News
Rams Report: Girls lax off to good start; Goscha baseball tourney on tap – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (507+ words) Roaring Fork High School's girls lacrosse team is off to a 5-1 this season, with their only loss so far coming to a tough Battle Mountain team, 16-5, on March 17. Since then, the Rams have run the slate, scoring a 12-9 win at…...
WTFF?! Perimenopause – a game of connection and education – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (880+ words) A conversation with creator Meredith Kasper On March 5, I had the pleasure of sitting down in True Nature Healing Arts with Meredith Kasper, a Carbondale local, to talk about her game WTFF?! Perimenopause." Kasper has spent over a year developing…...
Aspen Film’s Shortfest offers a time for reflection – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (375+ words) Flashback to 1979 in the Roaring Fork Valley." I wasn't a druggy, though I'm a hippy through and through and proud of it. But as I struggled earning my living with graphic design jobs and illustration assignments mailed to and from…...
Letter from the Editor: Thank you for the opportunity – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (473+ words) It's early in the morning, well not as early as I'd hoped, and my first press day as editor of The Sopris Sun. The temperature has cooled and I hear rain drops splattering the gutters outside our window " as good…...
Carbondale Arts and Historical Society talk Mountain Fair on April 9 – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 55+ min ago (404+ words) The Carbondale Historical Society will host a night to remember, covering memories of many nights often, to the contrary, shrouded in a euphoric haze, and filled with dance, love and community. On April 9 (6pm) at the Third Street Center, folks are…...
Continued drought and high temperatures set regional records, prompting early ski closures and water restrictions – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (283+ words) Earlier this month, Aspen Journalism reported that February temperatures in Aspen broke records; the month-average of 31.6 degrees Fahrenheit, based on Aspen-Pitkin County Airport data, is about 6 degrees above average. The airport is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) station…...
‘I don’t want to survive; I want to live’ – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (257+ words) Editor's note: Spoilers lie ahead, but this review is well worth the read and has already resulted in the editor wanting to finally see the film." Reminiscent of Hal from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), AUTO refuses to cede control of the…...
Ps & Qs: Trump’s life is a children’s book – The Sopris Sun
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (235+ words) Years ago, I wrote a children's book based on the true story of a lost shoe floating in the Colorado River. I titled it "Little Chaco." All of 12 pages with a line or two per page, "Little Chaco" is an…...
Happy trails, Raleigh – The Sopris Sun
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (311+ words) The chance came at the onset of COVID, shrouded in the darkness in the wee hours one morning outside his parents" Satank home, we traded off the papers he"d volunteered to transport; I was paid to do half the…...
‘If only the walls could talk’ — The story of 202 Euclid – The Sopris Sun
1+ week, 1+ day ago (492+ words) So mused Carbondale resident Lynn Siodmak when describing the house she and her partner Joel Rem had purchased at the corner of Euclid Avenue and 2nd Street last fall. As it turns out, the walls " and house " had a lot to…...