The Sopris Sun is proud to announce that we were given 15 awards at the Colorado Press Association’s annual conference this past weekend. The awards, for work completed in 2022, were as follows: Best Investigative Story Package – First Place – “Tunnel Busters: Stones yet unturned” by James Steindler, Myki Jones, Paula Mayer, Larry Day […]
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Our Town: Bryce Pizano finds strength in challenge
Q: Please introduce yourself… A: I’m Bryce Pizano. On Memorial Day weekend, I started as a seasonal, part-time firefighter EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) with the Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District. I’m lucky enough to live at Station 82 in Redstone. There are apartments at the Redstone, Carbondale and Missouri Heights stations offered to people […]
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Letters – Oct. 20, 2022
Water plan As a 19-year-old who grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley and deeply appreciates the importance of water in all of our lives, I couldn’t help but notice that Colorado is revising the state’s water plan. While the Colorado Water Conservation Board recognizes the dire importance of water in our lives — their […]
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Letters – Aug. 11
Re: Lumberyard I think the new lumberyard will have some negative effects not mentioned in last week’s article. I would expect the folks at CRMS will hear the beep-beep-beep of backup alarms from the forklifts and loaders starting at some very early hour. And during temperature inversions, they may get a further fill of trapped […]
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Scuttlebutt/Community Calendar – June 16, 2022
Redstone drops Do you love The Sopris Sun and travel weekly between Redstone and Carbondale? We are seeking a volunteer to deliver a stack of our papers to Propaganda Pie, the Redstone General Store and the Redstone Inn every Thursday (or Friday). If you can help, email news@soprissun.com or call 970-510-3003. Thanks! Bike to Work […]
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"Feeling Walls" explores the fragile edge of art
Sara Ransford has been living in the Valley since 1977, moving from Carbondale to Aspen, and then back to Carbondale. She worked as an art teacher at both the Carbondale Middle School and Carbondale Elementary School during the ‘80s and ‘90s, where she met Diane Kenney, a fellow art teacher at Colorado Rocky Mountain School […]