This article comes by way of The Sopris Stars, a new monthly youth publication powered by The Sopris Sun. Halfway through its season, the Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) climbing team is building momentum. Numbering over 50 participants in 2025-2026, the team prioritizes not just individual improvement but also the formation of a community — one […]
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Area high school runners qualify for state cross country meet, boys soccer playoffs begin
Carbondale and Basalt will be well-represented at the Colorado High School Cross Country Championships this Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Competing at their Regional qualifying event last week, the Basalt High School cross country team, which combines with runners from Carbondale’s Roaring Fork High, qualified its girls team for […]
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From farm to table at CRMS
One of the core pillars of education at Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) is contributing back to the school community, so much so that service is incorporated into the weekly curriculum. One of the most established facets is its Garden Program, where students, alongside staff, plant, grow and harvest produce, which offsets 40% of the […]
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Sports Report: Longhorns drop Roaring Fork in volleyball; big game Thursday for boys soccer
Basalt High School’s girls volleyball team evened up the season series with rival Roaring Fork High in Carbondale Tuesday night, taking the highly competitive match in three straight sets (25-21, 25-22, 25-20). The host Rams held a 16-13 advantage in the second set, but the Longhorns came stampeding back to take the win. The Longhorns […]
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Downvalley high schools combine forces for Basalt-based boys tennis team
Several high school sports wouldn’t even be an option for area student-athletes, were it not for a rule that allows for schools to team up if they don’t have enough numbers to support a particular program on their own. Among them for Roaring Fork and Basalt high schools, and in some cases Glenwood Springs High […]
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Sunfresh Flowers changes with the times
A wide variety of events and celebrations take place in the Valley and many of them share something in common: flowers. Whether it’s a wedding in Redstone or a dinner in Aspen, lots of those flowers come from a local flower shop, Sunfresh Flowers, run by Laura Lucero. Lucero grew up in Fort Collins but […]
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CRMS graduates walk
Sopris watched as Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) graduated 41 students into the world on June 7. It was a beautiful sunshiny day following a night with rain. Per tradition, each student received a leather diploma. Photos by Renee Ramge
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Lindholm defies Alcatraz lore with a little help from a friend
Soren Lindholm is akin to a legend in the making. After facing what might curtail most, he picked up where he started, reinventing the wheel so he could once again fly fast through air, snow and water. “I came to love swimming because I grew up in the summers spending time in the Northwoods in […]
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Sopris Sun graduates shoot for the stars
Yesenia Benavides Burgos, Gus Richardson and Isaac Sterling have made the most of their time as interns at The Sopris Sun. The former two, who graduated on Saturday from Roaring Fork High School, have been enrolled in the youth journalism program (or Youth News Bureau, as we like to call it) since their sophomore year. […]
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Seeking Haystacks: Reclaiming character
My father was a B-24 bomber pilot during World War ll. After 87 missions, he was alive, brave, talented, funny and wickedly intolerant of anyone inauthentic. He despised the braggart, boasting of unearned privilege. He had been in positions where honor and honesty matter — were key to life. He distrusted leaders who thought different rules […]