2,000 to $5,000). ChildcarePitkin County and Kids First have increased income limits for childcare financial […]
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GarCo commissioners opt in on Prop 123
Garfield County Assessor Jim Yellico introduced the first topic of note at Monday’s board meeting. In May, oil and gas operator Caerus Piceance, LLC filed a “Petition for Refund of Omitted Taxes Assessed for Tax Year 2018 (Production Year 2017).” This followed a 2023 county audit that identified an omitted production value, on which Caerus […]
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Voting planIf you haven’t already received a mail-in ballot, it’s high time to follow up or make a plan to vote in person. People can register to vote, or update their voter registration, online (www.GoVoteColorado.gov) through Oct. 28 and still receive a mailed ballot. Oct. 28, however, is also the last day it’s recommended to […]
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GarCo Report: Beer and budgets
Editor’s note: Readers have likely been wondering where the GarCo Report has gone, and it’s not because the commissioners have taken a break. Rather, The Sopris Sun reached capacity with elections coverage and ace reporter Amy Hadden Marsh taking time to assist with KDNK’s news director transition. We look forward to resuming our regular coverage. […]
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Coming back around to AZYEP
Brendan Girardot has been listening to KDNK Radio since commuting to elementary school in the backseat of his parents’ car. As of late, he has been training to become the succeeding executive director of Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP).Since Girardot was a teenager, AZYEP has been a part of his life. And it makes […]
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Extra, extra!The Sopris Sun is among nine Colorado media outlets to receive a $100,000 grant from Press Forward, a national initiative led by the Miami Foundation to shore up local news. The first phase of this grant was awarded to 205 for-profit and nonprofit news organizations with budgets under $500,000. At least one newsroom in […]
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House District 57 interview: Elizabeth Velasco
Colorado House District 57 Representative Elizabeth Velasco is nearing the end of her first term in office and is hoping for the chance at a second. Elizabeth Velasco, like many people in her district, was born in Mexico. When she was a teenager, she and her parents found their way to the Vail Valley where […]
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House District 57 interview: Caleb Waller
Republican Caleb Waller is running for Colorado House District 57 against Democrat incumbent Elizabeth Velasco. Caleb Waller was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. His father was an executive with FedEx and his mother was a top Mary Kay sales director in the Southeast. “She had the pink Cadillac [and] my dad was from corporate […]
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Peace starts here
On the day marking one year since the Hamas terrorist attack on the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, a reporter, two persons of the Jewish diaspora and one member from Ceasefire Now RFV (Roaring Fork Valley) sat down at the Third Street Center for a conversation. The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than […]