Every Thursday, something small but meaningful happens across the Roaring Fork Valley. Outside the Village Smithy… at a City Market… at a local library… someone pauses at a news box, pulls out a fresh copy of The Sopris Sun, and takes a moment to reconnect with what’s happening close to home. It’s a simple act. […]
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Poetry in print matters
Nancy Bo Flood regularly shares her poetry with The Sopris Sun, which is published on its Works in Progress page, a weekly section that highlights community creativity. From sketches to short stories, Works in Progress contributions have run the gambit since the page’s inception three years ago. Flip to this week’s feature by Nancy’s husband, […]
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Local journalism gave me the opportunity to pursue my dreams
Let’s rewind the clocks 21 months. I was in the Roaring Fork Valley between the third and fourth semesters of my graduate studies, which I was pursuing via a small international university in southwestern Germany. In my free time, I was writing — not a new habit — but I was wondering if it was […]
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How The Sopris Sun changed my life
I am originally from the German countryside and grew up in Hamburg, a bustling city. In 2012, when I was 15, I first experienced the slow pace of mountain life as a youth exchange student living in Glenwood Springs. From a concrete jungle to camping in the woods and outdoor activities like skiing, I quickly […]
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For What It’s Worth: The Sopris Sun continues to be community journalism at its finest
Community journalism has been the very definition of my more than three decades in the trade. And I couldn’t love it more than in my current role as one of the many freelance correspondents for The Sopris Sun. My very first byline, aside from student publications, came as a young journalism major in college, when […]
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Why I support nonprofit journalism
My family’s journalism roots trace back two centuries to the National Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. and, more recently, to a multi-generational family enterprise encompassing local papers across five Midwestern and Western states. While I take great pride in my family’s legacy, our business has provided a front-row seat to the unprecedented challenges the digital age […]
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City Market’s Community Rewards program gives back
In this valley there is no shortage of nonprofits serving in various capacities to better the community. From Ascendigo Autism Services to the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District to this very newspaper, there’s plenty of good work being done. To keep the wheels turning, these organizations largely rely on donations. With so many nonprofits, […]
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Support a sustainable future for The Sopris Sun
Earlier this month, I was honored to fly to Washington, D.C. and attend the annual conference for the Institute for Nonprofit News. It was my first time at this event. There were hundreds of people in attendance, each representing different nonprofit news organizations throughout the country. To my surprise, The Sopris Sun was mentioned many […]
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The Sopris Sun needs you
It is our honor at The Sopris Sun to inform, inspire and connect community each and every week, while also fostering new journalists through our youth journalism program, el Sol del Valle and by opening the door to prospective writers, photographers and illustrators of all ages and backgrounds. In many ways, this nonprofit newspaper functions […]
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RAMS ON THE RUN!
On a beautiful spring day with music filling the air, every student at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) spent 30 minutes running laps on an eighth of a mile track laid out in the school field. This was the 10th annual Rams Run fundraiser, the highest earning fundraiser at the school. Half of the money […]