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• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Addressing the "line in the sand"

  

  Michelle Muething, executive director of the Aspen Hope Center, referred to the current mental health challenges for many living in the Roaring Fork Valley as, “everyone’s line in the sand has decreased, and is very, very close to where they step every day on a regular basis” because of… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Ps & Qs: Keep calm and Carbondale on

  

  Once upon a time, in a bar called The Black Nugget (where the men were men, and the drugs were nervous), a couple of women from out of town walked in and sat at the bar. They ordered a sea breeze and a cape cod and looked around,… read more →

• Locations: Letters Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Letters - Oct. 14, 2021

  Re: Marble Ski

  The board of the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association would like to thank Lynn Burton and The Sopris Sun for the terrific article on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Marble Ski Area (Sept. 22, 2021). Entering CVEPA’s 50th year of service,… read more →

• Locations: News Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Youth DJs take over KDNK airwaves

  The AZYEP crew responsible for 24 hours of excellent music and other KDNK programming on the weekend of Oct. 9-10. Photo by Beth Wysong.

  By Parker Wilson and Charlie Hippensteel

  For the Glenwood Springs High School Brimstone

  If you’re ever listening to the radio in the car, keep an ear out for the KDNK AZYEP kids!

  Based out of KDNK Community Access Radio in… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Pages of the Past: Unified for the Thompson Divide

  Kindergarteners Hank Meyers and Tucker Hinchliffi really set the bar high for "best carving pumpkin ever" back in 1994. Valley Journal file photo.

  From the archives of the Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun

  Oct. 8, 1981

  Carbondale mourned the loss of old-timer Joe Corthell, who spent most of his 79 years gardening and tending hives on what was then the outskirts of town. As Editor Pat… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Oct. 13, 2021

  Measuring the success of tourism in Carbondale

  

  What do you know about tourism? Did you know that Carbondale has a tourism-based economy? Did you even know your hometown has a tourism board? If you can’t answer one or all of these three questions, then pull up a chair. The Tourism Council of Carbondale, a volunteer… read more →

• Locations: News Published Oct. 6, 2021

  Hot Potato: 112 years of spud

  Carbondale's 112th Potato Day celebration was a total success, with hundreds fed at the community meal featuring local potatoes grown by Sustainable Settings and Highwater Farm and Nieslanik Beef — all cooked in the pits beneath Sopris Park. Larry Day was present to illustrate the event.

  A recent Post Independent article claimed that the 112 Annual Potato Day was the most well-attended in a quarter of a century. Seeing as the reporter got their information from Carbondale Historical Society extraordinaire Sue Gray, we’ll certainly take their word for it. After having to forgo the… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Dyana Furmansky Published Oct. 6, 2021

  Slug It: Happy to be here

  

  I read that John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan, might be released in a year if his mental health remains stable. Hinckley also ushered me into my 22-year stretch of freelancing for The New York Times. So whenever I hear about Hinckley, I recall that… read more →

• Locations: Obituaries Published Oct. 6, 2021

  Obituary: Adam Evans Hobby

  

  December 28, 1993 – September 14, 2021

  Adam Evans Hobby left this earth due to a tragic accident while helping in the remodeling of his home in Denver. He was born and raised in the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys. He attended schools valley-wide and went… read more →

• Locations: News By Jeanne Souldern Published Oct. 6, 2021

  Rams seniors relish volleyball season

  This season's Rams volleyball team: (back row) Fernanda Ruiz, Carley Crownhart, Bella Brown, Ruby Denning, Morgan Kaegebein, Erica Crownhart and (front row) seniors Grace Ferguson, Sienna Pargiter-Walker and Celeste Fullerton. Photo by Sue Rollyson.

  The Sopris Sun recently spoke to senior athletes on the Rams girls volleyball team, relishing their last season as Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) student-athletes.

  Grace Ferguson (who plays middle and outside), Celeste Fullerton (right-side) and Sienna Pargiter-Walker (middle blocker) reflected on this season —… read more →