Troopers with the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) are focused on preventing death, injuries and traffic mayhem on Highway 82’s 45-mile stretch from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, until at least the […]
Dyana Z. Furmansky
Basalt Town Council approves budget
The Basalt Town Council buzzed through its business on Nov. 23. All seven members voted in roll calls to unanimously approve 10 different measures, including the momentarily problematic adoption of […]
COVID outbreaks at schools teach hard lessons
When Ross Montessori School (RMS) closed on Nov. 15 due to a coronavirus outbreak among staff and students, the school tallied 56 infections since Oct. 11, with 12 active cases. […]
Six voices share stories of immigration
They left, to escape poverty, corruption or oppression, as immigrants still do. They took few things with them, aside from their great desire to make a better life for themselves […]
Seis voces comparten historias de inmigración
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Se fueron para escapar de la pobreza, la corrupción o la opresión, como siguen haciendo los inmigrantes. Se llevaron consigo pocas cosas, aparte de su gran […]
Encontrando tesoro en la basura
Traducción por Dolores Duarte El lanzamiento de la aplicación Love Zero Waste en abril de 2020 es una de las pequeñas buenas noticias que se vieron truncadas con el estallido […]
El Sol also rises
Suddenly, or “de repente” if you speak Spanish, a four-page insert called el Sol del Valle appeared in the middle of The Sopris Sun last March. The insert has since […]
Servers and students share nourishment
On Wednesdays, 36-year old Jenny Elmore serves lunch to a noisy stream of Ross Montessori School (RMS) students. For two hectic hours, she places a slice of pizza and a […]
PSSWF helps bear cubs hibernate
It’s the time of year again when bears are supposed to go into hibernation. Sometimes the long journey back to what should come naturally for them starts in Silt, at […]
Love Zero Waste App finds treasure in trash
The launch of the Love Zero Waste app in April 2020 is one of the little good-news stories that got trashed in the outbreak of the global pandemic, when practically […]