THURSDAY, JULY 23 COSMIC SOUNDGet ready for Mountain Fair by taking part in True Nature’s Cosmic Sound Journey with Danielle Klein from 6 to 7:15pm in the True Nature Kiva. Register at tinyurl.com/cosmicsoundjourney HIROYA TSUKAMOTOInternationally acclaimed guitarist and storyteller Hiroya Tsukamoto returns to Carbondale for a performance at 7pm in the Round Room of the […]
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Works in Progress
TRUTHBy Nancy Bo FloodMemorial Day 2025 This Memorial Day is especially meaningful as I reflect on the many people in my family, in our country, through many generations, who have given years of their lives to protect democracy and freedom for us. How can their contributions be minimized, even erased from history? I am deeply […]
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Marble Report: Zoning headaches persist
The May 7 meeting of the Town of Marble’s Board of Trustees was arelatively humdrum affair. With only two weeks to go before Memorial day, the town has been bustling with activity in preparation for the seasonal invasion of hordes of tourists. This notwithstanding, a full board turned out to tackle the somewhat light agenda. […]
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Bonfire Coffee’s new roaster, nonprofit grants, human trafficking protections
Commissioner Perry Will was absent for the regular Monday Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, which left only two commissioners present. First up, the BOCC approved a permit for the grand opening event of a new coffee roasting facility in West Glenwood Springs. Charlie Chacos, owner of Bonfire Coffee in Carbondale, accepted the permit […]
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Continuing a tradition
While Klaus Kocher and I were coordinating with mothers as they arrived for the Mother’s Day photo shoot this year, we came across a 1991 bound volume of the Valley Journal. The archive included that year’s Mother’s Day edition, which featured a former editor of The Sopris Sun, Will Grandbois (as a baby, of course), […]
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Basalt Report: Potential development leads to traffic discussion
During this week’s regular meeting, Basalt Town Council held a second public hearing for a potential residential and storage unit development in Southside, and, once again, found it lacking community benefit. “This is a departure — completely — from what the Master Plan envisions for this parcel,” said Mayor David Knight. However, discussions around the […]
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Scuttlebutt – April 23, 2026
County Road 110 fireMultiple fire departments responded to a structure fire at 596 County Road 110 the night of Sunday, April 19. Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District responded at 8:40pm, finding the deck and two sides of the home ablaze, according to a press release. Firefighters brought the fire under control at roughly 9pm […]
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Scuttlebutt – April 16, 2026
Mother’s DayAttention mothers and newborns of the Valley! There is still time to register to be featured in the annual Mother’s Day issue of The Sopris Sun, a longtime tradition carried over from the Valley Journal, the local publication that preceded The Sun. Every year, we hear a couple of mothers lamenting not having been […]
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City charter discussed, new downtown building approved
All Glenwood Springs City Council members were present in person for the regular April 2 meeting. Two items were pulled from the agenda and will be rescheduled when presentations are ready. One of which was related to a fee waiver request for The Glen development, and the other a continued discussion about creating employee housing […]
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‘Hasta que nos volvamos a encontrar’
Carta de editor a editor En los últimos años me han encargado escribir varias cartas de recomendación. Se me facilita—hablar de lo que hace excepcional a un colega o a un pasante. Sin embargo, conlleva una gran presión. ¿Estarán estas palabras a la altura de la persona que describen? La respuesta casi siempre es no. […]