Advocates and attorneys in the Roaring Fork Valley say scammers posing as legal representatives are exploiting immigrants navigating the increasingly aggressive federal enforcement landscape. “I have seen and talked to victims of these scams,” Alex Sanchez, executive director of Voces Unidas de las Montañas, told The Sopris Sun . Voces Unidas, an organization fighting for […]
Debbie Bruell
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Mountain Action Indivisible stands defiant
On April 5, an estimated 2,000 people flocked to Sayre Park in Glenwood Springs for the Hands Off! rally organized by Mountain Action Indivisible, a political advocacy group operating from Parachute to Aspen. The spike in Indivisible protests across our region is part of a national trend of grassroots organizing that quieted during the Biden […]
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Letters – Jan. 23, 2025
Correction: It was falsely stated in the version of the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) article published last week that Superintendent Dr. Anna Cole, with approval by the RFSD Board of Education, enacted a new health insurance plan for teachers and staff. In fact, the decision was approved in the spring of 2023 and launched […]
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Letters – Oct. 3, 2024
Day of ServiceI want to thank the entire community for supporting High Country Volunteers’ first ever 9/11 Day of Service. We had 354 community members and 1,795 students volunteer that day for a total of 5,285.75 hours of service. Through our community-wide events we packaged and delivered 1,250 pediatric activity kits to 13 hospitals nationwide […]
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Seeking school board candidates not looking to turn classrooms into battlefields
Most of us still remember our favorite teachers. Maybe they sparked our curiosity, believed in us when others didn’t, or gave us the confidence to pursue a passion. As the mom of two graduates from our local public schools, I’m forever grateful for the wonderful teachers who guided and supported my daughters. If we want […]
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Mary Lilly, The Sopris Sun and legacy giving
In the summer of 2018, in the midst of the calamitous Lake Christine Fire and as a persistent drought gripped the region, an extraordinary thing happened in our community. Checks began arriving at various organizations in the area from the estate of Carbondale grand dame Mary Lilly, who had passed away two years earlier just […]
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County corona cases crest
County corona cases crest The spectre of COVID-19 hung heavy over the Garfield County Commissioners’ meeting after the Coroner’s Office determined that COVID-19 complications claimed the lives of at least five more residents. The loss of three people in their early 60s, a man in his mid-70s and two people in their 90s between the […]
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Partnering up to prevent evictions
With both the national moratorium on evictions and federal aid through the CARES Act set to expire at the end of this month, tens of millions of Americans are at risk of being evicted. Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, a wide range of individuals and entities have been working collaboratively to help community members […]