Correction: The Sun mistakenly reported last week that Patricia Savoy’s name was drawn for the top line for mayor on April’s ballot. In fact, Erica Sparhawk’s name was drawn first. Keep writing, PatIn 1969, 23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Patrick Hunter took issue with his officer’s declaration that a moustache was “a sign of dissent,” and, […]
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Legal representation scams target immigrant community
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 […]
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Pedaling for peace
On Saturday, people gathered on bikes around the world to ride in solidarity with each other and honor the life of Alex Pretti. Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed by federal ICE agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an avid cyclist himself. The idea for a solidarity ride came from the folks […]
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Local high school students roast ICE
Across the country, high school students organized walk-outs on Friday, Jan. 30, protesting the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in solidarity with immigrant communities and protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Carbondale, teenagers lined the roundabout with signs declaring their sentiments. In Glenwood Springs, the high school cancelled classes after nearly all teachers were […]
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Letters – Feb. 5, 2026
Re: ICEEnough is enough. ICE is violating the Constitution, killing innocent people, snatching up people, including children, to meet their ridiculous quotas. Just as promised, Trump is taking revenge on blue states and cities. So, what can we do? Anything we can. Protest and build networks of resistance. Pay attention and learn from history, such […]
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Una organización sin fines de lucro denuncia que cartas racistas del as de espadas fueron dejadas tras arrestos de ICE en el condado de Eagle
Una organización sin fines de lucro de Colorado que apoya a personas inmigrantes en comunidades de montaña informó que, después de que varios hombres fueran detenidos por ICE durante “falsas paradas de tráfico” la semana pasada en el condado de Eagle, se dejaron cartas amenazantes del as de espadas dentro de los vehículos vacíos. Familiares […]
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Scuttlebutt
Redstone deliveriesThe Sopris Sun is seeking a regular Crystal commuter to shuttle newspapers from Carbondale to Redstone every Thursday. This is a volunteer position perfect for anyone making the drive anyway. Contact raleigh@soprissun.com for details. Songwriting workshopOlivia the Bard, in residency at Steve’s Guitars, is offering a songwriting workshop on Mondays from Feb. 9 to […]
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Mature Content: ‘Don’t worry about it!’
Editor’s note: Some quotes in this column are paraphrased. Those of us living in America’s moderate- and left-leaning political spaces expected a bad year, and 2025 didn’t disappoint. The Trump-Kennedy Center, Trump-class battleships, masked (secret?) police in unmarked cars abducting our neighbors, the military patrolling city streets, yo-yo tariffs, more mass shootings, the continued dismembering […]
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El Concejo de Denver rechaza contrato de arrendamiento en el aeropuerto para la empresa contratista de ICE Key Lime Air
El Concejo Municipal de Denver rechazó el lunes un contrato entre Key Lime Air y el Aeropuerto Internacional de Denver (DIA, por sus siglas en inglés), citando el trabajo de la aerolínea transportando detenidos del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés). El acuerdo habría arrendado espacio en tierra […]
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Congresistas de Colorado piden a ICE liberar a inmigrante afgano que ayudó a combatir al Talibán
Demócratas de Colorado están pidiendo a las autoridades federales de inmigración que liberen a un inmigrante afgano que ayudó a las tropas estadounidenses a combatir al Talibán antes de mudarse al condado de Boulder, calificando su trato de “cruel e inhumano”. Mohammad Ali Dadfar, quien trabajó en el Ejército Afgano durante 14 años y brindó […]