Corrections: Sopris Sun photographer Bob Rugile’s last name was misprinted on last week’s cover as “Rubile.” A disclaimer regarding the assisted use of AI for the Sol del Valle translation last week was missing. Lastly, the Sept. 3 article, “Debate heats up around Amendment 84,” was written and titled ahead of the measure being relabeled […]
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‘Holy ballot, Batman!’
Government is a core pillar of society. When choosing our leaders, there is a lot to unpack, and this column is intended to help readers do just that before election day. I was appointed the head of “all things money” by my family a quarter century ago and I’ve been reappointed every year since. If […]
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Dream Well: Have you been visited?
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting dreamhealings.com Dreams 1) I had a lucid dream […]
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Historiography: Hot potato
Author’s note: To view the rare Red McClure potato as well as other localheirloom vegetables, visit the Carbondale Heritage Garden Booth at Potato Day. In the 1940s, schoolteacher and farm wife Edna Sweet compiled historical accounts of the first homesteaders. In her book, “Carbondale Pioneers 1879-1890,” Sweet tells a familiar tale of a miner turned […]
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The View from the Therapy Pool: Happy climate news
Too many climate activists mope around like Joe Btfsplk, the character in Al Capp’s comic strip Li’l Abner that walks around with a permanent dark cloud over his head. Yes, the outlook is bleak with all the heat domes and waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes, and rising sea levels that are here […]
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The voice of Sol del Valle ‘is built by all of us’
There are moments in life when saying goodbye does not mean putting a period at the end of a story, but rather pausing to look at everything that has been built and trusting in what comes next. When I officially submitted my resignation from Sol del Valle because of my move to another state, I […]
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Letters – Sept. 24, 2026
Corrections: Sopris Sun photographer Bob Rugile’s last name was misprinted on last week’s cover as “Rubile.” A disclaimer regarding the assisted use of AI for the Sol del Valle translation last week was missing. Lastly, the Sept. 3 article, “Debate heats up around Amendment 84,” was written and titled ahead of the measure being relabeled […]
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Amateur Eats: Peppino’s
“Amateur Eats” is The Sopris Sun’s new food review, written by Carbondale resident and eating enthusiast Jake Skardon and published on the third Thursday of each month. RESTAURANT RATING:Cuisine: Pizza and beerQuality: (4/5)Price: ~ $15 Carbondale: idyllic mountain town, dutiful fief in the kingdom of SkiCo, crimes reportedly few. However, police have been lax, to […]
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
Dear Sopris Sun readers, I’m excited to share that this year marks the fourth year of our special campaign celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Over these five weeks, we dedicate time to honoring the history, culture, achievements and contributions of the Spanish-speaking community throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. This year is a […]
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Mature Content: When Jae was shocked (but I was pleased)
Early this summer, respected local Jae Gregory published a Facebook post about her move to Redstone after 28 years in Carbondale. Since her move, she wrote, she suddenly finds Carbondale “a bit shocking.” “I’ve often wondered,” she continued, “why, when a small town is perfect, the developers and off [sic] the council can still take […]