Reflection & photos by Isaac SterlingSopris Stars Alumnus Twenty-five years of X Games Aspen, so many memories made, records broken and dreams coming true. The X Games would not be the event it is without the people coming out in all sorts of weather to support and watch these athletes throw down. This year, spectators […]
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Year in Review 2025
For many, 2025 was a challenging year. Institutions, identities, entire industries were foundationally rocked. Notably, the list of obituaries was exceptionally long and included many community staples. For months, there were protests nearly every week. From outer instability, we were challenged to draw on inner strength and the Roaring Fork Valley rose to the occasion. […]
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Sopris Sun graduates shoot for the stars
Yesenia Benavides Burgos, Gus Richardson and Isaac Sterling have made the most of their time as interns at The Sopris Sun. The former two, who graduated on Saturday from Roaring Fork High School, have been enrolled in the youth journalism program (or Youth News Bureau, as we like to call it) since their sophomore year. […]
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Roaring Fork boys win first league basketball title in 12 years
It took some extra effort in the fourth quarter to fend off a surging Grand Valley basketball team on Thursday, Feb. 27, but the Roaring Fork boys prevailed 66-57 to secure their first 3A Western Slope League (WSL) title since 2013. Playing before the home crowd in Carbondale for senior night, the Rams held a […]
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Senior leadership steers Rams hoops teams toward 3A playoffs
Chalk the dual success this season for the Roaring Fork High School boys and girls basketball teams up to a combination of factors that have the Rams on track for respective state playoff berths for a second straight season. Not the least of which are two groups of senior athletes who’ve stepped into the all-important […]
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Rams boys atop league basketball standings, girls fall to undefeated Cedaredge
The Roaring Fork High School boys basketball team launched itself into first place in the 3A Western Slope League standings with a pair of wins last weekend. Meanwhile, the previously undefeated girls team stumbled a bit in their bid for the league title, but scored a pair of wins on the rebound. Hosting Cedaredge on […]
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NHL alumni face off for the sake of youth hockey
Photos by Isaac SterlingYouth Correspondent It’s become a tradition, that is Colorado Extreme’s National Hockey League (NHL) Alumni Outdoor Classic, hosted for the second time at the youth hockey nonprofit’s Steadman Philippon Outdoor Arena off of Catherine Store Road on Saturday, Dec. 14. The teams, Avalanche Alumni versus NHL Alumni, took to the ice just […]
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Rams soccer wins at home, falls on the road; football suffers road loss
Roaring Fork High School’s boys soccer team scored a hard-fought 3A Western Slope League win at home over Steamboat Springs on Sept. 19, before falling on the road to state-ranked Timnath two days later. Junior Delano Crooks collected both of the Rams’ goals in the 2-1 win against the Sailors in front of the home […]
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Scuttlebutt and Calendar
Housing optionsOn April 15, in order to expand housing options and reduce exclusionary discrimination, Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that prohibits residential occupancy limits. Local governments may no longer dictate the number of unrelated persons who share a home. In Carbondale, the unified development code currently limits the number of unrelated persons […]