I’ve been tasked with a handful of recommendation letters over the past few years. It comes easier to me— speaking to what makes a colleague or intern exceptional. Yet it carries a sense of immense pressure. Will these words hold a candle to the person they describe? The answer is mostly no. With all of […]
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Curated Calendar – March 26 to April 5
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 CLIMATE WEEKRocky Mountain Institute is kicking off the second annual state-wide Colorado Climate Week, hosting two panel discussions from 3 to 5pm followed by happy hour at the Tipsy Trout. Register at luma.com/eav0x6ej MEMORIALThane Lincicome’s memorial celebration will be held at 5:30pm at the Calaway Room in Carbondale’s Third Street Center. A […]
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Ace reporter seeks housingAmy Hadden Marsh, one of the Valley’s top reporters, and her indoor cat (Dizzy) are in need of a place to live. Marsh lost her housing of 27 years due to circumstances beyond her control and hopes to remain local. If you know of a reasonably-priced place, please email amy@soprissun.com Ski and […]
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Drought Task ForceGovernor Jared Polis activated Colorado’s Drought Task Force and Phase 2 of the state’s Drought Response Plan on March 17 given record-breaking warm temperatures and low snowpack. As reported by Aspen Journalism, snowpack in the Roaring Fork River Basin is at 65% of normal as of March 13 and 75% of days from […]
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Apple Tree ‘welfare’ water quality concerns linger
After handwashing at her kitchen sink, Brenda Ramos loads water-stained dishes into a dishwasher that’s solely used as a drying rack. Her husband, Oscar Ramos, saunters into the kitchen with a blue casing, unsealing the cap and pouring out dark-brown water before removing a filter caked with sediment. “It’s like pure gasoline,” Brenda said of […]
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Curated Calendar – March 12 to March 21
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 NONFICTION BOOK CLUBThe Carbondale Library invites you to a monthly book club discussing nonfiction books from 2 to 3:30pm. This month’s theme is “any nonfiction book about a recipient of the Nobel Prize.” FLUFFY STUFFFluffy Stuff Co. celebrates the opening of its new studio at 802 Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs from […]
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Highway 133 tragedyThe evening of March 1, Diana Quinn, a 76-year-old woman from the Carbondale area, lost her life after colliding with the back of a semi and trailer on Highway 133 south of Carbondale. At the time of the crash, the semi was parked in the northbound lane of the highway and unoccupied while […]
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Friends and family of Quinn Whitten at a loss in wake of his disappearance
Quinn Whitten was born an adventurer. His introduction into this world was in itself a wild ride: his parents racing in a friend’s Suburban through the mountains of Idyllwild, California, and meeting a police escort partway to leapfrog every intersection and just barely make it to the hospital in time. That innate spark took him […]
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Curated Calendar – March 5 to March 14
THURSDAY, MARCH 5 EXTRATERRESTRIAL ESCAPE ROOMTeenagers attempt to solve a space-themed escape room at the Basalt Library space from 4 to 6pm. Register at www.basaltlibrary.org AIRPORT DESIGN OPEN HOUSEThe Aspen-Pitkin County Airport presents a schematic design during an open house at the Hoffman Hotel from 4 to 7pm. Details at www.aspenairport.com NATURALIST NIGHTSColorado State Forest […]
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Carbondale forumThe Sopris Sun and KDNK Community Access Radio are hosting a forum for the Carbondale trustee and mayoral candidates on March 25 at Town Hall from 6 to 7:30pm. Questions for the candidates can be submitted in advance at www.tinyurl.com/CarbondaleCandidates Teller Springs conservedAspen Valley Land Trust announced that 31 acres at Teller Springs, a […]