During the past few years, Roaring Fork School District children have circled the Valley on ever-lengthening bus routes. After years of the pandemic-inspired “mommy bus,” I recently returned to the […]
Elizabeth Key
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – May 25, 2023
COO Bohmfalk Ben Bohmfalk, Carbondale’s mayor, has been hired by Roaring Fork Schools as the new chief operating officer, a position currently held by Jeff Gatlin who accepted a similar […]
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Silent, but deadly
Lately, I have nightmares of swimming through snow, my omniscient yoga instructor’s voice guiding me to take deep, cleansing breaths as my mind spools and the wind whips through my […]
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Colorado History: From an ancient sea to present-day extractivism
Colorado’s present-day topography and natural resources have been millions of years in the making. Initially, the land mass known today as “Colorado” was located south of the equator as part […]
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The loudest voice in the room
Why do representatives sometimes vote in favor of big money instead of protecting the community? A couple of decades ago, I wrote a letter to the editor comparing Aspen to […]
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Bosom Buddies opens cafe con leche in El Jebel
Breastfeeding is a personal choice, but it can also be a biological decision. My first experience with breastfeeding was challenging. As an expecting new mother, I spent my nesting months […]
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Letters – Aug. 25, 2022
Re: Redstone incident I am a regular contributor to The Sopris Sun and also a resident of Redstone. I moved to the Redstone community last October and I find many […]
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Housing insecurity takes a toll on health
Melanie Test is a web and graphic designer living with her 13-year-old son in the Crystal River Valley. After moving nine times in as many years, Test is still seeking […]
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The Crystal Palace has fallen
My childhood home was built around a blue spruce in Aspen’s West End. It wasn’t a good climbing tree — its bark rough with budding pine needles, slathered in sap […]
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It’s elemental: fire, lightning, wind and water
Fire and water are opposites, but when it comes to weather, they are interconnected. Large wildfires can generate their own weather systems. Weather travels through vertical columns in a convective […]