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Feb. 13, 2019
New public lands protection bill includes Thompson Divide
All those protests, letter-writing campaigns, and yard signs to protect the Thompson Divide are reverberating in the halls of Congress.
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Congressman Joe Neguse, a Democrat who represents Colorado’s 2nd District, recently introduced the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act that… read more →
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An inseparable team, in business and in life
For more than 50 years, Chris and Terri Chacos have shared each others’ ups and downs.
Both physical therapists, they met at a class in Denver in 1968 just as Chris was planning to leave for a Quaker mission in Vietnam.
“Oh no!… read more →
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Comedy is serious business in Sopris Theatre’s ‘The Nerd’
In polite company, there’s a social contract regarding how we interact with one another. But what happens when the company isn’t so polite?
That’s the question playwright Larry Shue poses in his two-act comedy “The Nerd.” And it’s the question Colorado Mountain College’s Sopris Theatre Company… read more →
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The Temporary shutting its doors in May
It was always meant as a temporary space — that’s why The Arts Campus at Willits named the venue The Temporary. Still, when the lease was signed in August of 2017, the initial vision extended beyond May of this year.
TACAW Executive Director Ryan Honey is… read more →
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Youth Poetry Slam just the first step in expression
Jo Altmaier spends most of her time at Colorado Mountain College these days, but the Basalt High School senior really found her voice at last year’s Poetry Project, Aspen Words’ in-school, two-week program that places four full-time poets in 16 schools for two weeks in early February.
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Trustees contemplate climate vulnerability
The Town of Carbondale’s approach to global climate change is expanding from contributing to the best case scenario to preparing for the worst.
Last autumn, trustees attended a two-day Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS) workshop with the Western Water Assessment (WWA) group. A final… read more →
Among the things to celebrate on The Sun's tenth birthday is the binding of all of our old issues for eventual public perusal.
