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• Locations: Fiction, Opinion Published Nov. 9, 2022

  Work in Progress - Nov. 9, 2022

  Cactus art by Chris Brandt, created at Drawing Club. The Roaring Fork Drawing Club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Their next gathering, on Nov. 15 will be in partnership with Seed Peace at Craft Coffeehouse. Artists will be invited to draw the squash that will be auctioned off for the Seed Peace fundraising event on the following Thursday. Courtesy art

  Your creativity counts
  By Just Jim

  It’s on the wall
  Down Main Street
  Everywhere you look
  Creativity abounds

  Carbondale, Glenwood
  And beyond… read more →

• Locations: Letters, Opinion Published Nov. 9, 2022

  Letters - Nov. 9, 2022

  Re: Craig nuclear plant 
  It’s too bad that some local powers are focusing on nuclear reactors to replace the Craig Station power plant instead of energy storage. One of the rationales for nuclear power is that it provides baseload electric supply. But many energy nerds… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Promising perspective: Rep. Perry Will, Elizabeth Velasco and House District 57

  Both candidates were interviewed during a short forum on KDNK radio last week. Topics ranged from abortion access to West Slope water. Find the archive at www.kdnk.org/podcast/everything-under-the-sun

  The election quickly approaches. Among many choices, between candidates and propositions, Roaring Fork Valley residents will elect their representative for Colorado House District 57. Whereas House District 57 previously contained Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, as well as Garfield County, the district now includes Pitkin County and the Roaring Fork… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Raleigh Burleigh Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Nobody loses with The Sopris Sun

  Raleigh Burleigh - Musing

  Well, it’s election season. Tensions are running high and the anticipation is palpable. No matter the outcome, we will remain neighbors, building community as best we can. This week, we’ve decided to give a few extra pages to letters, given their quantity and urgency. You’ll find Jeannie Perry’s election-related column… read more →

• Locations: News By Jane Bachrach Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Out of farm's way

  Riley and Linguini

  Photos by Jane Bachrach

  Students and staff at Colorado Mountain College’s Vet Tech farm woke up early on Saturday morning to help several animals put on their Halloween costumes. The public was due to arrive after 10 a.m for the teaching hospital’s open house. While some of the animals cooperated,… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Jeannie Perry Published Nov. 2, 2022

  This Roevember, vote for women

  

  This November, as I cast my ballot, I can’t help but think of the women who came before me and how hard they fought to be regarded as equal: equal in the eyes of men, equal under the law, an equal part of society… 

  While progress has been made,… read more →

• Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Carbondale takes bold steps on climate

  Guest Opinion - Dave Reed

  Opinion by Dave Reed

  “Slow and steady wins the race,” goes the saying. But when it comes to climate change, we’re in a race against time. Recent reports by the United Nations and others show how far behind we already are. We need to be moving fast and steady.

  Consensus… read more →

• Locations: Fiction Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Work in Progress - Nov. 3, 2022

  "Snow Bass" by Larry Day

  The Bald Eagles of Beaver Lake

  By Alex Menard

  This may read like a short story and still seems like a dream to me. In fact, I am relating it just as it happened on one stunningly beautiful fall day in Marble, Colorado. The day was so bright it almost… read more →

• Locations: News By Tom Mercer Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Surviving Hurricane Ian

  Kathleen Mrachek grieves the loss of her studio and art. Photo by Andy Goebel

  Growing up in Central Illinois, I witnessed first-hand the damage that tornadoes could do. They could carve a path of destruction through any terrain. There was a tornado warning siren on the water tower that stood just 300 feet from our brick home on Walnut Street, and it was not… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Nov. 2, 2022

  Carbondale Report: What’s with 2A?

  

  This election, Carbondale residents have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 2A, a new tax on short-term rentals to help fund affordable housing initiatives. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights requires that any proposed tax go to the voters.

  In early 2022, the advocacy group Community First… read more →