If you’ve ever walked the Coal Basin Trail in Redstone, you can still see the imprints left by the Mid-Continent Resources and its mining operations from decades ago. You certainly […]
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Seeking Refuge organizers aim for local action
Filmmaker Sylvia Johnson calls Carbondale home, but while she grew up in the Valley, she was born in Bolivia and has had addresses in several countries in Latin and South […]
Locals reconnect with family in the Aosta Valley
When Daniele Treves came to the Roaring Fork Valley to work at the marble quarry, he didn’t expect to find a host of last names from his home back in […]
Being present — the life of a fly fishing guide
Raindrops splatter on the water surface and the soft bounce of the bobber skimming along with the ribboning flow. At first, you are aware of the other people fishing in […]
Perry Will, from wildlife to the statehouse
Perry Will likes his new job. After four decades with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Will — a Republican and resident of New Castle — was appointed last winter as representative […]
Forest Service approves Wolf Creek replacement wells
Black Hills Energy received a green light from the U.S. Forest Service to move forward with its proposal to construct two new natural gas storage wells at the Wolf Creek […]
Celebrating Lawley’s life
Earlier this year, on Feb. 3, (Super Bowl Sunday) Thomas Lawley, former Director of the Carbondale Mountain Fair and the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities, passed away in Sante […]
Mutt & Jeff: Metafizzle moments
Back in the ‘60s, I lived on a cramped back porch on The Hill in Boulder. Two mattresses were jammed side by side — one for my high school buddy, […]
Waves of summer visitors leave Marble looking for relief
Leaders of the tiny hamlet of Marble nestled at 8,000 feet in the heart of the Rockies have a conundrum on their hands — and on their roads. From 2010 […]
Help The Sun rise through the Summer Solstice
In this edition of The Sopris Sun, we kick off our Spring 2019 fundraising campaign in the midst of celebrating our 10th year of providing news, views and other information […]