Will Grandbois

When The Sopris Sun set out to conduct an annual inventory of commercial space in town, we never anticipated tracking the effects of a pandemic. Our methods — recording the number of occupied units and tracking the addresses of unoccupied space each June — were intended to capture the sort of slow change you’d expect […]

Carbondale’s current Board of Trustees have seen few bitter conflicts, but the June 23 meeting had Luis Yllanes feeling like King Solomon — known for ordering a child cut in half in order to snap a pair of fueding mothers out of a bitter dispute. The sentiment was shared by several other members of the […]

While two of Roaring Fork High School’s fixtures have been phasing out for some time, this year they mean it (mostly). As they prepare for retirement, Spanish Teacher Jill Knaus boasts 34 years in the district, while Art Teacher Cathleen Crayford-McCourt has 28.  Knaus, neé Heider, hails from Denver originally and first started learning Spanish […]

Northbound traffic on Colorado Highway 133 in Carbondale is back to normal. Today the Colorado Department of Transportation repaired a large sinkhole located just south of the intersection of CO 133 and Main Street, near Mile Point 68. Crews filled, tamped down, capped, and paved the sinkhole, which measured 15 feet in diameter by 12 […]

A block of Main Street will be subject to one-way traffic and weekly full closures after Carbondale trustees empowered staff to hammer out a specific plan for dining deeper in the right of way. The idea is to use the margins of Main for extra seating in restaurants struggling with requirements to reduce density by […]

The libraries were among the first public facilities to reopen this month, and patrons are learning to operate within some substantial limitations.  “We feel comfortable with all of the different precautions that are in place, not just for patrons but also for staff,” noted Carbondale Branch Librarian Lacy Dunlavy, “It’s not about what we can’t […]

Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork (WSRF) is known for its unconventional hands on teaching methods; but how does “hands on” happen when the teacher cannot share the same space as the student? Well, it takes not a small amount of ingenuity, a determined team of educators, and you guessed it: virtual reality — well, […]

Cloth face coverings are required in businesses and public buildings in Carbondale effectively immediately, following a 6-1 trustee vote on May 19.  The ordinance is geared toward indoor establishments and specifically addresses common areas, lobbies and front desks as well as any portions of grocery stores or restaurants accessible by customers. It includes exceptions for […]