By Kayla Kaufman Youth Correspondent After 25 years at Carbondale Middle School (CMS), Jennifer Lamont will retire as its principal at the end of this school year. Lamont has had […]
Youth Journalism
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5Point gets youth to Dream big
Last semester, this reporter spoke with fellow Roaring Fork High School (RFHS) student, and senior, Julia Gressett. I met her outside of the school auditorium, and it took us an […]
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Buddy Program expands to Glenwood Springs
By Victoria Eakins and Yesenia Benavides Youth Correspondents The Buddy Program is turning 50 this year! And they’re also expanding to Glenwood Springs. The Buddy Program is a youth-mentoring nonprofit […]
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Understanding the danger of fentanyl
By Kayla Kaufman Youth Correspondent Some people might assume the Roaring Fork Valley is immune to issues such as drug abuse. Unfortunately, that is not the reality. Many in the […]
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Mountain-made for mountain style: Mariposa Hats
“I think everybody has the dream of doing something artistic, we all do. We all have artistic components in our lives, and they just come out in different ways,” says […]
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Spring skiing at Sunlight
Sunlight is a great ski resort! It is located 12 miles from Glenwood Springs. If you are a beginner, Sunlight offers ski and snowboard lessons and contains many beginner runs. […]
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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 […]
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Carbondale Arts’ zine project: Ingenuity and innovation
Art and creative expression programs have always been somewhat limited to students in the Roaring Fork Valley. Both inside and outside of school, the focus is often more on the […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – Nov. 18, 2021
Buddy Program awardees The Buddy Program last week announced its annual awardees. The Champion Award was given to Conchita Ramirez, family liaison at Basalt Middle School, for her dedication to […]
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RFSD Board of Education candidate interviews
The Sopris Sun is pleased to present the following candidate interviews for the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education race. Our youth journalism program helped formulate the questions. […]