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• Locations: News By Will Sardinsky Published Nov. 3, 2021

  Vacuum cleaners for the land

  

  Country Road 112 may have seen its most heavily-trafficked day yet. However, the traffic did not come from cars, but from goats. On a recent dewey fall morning, Lani Malmberg and her son, Donny Benz, co-owners of Goat Green LLC, ran 800 goats down the road to load them… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Nov. 3, 2021

  Shedding light on inter-generational trauma

  Local author and healer Jess Jacobson. Courtesy Photo.

  “For Trees so Tall” is a recently published memoir written by Carbondale resident Jess Jacobson. It is her first published book. The story follows her life, as well as her family members’, and the shared experiences will resonate with people that have endured intergenerational trauma. 

  Jacobson is a healer,… read more →

• Locations: News Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Rams' Homecoming

  

  What a week it was for the Roaring Fork Rams! From the righteous parade, which could be heard from over a mile away, to the outstanding effort made by student athletes on the (boys) soccer, volleyball and football teams. During the volleyball match — it was also Hawaiian… read more →

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Oct. 27, 2021

  El Sol also rises

  

  Suddenly, or “de repente” if you speak Spanish, a four-page insert called el Sol del Valle appeared in the middle of The Sopris Sun last March. The insert has since become a weekly feature of The Sun. It publishes opinion pieces written in Spanish, a few of The Sun’ original… read more →

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Basalt brief: Vote delayed on Basalt Center Circle

  The vacant former Clark's Market space in downtown Basalt could soon be gone. A proposal to redevelop the building, which is also home to Jimbo's Liquor and popular taqueria BLT, was recently filed with the Town of Basalt. Todd Hartley photo.

  Despite heaping praise on changes made to the latest sketch plan for the Basalt Center Circle Development on Oct. 26, Basalt Town Council again voted to continue the public hearing phase and delay a vote on the project’s approval. That means that BCC Basalt LLC developers Tim Belinski… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Carbondale Report: Town manager selection process narrows in

  Town manager finalists (left to right): Jennifer Phillips, Kara Silbernagel and Jeff Durbin. The Town hosted a “meet and greet” at the Third Street Center on Oct. 20 for community members to try to get a few words in with each candidate. Feedback left in a basket by the door was given to trustees ahead of interviews on Friday, Oct. 22. A select group of community members, as well as Town staff, also had the opportunity to interview candidates on Thursday, Oct. 21. According to Trustee Ben Bohmfalk, speaking with Bob Schultz on KDNK, a final decision has not yet been made. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh.

  During trustee comments, at the regular meeting on Oct. 26, Ben Bohmfalk encouraged everyone to vote, announcing it is now too late to mail a ballot. There is a ballot drop-box located at Town Hall. Bohmfalk also reminded the public of the upcoming comprehensive plan update meeting, presenting… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Glenwood report: Divided over 480 Donegan Project

  

  The tension built around a proposed development, known as 480 Donegan Project in West Glenwood, reached beyond the respective neighborhood and into the Glenwood Springs City Council chambers during the City’s discussion on Oct. 21. 

  At one point, the council opted to take a recess after… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Scuttlebutt / Calendar - October 28, 2021

  Halloween is a dead serious undertaking for Denise Moss. “My daughter says there are only two crimes you can commit in our family. Not voting, and not dressing up for Halloween,” Moss says. This year Moss plays pirate queen to the skeleton crew lounging around by her front door in a scene she calls a “pirate funeral." Every year, Moss digs her spooky treasures out of the trove saved from the costume shop she owned in Carbondale for nine years. Photo by Will Grandbois and text by Dyana Z. Furmansky.

  Congratulations, Autumn!

  Glenwood Springs Middle School science teacher Autumn Rivera was named Colorado Teacher of the Year. Rivera was featured in a Sopris Sun article on Oct. 6, after being nominated as a finalist. Rivera will be recognized, along with other top teachers from around the country, at the White… read more →

• Locations: News Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Home on the range

  On Oct. 20, anyone heading home through Carbondale experienced a brief interruption in their commute as the North Thompson Cattlemen's Association drove approximately 800 head of cattle from Jerome Park, through the roundabout and down Colorado Avenue. Teslas, Range Rovers and bicyclists all moved over or hunkered in place while a sea of beef calmly passed by. For those brief moments, we were all part of a tradition that has taken place in this valley since the late-1880s. Photo by Paula Mayer.

   The Sopris Sun photographer Paula Mayer captured the featured photo of a road-biker evading the oncoming cattle herd on Thompson Creek Road, outside of Carbondale. 

  Later on, the residents at Sopris Lodge got a private show of the cattle drive. See the caption below for details. Yeehaw! …

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• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Local educator to attend UN COP26

  Sarah Johnson. Photo by James Steindler.

  Valley local and environmental educator Sarah Johnson is heading to the United Nations in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th annual Conference of the Parties (COP26). Johnson is giddy with excitement and anticipation to attend the international event regarding climate change. 

  For 26 years, leaders from most of the world’s… read more →