Correction: Matt Solomon is a former Eagle town council member, not Eagle County commissioner as mistakenly stated in last week’s Garfield County Report. Straight shot nightmareAs a downvalley resident who spent years commuting from Carbondale to Aspen, I want to let my fellow travelers know that the straight shot into Aspen will not make our […]
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Ps&Qs: Signal the ski patrol
Did you read Roger Marolt’s column in the Aspen Daily News last month about his breakup with Aspen? It’s very good, and relatable for anyone who has lived and loved in our favorite local ski town. I can understand how hard it is to watch the place you love invaded by day trippers; America was […]
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X Games, behind the lens
Growing up, this junior Sopris Sun reporter watched the X Games on his computer. As a passion for photography grew within, a far-out dream came into the back of my mind: photographing the X Games. At the end of my junior year at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, I found the youth internship program with The […]
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El distrito escolar actualiza protocolos de seguridad en medio de un panorama de amenazas
Traducción por Dolores Duarte El distrito escolar de Aspen (ASD por sus siglas en inglés) está estudiando cómo mejorar la seguridad del distrito, la protección y los esfuerzos de prevención en medio de un cambiante panorama de amenazas en el que las escuelas podrían ser consideradas responsables por deficiencias en la seguridad. El ASD ha […]
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Letters – Nov. 7, 2024
AngelsTo the woman at Carbondale’s City Market this past Sunday, I so greatly appreciate your returning my grocery cart to the store, but even more I appreciate you finding the cell phone that I accidentally left in the cart and returning it to the service desk. I was so relieved to find it, thanks to […]
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Giving Network fomenta el altruismo comunitario
Jeanne Souldern Corresponsal de Sopris Sun Traducción por Dolores Duarte para Sol del Valle Giving Network, dirigida por donantes locales y apoyada por Aspen Community Foundation (ACF por sus siglas en inglés), está tomando fuerza en el altruismo del valle de Roaring Fork. Fundada en 2016 para reunir recursos locales para ayudas impactantes y enfocadas […]
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Ps&Qs: A flying circus
Have you heard of project 2025? (No, that’s not the name of Aspen’s new airport plan.) Remember Trump’s first term? Specifically, when he showed up at the White House with his troupe of misfit carnies, asking where the coffee maker was … government desks and departments left empty for months — even years — as […]
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Kairos Futura empowers communities through art and environmental change
Aspen-based artist and film director Ajax Axe, the founder of the arts-based, climate-related advocacy group Kairos Futura, is redefining how art, activism and community engagement intersect. The group seeks to empower artists, address environmental challenges and engage local communities in futurist thinking.The Sopris Sun recently spoke with Axe, who is currently working at a Kairos […]
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Hunter Creek preservation project chugs along
Nestled just a hop and a skip from Aspen lies Hunter Creek Valley, a 60-acre site rich with history. Although its history had been deteriorating over several decades, locals, along with some help from the state and a national nonprofit, have changed that tune. In 2021, Roaring Fork Valley locals founded the Hunter Creek Historical […]
