Cameron Hesseltine is excited to serve the Carbondale community and beyond through the launch of her new esthetician business, in partnership with Ella Rose Salon. Hesseltine, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, has been in the Valley since 2023 and began her craft in facial, lash and brow work several years earlier, after earning her esthetician license […]
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Glenwood’s Downtown Drug, more than just a place to get your prescriptions filled
Several little Santa secrets live along the main strip in downtown Glenwood Springs for those last-minute gifts, including on the shelves of a long-time Grand Avenue staple — Downtown Drug. Margie and Pete Crow founded the pharmacy and gift shop a few doors down from its current location at 825 Grand Avenue in 1998. In […]
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LOCAL Kitchen and Coffee Shop
Margarita Alvarez Flores is the owner of LOCAL Kitchen and Coffee Shop in Glenwood Springs and French Pastry Café in Aspen. Originally from Querétaro, Mexico, she has lived in the Valley for 17 years, building a path marked by effort, consistency and a passion for cooking. Tell us a little about your journey. I came […]
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Basalt Police Department deploys AI technology to save time doing reports, paperwork
Christmas came rather early for the Basalt Police Department (BPD) this year. For about the past few weeks, the midvalley law enforcement agency has been using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help its patrol officers knock out otherwise time-consuming paperwork. Called Code Four, an AI assistant launched eight months ago by 19-year-old MIT dropouts George […]
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Roaring Fork Ski Fair Co-op drops in
The Roaring Fork Ski Fair Co-op surfaced over the summer by way of an online petition advocating for lower pricing of Aspen Skiing Company (Ski Co) season passes for the local workforce. It all started with Anna Rosenberg. Before coming West, she grew up on an organic farm in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her parents did […]
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Inside Simonas Boutique, Glenwood’s new stylish and bold retail space
This fashion review comes by way of The Sopris Stars, a new monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. What if we put our fears aside? That’s exactly what Brenda V. Perea did when she opened Simona’s Boutique at 2114 Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs, turning a two-year dream of owning her own fashion […]
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Sprazzo poised to open soon at 689 Main St.
Sprazzo, a new Italian-themed restaurant, will open on Main Street (hopefully) “in time for the holidays,” Justin “Chester” White told The Sopris Sun. The restaurant will be operated under the same business umbrella as Main Line Social, another new restaurant currently under construction on Highway 133. Chester, the owner of both ventures, is a father […]
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Treasure Mountain Ranch land use change still pending
On Nov. 20, the Gunnison County Planning Commission held a public hearing on a land-use application from Treasure Mountain Ranch, Inc. (TMR), the company that owns significant acreage in and around the historic townsite of Crystal. The application seeks a Minor Impact Land Use Change to consolidate parcels and cluster new development in the Crystal […]
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Awakening authenticity with SOULutions app
Mindy Arbuckle came to the Roaring Fork Valley shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to pause temporarily. She has spent her time here falling in love with the grounded, expansive and communal nature of the locals. Having cultivated a community within the Valley through her yoga classes at True Nature Healing Arts, as […]
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As winter hits Carbondale, residents stoke their fireplaces
Cathy Britt sliced apples on her kitchen counter and looked at an ironcast wood stove in an adjoining living room. It’s a Norwegian-made Jotul. The kind with a nostalgic swinging door and a black stove pipe. “We can’t imagine not having it,” she said. “It’s just so part of the house.” Cathy, a former Carbondale […]