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• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Oct. 2, 2019

  Roaring Fork keeps students in its halls

  

  Enrollment is up at Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) and the new administration is welcoming the influx with open arms. Lyn Bair, RFHS’s Principal, and Zoe Stern, Assistant Principal, are determined to keep students’ interest up and provide a top notch education for every young person they can.… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Oct. 2, 2019

  Read ‘The Choice’ with Colorado Mountain College

  

  What can you learn from Holocast survivor and clinical psychologist Edith Eva Eger, Ph.D.?

  Plenty.

  You can hear her talk about her memoir “The Choice: Embrace the Possible” 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct.10, at the Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Spring Valley campus. The… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Oct. 2, 2019

  Take a stand for two valleys

  

  The Roaring Fork and North Fork Valleys have more in common than simply being neighbors. 

  Each includes public lands under threat of oil and gas development near Huntsman’s Ridge. Also, the Wilderness Workshop (WW) insists that protection is urgently needed for Thompson Divide and also for… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Oct. 2, 2019

  Mister Kitty and Mushu go out on the town

  

  When Eloise Clark moved into town after living in a rural section of County Road 115, she worried a bit about how her cat, Mister Kitty, might adapt. She needn’t have.

  Clark and her sister got the stub-tailed tabby as a kitten from Brett Varr,… read more →

• Locations: News By John Colson Published Oct. 2, 2019

  Our Town: Anna Ramirez, a fixture at the Carbondale PD

  

  he 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 sat down with Anna Ramirez, a native of the town and a graduate of the local schools… read more →

• Locations: News By Will Grandbois Published Sep. 25, 2019

  Bear tipping just the latest art attack

  

  When Emerson received an Instagram message on Sept. 20 that his blue bear sculpture by Delaney Nature Park had been knocked down, he wasn’t altogether surprised.

  Back in art school, he’d heard stories of people trying to run off with art. And Carbondale itself has had several incidents… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Sep. 25, 2019

  Crystal River Hatchery stocked with educational opportunities

  

  If a child asks you where fish come from, just point to the Crystal River Hatchery on Highway 133 and say, “Over there.”

  When you arrive, you’ll be warmly greeted by Robert Streater, manager of Colorado’s flagship hatchery since 2008.

  “We’re at the beginning… read more →

• Locations: News By Roberta McGowan Published Sep. 25, 2019

  Finding your inner Robin Hood

  

  Wait. Take a deep breath. Wait again. Aim. Then pull back slowly on the bow. Let go and watch as the arrow flies to its target.

  You’ve got this.

  That’s archery in a nutshell.

  The first arrowheads ever unearthed were in… read more →

• Locations: News By Justin Patrick Published Sep. 25, 2019

  Basalt affordable housing project accepting applications

  

  A joint affordable housing project serving the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) and the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority (APCHA) is now accepting applications for the second phase of the Basalt Vista neighborhood. The new units will be located behind the Basalt High School and are comprised of three… read more →

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Sep. 25, 2019

  A kind expression of the youth

  

  Look out on your left, or on your right, as you peddle or stroll along The Rio Grande Trail Artway for a new installation which will likely incite an emotionally positive response within you.

  Students of Carbondale Middle School (CMS) are using their voices to bring… read more →