For a good part of the year, The Sopris Sun covered a new protest in nearly every week’s issue, with either a full-length article or simply a photograph and caption. Civil unrest across the country echoed through the Valley in response to federal policies ranging from increased immigration enforcement to cuts to the Forest Service and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Whether it be a handful of people outside Town Hall, dozens in the Carbondale roundabout or thousands along Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs, local residents exercised their right to assemble, time and time again. Photo by Jane Bachrach