Carbondale Public Works held a meeting on March 26 with Crystal River water managers (ranchers and farmers) to begin discussions on the Crystal’s water usage this coming summer. The initiative comes in the wake of record-low snowpack this past winter and anticipated very low flows in the Crystal and Roaring Fork rivers. The gathering, organized […]
Ken Pletcher
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‘Legends of Mountain Fair’
A panel of Carbondale Mountain Fair leaders, movers and shakers led a wide-ranging, delightful, hilarious and often touching discussion of fairs past and present for a large and enthusiastic audience at the Third Street Center on April 9. In addition to the panelists — Brenda Buchanan, Laurie Loeb, Bob Schultz, Jim Ryan, David Thiel, Lee […]
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Marble Distillers carves a new path with social club
In September 2025, just over 10 years after it had first opened its doors, Marble Distillers in Carbondale launched Club Marble in what, during that first decade, had been an underutilized bar-lounge room in the front of the distillery. The Sopris Sun sat down with co-owners Connie Baker and Corey Shank, as well as with […]
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‘If only the walls could talk’ — The story of 202 Euclid
So mused Carbondale resident Lynn Siodmak when describing the house she and her partner Joel Rem had purchased at the corner of Euclid Avenue and 2nd Street last fall. As it turns out, the walls — and house — had a lot to say, thanks to her research and that by members of the Carbondale […]
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Carbondale desarrolla un modelo avanzado de mitigación de incendios forestales
El municipio de Carbondale y el Distrito de Protección contra Incendios de Carbondale y Rural (CRFPD, por sus siglas en inglés) se han unido al Wildfire Collaborative Roaring Fork Valley (WCRFV, por sus siglas en inglés) con el objetivo de desarrollar lo que será la predicción más detallada y precisa sobre cómo un incendio forestal […]
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Carbondale developing advanced wildfire mitigation modeling
The Town of Carbondale and the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District (CRFPD) have joined forces with the Wildfire Collaborative Roaring Fork Valley (WCRFV) aiming to develop what will be the most detailed and accurate prediction of how a wildfire could affect our community. To implement this, they have teamed up with Dr. Hussam Mahmoud […]
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Small town, small crime … most of the time
In mid-January, The Sopris Sun received an anonymous tip from a resident at the Crystal Meadows retirement community describing that a neighbor’s truck had been broken into. Several days later, a Carbondale Police press release detailed multiple break-ins of vehicles and residences at River Valley Ranch. This followed another press release from mid-December about the […]
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Normas y cortesía para la seguridad en los autobuses escolares
Comienza un nuevo año y los estudiantes han regresado a clases. No hay mejor momento, entonces, para refrescar la memoria sobre la seguridad alrededor de los autobuses escolares cuando los alumnos suben o bajan — especialmente ahora, con las condiciones de manejo más desafiantes del invierno. Primero, la ley estatal. Los conductores que circulan en […]
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School bus safety rules and etiquette
It is a new year, and students are back in school. What better time, then, to refresh our memories on school-bus safety when students are getting on or off — especially now, with winter’s more challenging driving conditions? First, the state law. Drivers in either direction on a road or street must stop no closer […]
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CPW busca la opinión pública sobre la estrategia de conservación y manejo de castores
A mediados de noviembre, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) publicó el borrador de su “Estrategia de Manejo y Conservación de Castores” (“Estrategia del Castor”) e invitó al público a revisarlo y comentarlo. Según el Resumen Ejecutivo del documento, el propósito de la estrategia es “aumentar y mantener la prevalencia de los castores y los humedales […]