“Amateur Eats” is The Sopris Sun’s new food review, written by Carbondale resident and eating enthusiast Jake Skardon and published on the third Thursday of each month. RESTAURANT RATING:Cuisine: Pizza and beerQuality: (4/5)Price: ~ $15 Carbondale: idyllic mountain town, dutiful fief in the kingdom of SkiCo, crimes reportedly few. However, police have been lax, to […]
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
Dear Sopris Sun readers, I’m excited to share that this year marks the fourth year of our special campaign celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Over these five weeks, we dedicate time to honoring the history, culture, achievements and contributions of the Spanish-speaking community throughout the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. This year is a […]
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Mature Content: When Jae was shocked (but I was pleased)
Early this summer, respected local Jae Gregory published a Facebook post about her move to Redstone after 28 years in Carbondale. Since her move, she wrote, she suddenly finds Carbondale “a bit shocking.” “I’ve often wondered,” she continued, “why, when a small town is perfect, the developers and off [sic] the council can still take […]
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Finding Montessori
By Cathy HeyligerVOICES Radio Hour Have you ever had a serendipitous moment when you suddenly feel you are exactly where you’re supposed to be — where the air shifts, the world quiets and something inside you says pay attention? I had one of those moments, and it changed the entire course of my life. It […]
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The compass in our bones: cultivating aliveness on a changing planet
Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, our physical and internal maps are breaking. As we watch our winters shift, our rivers run low, and our forests dry, we feel this ecological disruption deeply. The climate crisis is our lived, daily context. Yet, as we traverse this new reality, our internal maps are failing us too […]
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To screen, or not to screen
The last few weeks have been a busy time for students and families. A lot of firsts for students, whether it’s going to kindergarten or college. One question that is a constant for all families and students is the use of technology, at home and school. Screens are everywhere. I am using a screen to […]
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Stopping the extermination of our wild horses
On Aug. 11, I woke before dawn from a night of fitful sleep in my pickup out by Rio Blanco Lake State Wildlife Area west of Meeker. It was the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) designated meet-up spot for the day’s wild horse roundup nearby. I was one of four observers at that Piceance/East Douglas […]
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What is public charge?
Editor’s note: Alexis Katsiaficas is an immigration attorney who works for Alpine Legal Services. The Alpine Legal Services Immigration Department provides direct representation exclusively to victims of crime at this time. As an immigration attorney, all of the clients I meet want to become lawful permanent residents. But it has become harder to qualify, in […]
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Placing trust in local news
Scroll down for our list of awards! What sets local news apart from the mass-information digital wormhole? Trust. This was one takeaway from the keynote speaker of the 147th Annual Colorado Press Association (CPA) Convention, Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder of the New York-based Haitian Times. As many of you know, and at the risk of starting […]
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For the cowboys who still remain
A few weeks ago, a cowboy died. Not the kind manufactured by movies, always flawless beneath a hat. He was a real cowboy: one who learned to read the sky, respect a horse’s spirit and understand that mountains are not conquered; they simply allow us to live near them. I did not know him for […]