By Sopris Sun youth journalists Maeve Murray After joining The Sopris Sun’s new youth journalism program, we were asked one question: why is journalism important? We responded with various ways of saying: “getting information out to the public” and “connecting the community.” However important these things are, throughout this program, I’ve realized something that has […]
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It’s time to step up our support for teachers
Teacher retention, and employee retention in general, has increasingly been a problem in the Roaring Fork Valley. Recently, it has become a crisis. As COVID-19 spread throughout the Valley and schools shut down, teachers were put under immense pressure and many even quit. There were many reasons for such high levels of turnover, including stress, […]
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Pages of the past: You’ve gotta have a website
From the archives of the Valley Journal, Sopris Sun and Roaring Fork Rampage Dec. 3, 1981 The Aspen Center for the Visual Arts was hosting the first major display of the late Frank Mechau’s work in the Valley — where he spent his boyhood and final years. Many of the pieces were on loan by […]
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Mary Lilly, The Sopris Sun and legacy giving
In the summer of 2018, in the midst of the calamitous Lake Christine Fire and as a persistent drought gripped the region, an extraordinary thing happened in our community. Checks began arriving at various organizations in the area from the estate of Carbondale grand dame Mary Lilly, who had passed away two years earlier just […]
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Pages of the Past: "I do my shopping at the Dumpsters of Satank"
From the archives of The Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun Nov. 25, 1981 The USDA Forest Service was considering allowing gas exploration in two parcels of the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area — one at the base of Sopris and one near Placita Creek — as well as some in the West Elks, Raggeds […]
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Pages of the Past: Unified for the Thompson Divide
From the archives of the Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun Oct. 8, 1981 Carbondale mourned the loss of old-timer Joe Corthell, who spent most of his 79 years gardening and tending hives on what was then the outskirts of town. As Editor Pat Noel affectionately described him, “he had a crooked nose from his […]
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The Sopris Sun looks to the future
Earlier this year, The Sopris Sun decided to formalize an aspect of the nonprofit publication that has long been an important part of its character. In addition to informing, inspiring and building community, The Sopris Sun seeks to nurture the practice of journalism through cultivating new and diverse talent. “Locally, you’re doing a service for […]