While sipping hot tea in her home that smelled of fresh-baked cookies, a fly on the wall wouldn’t guess that Lisa Goddard and I were discussing death.
“There’s nothing that’s touched me more profoundly than the practice of sitting with the dying. After someone passes… read more →
Seeing big grins on two clients, one 36 years old and the other five at WindWalkers, you realize how fortunate the Valley is to have this equine assisted learning and therapy center here.
And WindWalkers is approaching the finish line into property ownership with the February… read more →
This woman for all seasons rode like a cowgirl, prayed devotedly and, unbeknownst to many, served in both the Colorado State House of Representatives and the Colorado State Senate. Many in Missouri Heights, where she and husband Harold lived after moving from the Front Range, only knew Arnold… read more →
Nearly four years ago, Orlando Alfaro moved to the Roaring Fork Valley with the hope of beginning a career as an educator. There was just one major challenge: he could not read, write, or speak any English.
Not one to be deterred easily, Alfaro heeded the advice of… read more →
‘They’re just little kids,” said Patrice Fuller, owner of Beer Works, who along with Carbondalian April Spaulding spearheaded a fundraising campaign to pay off students’ lunch debts at the Carbondale Middle School.
Fuller and Spaulding recently delivered a check for the $4,300 donated so far to… read more →
By Kate Phillips
Sopris Sun Correspondent
The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week we caught up with Rachel Mulry, founder and… read more →
Get ready for an event to bring in the new year, which may prompt a communal resolution that could change humanity as we know it. It will be a community open event to discuss the side-effects of masculinity in the world. Here’s the backstory…
It… read more →
Should there be changes at the Carbondale Nature Preserve (CNP) — known to most as Delaney Dog Park?
That is what the Carbondale Parks & Recreation Department wants to know. Parks & Rec Director Eric Brendlinger thinks some issues need to be addressed, while others like dog owner… read more →
By Kate Phillips
Sopris Sun Correspondent
Winter is in full effect here in the valley, and local authorities are bundling up to welcome and educate the influx of outdoor recreationists.
There is no question that the Roaring Fork Valley is rich in… read more →
Colorado’s Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO) — also known as the “red flag” gun law — is now in effect.
The full title for this law is the Deputy Zackari Parrish III Violence Prevention Act named in honor of a Douglas County Deputy who was shot… read more →
