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. […]
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Happy trails, Raleigh
I’ve been tasked with a handful of recommendation letters over the past few years. It comes easier to me— speaking to what makes a colleague or intern exceptional. Yet it carries a sense of immense pressure. Will these words hold a candle to the person they describe? The answer is mostly no. With all of […]
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Works in Progress
I’sBy Daniel SpillerGlenwood Springs I is blue of the mundane what a brushstroke wouldn’t paint. I is wanting to be great only for my father’s sake. I is trying for words that won’t leave my brain. I is incomplete an easel ridden portrait.
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‘Everyone’s a Ram’
Chairs skidded over the floors and backpacks were zipped shut as hundreds of students left Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) on Jan. 30 during lunch, a customary practice, yet nothing was customary on this occasion. In mere minutes, hundreds of students filled what was empty space along the roundabout near 7/11 in Carbondale. They raised […]
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Infatuation to inflation
Every February, Valentine’s Day comes around. It’s 24-hours filled with love — both platonic and romantic — but the cost of the holiday can add up. In 2009, spending on Valentine’s Day reached $14.7 billion nationwide, according to Statista, a global data analysis company. Since then that figure has increased steadily, with $29.1 billion spent […]
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Scuttlebutt
Electric mountain bikingThe Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposal to allow Class 1 e-bikes on all currently designated mechanized mountain bike trails within the Colorado River Valley Field Office boundary. Approval would affect more than 220 miles of trail in Eagle, Garfield and Pitkin counties. “Class 1 e-bikes have a […]
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Letter from the Editor: It takes a community…
Today we turn a leaf, beginning Volume 18 of The Sopris Sun. For 17 years, we’ve delivered a vibrant weekly newspaper with many changes along the way. We hope you’ll celebrate our continued growth and evolution at the Thompson Barn in Carbondale on Feb. 19. There you can catch the official announcement of our next […]