We are proud to introduce The Sopris Stars, a youth publication funded by The Sopris Sun newspaper and dedicated to delivering news relevant to tweens, teens and young adults throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. Seven Gen-Z interns have come together in the noble pursuit of journalism and to curate this new publication, which will print […]
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Fashion Trends: Carhartt and UGGs, where two worlds collide
Wandering through the Glenwood Springs High School hallways, new trends have drifted in like autumn leaves. Low-cut ankle UGG boots and rugged Carhartt jackets are taking over the hallways and classrooms. UGG Comfort and nostalgia define the autumn season. The UGG brand, footwear modeled after shoes first used in the early 1900s by sheepherders and […]
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Historiography: We shall fall as the leaves
The Meeker Massacre, as it is known in Colorado history, was the final straw for the U.S. Government in its territorial struggle with the Ute tribes, leading to expulsion from their Colorado homeland. Famously, the “Meeker Incident” as it’s referred to by the Utes, culminated in a small band of rebels taking women and children […]
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Theater Review: Local activism is changing the game
Carolyn Clough and Janelle Togno are changing the game in local activism and putting their money where their mouth is by doing something about their personal pain caused by war and our government, not just complaining about it. The Haunted House of Representatives, Located at a private residence just up the Crystal River from Carbondale, […]
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Dream Well: The night-mare
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: www.dreamhealings.com It’s spooky season! So, for this month’s dream […]
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Breast cancer and the trapeze of self-empowerment
How a people-pleaser became a Tough Twinkie Guest opinion by Shea Courtney October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I’d like to honor the recovering people-pleasers — like myself, who apologize to furniture after bumping into it (only after swearing for stubbing a toe). The statistic still stuns me: 1 in 8 women in the […]
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Censorship is no laughing matter
The past week, Oct. 5-11, was Banned Books Week. This event, the offshoot of a book expo in 1982, celebrates the Freedom to Read. It does so, paradoxically, by recounting the many ways people try to remove or restrict access to books, movies, magazines, databases, exhibits, programs and virtually anything else a library provides. The […]
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Mature Content: Turning 85
This month’s Mature Content, a column about aging and life from the perspectives of older people, has been hard to write. Though I dislike admitting it, it’s because I’d rather not face what I’ve been dreaming about most nights and thinking every morning, in that middle space between being asleep and being awake: the number […]
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Vote ‘yes’ on 7A for our local kids
By Dr. Rebecca PercyGuest Opinion As a mom of four and pediatrician with Castle Valley Children’s Clinic in Carbondale and New Castle, I am proud to support ballot measure 7A for more affordable childcare and early childhood education in our community. Right alongside housing and healthcare, our region’s lack of accessible childcare is a critical […]
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Money Juice: Do you even need a budget? Maybe not …
We simply love finding reasons to feel bad about ourselves. Budgets are sometimes just another way to “prove” that we’re messing up, that we’re bad at money — an old format for evergreen self-punishment. What if you don’t actually need a budget? Take the temp: Are you meeting your financial goals? If you are, you […]