Locations: Opinion By Will Grandbois Published Apr. 8, 2020

We are still here!

Amid the uncertainty of closures and cancellations on March 19, I fear I cast doubt on the future of The Sopris Sun by suggesting that we might temporarily suspend our print edition.

It was, and still is, on the table. If we had any reason to… read more →

Locations: Opinion Published Apr. 8, 2020

A local’s diary of the Spanish Flu

By Eleanor Clagett Reed
Courtesy of Shelle DeBeque

During our fifth year, in the late summer and fall of 1918, the Spanish Influenza swept into Western Colorado on its devastating march across the continent.

Carbondale’s only doctor had been drafted into… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Jennifer Johnson Published Apr. 1, 2020

Taking the confusion out of how to plan your last wishes

Full disclosure: I started writing and researching this piece well over a month ago, before Covid-19 had taken hold. At the time, it seemed like a good idea to shelve any talk of end-of-life decisions. Now, in a world where so much seems out of our control, it… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Peter Mertz Published Apr. 1, 2020

If the City Market aisles could talk

The Ides of March, 2020, will be a date long remembered in Carbondale lore. After that fateful day, the town would never be the same.

COVID-19 has hit America hard – from two deaths at a Seattle nursing home on Jan. 26 – to 2,597 deaths… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Brett Milam Published Mar. 25, 2020

Hello from Ohio!

Life has always been the little things, and in times of crisis, when those little things get taken away, we realize how important their cumulative effect was.

It was only three weeks ago that I was in Olive Garden with most of my family to celebrate… read more →

Locations: Opinion Published Mar. 15, 2020

How I became the first person in Garfield County to test positive for COVID-19

Editor’s note: The Sopris Sun has been in touch with this woman since early last week, but opted not to publicize anything until the test results come back. We’re still not releasing her identity due to the sensitive nature of the diagnosis.

When I woke up on Sunday,… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Jeanne Souldern Published Mar. 4, 2020

News Analysis: Precinct caucuses on March 7 offer grassroots participation

We completed voting in the presidential primary this week, but did you know we still have precinct caucuses?

Caucuses take place every two years and are a function of Colorado’s Democratic and Republican parties. Democratic and Republican party caucuses will be held, across Colorado, on Saturday, March… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Roberta McGowan Published Feb. 26, 2020

Review: Love and obsession in ‘View from the Bridge’

It’s tough enough being immigrants in the 1950s in New York City, much less an Italian immigrant family fighting for the good life. Add in complicated and troubling romantic entanglements and you have a recipe for disaster — and tragedy — in this latest Thunder River Theatre Company… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Whitney Will Published Feb. 12, 2020

Sun Signs: Anatomy of a Retrograde

By now, most people have heard of Mercury retrograde.

It is one facet of astrology that has made its way into the mainstream. Mercury retrograde is known for complicating travel plans, confusing communication, messing up technology, and eliciting all sorts of frustrating shenanigans when you are… read more →

Locations: Opinion By Adele Hause Published Feb. 3, 2020

My personal recycling adventure

1970: Eugene, Oregon — glass only. We took our children to a warehouse, remains of which were concrete walls. The town provided goggles. We could fling glass bottles and jars against the wall and the town eventually picked up the broken glass. What fun!

Late ‘80s: Carbondale —… read more →