Heralding poetsColorado Humanities is on the prowl for Colorado’s next poet laureate. This position serves as an ambassador for poetry, engaging with communities across the state, conducting readings and workshops and inspiring a love for the art form. The selection process will consider a nominee’s body of work, public speaking ability and their vision for […]
Carbondale Treasure Hunt
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt
The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will be hidden in Carbondale’s heart. Through Main Street’s charm and gallery halls, past murals bright on building walls. The treasure waits where artists gather, where community bonds grow ever stronger. So, […]
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Fire restrictionsLast week, Garfield and Pitkin counties, along with the White River National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Upper Colorado River District, reduced fire restrictions from stage 2 to stage 1. The Town of Carbondale followed suit. Campfires and smoking are only allowed within designated areas; explosives and fireworks remain prohibited. Space CommandGovernor Jared […]
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Works in Progress
Baron von LingenhovenBy Golda Wolfe This is an excerpt from an unpublished novel. All Rights Reserved. No use without permission. Baron Eric von Lingenhoven bought the chalet in the Engadine when its rocks were splotched in bright lichen, attesting to their undisturbed age. Inside, von Lingenhoven breathed the fragrance of sap that sweetly seeped from […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt 3
The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will be hidden in Carbondale’s heart. Through Main Street’s charm and gallery halls, past murals bright on building walls. The treasure waits where artists gather, where community bonds grow ever stronger. So, […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
River flowsAccording to the Roaring Fork Conservancy’s weekly river report published July 3, “rivers in the Roaring Fork Watershed continue to decrease toward summer base flows earlier than usual, resulting in flows 23-42% of normal for this time of year.” Water releases from Ruedi Reservoir aim to boost flows and support endangered fish recovery efforts […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt number two
Inspired by Forest Fenn, we have a treasure hunt you can more easily win. Look for a clue in the Sopris Sun to let you know when the hunt has begun. The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will […]
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Two families that are friends will share a dinner date at the Homestead in River Valley Ranch after winning a $150 gift card by solving the first-ever Carbondale Treasure Hunt with a clue in last week’s Sopris Sun. “I don’t do First Fridays much anymore,” Katie Bannon admitted, “but this brought me out.” Keep an […]
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Carbondale Treasure Hunt
Inspired by Forest Fenn, we have a treasure hunt you can more easily win. Look for a clue in The Sopris Sun to let you know when the hunt has begun. The treasure vault awaits the clever mind, who reads the clues and seeks to find. Before each First Friday’s celebration starts, this treasure will […]