My first paying job was as the Little League baseball reporter in my small south Texas hometown when I aged out of playing. For the princely sum of 10 bucks a week, I endured often boring games thrice each week in Texas heat and humidity before biking home in the dark and handwriting stirring accounts […]
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Ps&Qs: Zero-sum thirty
I’ve been calling Congressman Jeff Hurd’s office on a regular basis — and no, not just when I’m drunk. The last aide I spoke with was named Carter. He sounded rather bored, then he audibly yawned while on the phone with me. “Wow,” I said, thinking, “This feels very dystopian. Most Americans are just trying […]
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Celtic Samhain to Day of the Dead: A journey through history, beliefs and the remembrance of those who are gone
This Sol del Valle column has been translated for English readers. Every late October, when the cold begins to bite and the leaves fall like tiny symbols of passing time, the American continent prepares to celebrate one of its oldest and most universal rituals: a dialogue with death. It is not a cult of darkness, […]
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My heroes have always been cowboys
By Ron SpeakerGuest Column There’s an ache in the Valley these days — a silence that settles over the land like morning fog. In the span of a few short months, Carbondale lost three men who embodied everything I ever understood about what it means to live with honor, integrity and an unwavering commitment to […]
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All taxes have consequences, let’s rethink 7D
By Ross KribbsGuest Column With national politics polarizing the country minute by minute, it’s easy to forget that most politics is indeed still local. And in a town like Carbondale — enviably supportive and neighborly — the challenge isn’t in finding agreement, but in feeling free to disagree, particularly with those we respect and admire. […]
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Wishing upon The Sopris Stars
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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Letters – Oct. 30, 2025
Re: BrunoI am writing in response to Mr. Kirchenwitz’s letter last week. I do not know what his “not fit for print” t-shirt said, but did gather from the tone of his letter that he does not appreciate counter views. I remember a time when civil discourse with one’s political opposition was the norm, especially […]
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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, […]