James Steindler

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 FOUR PASS LOOP Get your hands dirty with four days of trail work alongside Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteer and Wilderness

Sopris Sun Editor, James Steindler speaks with Jared Barnes, Town of Carbondale Planning Director.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 TRUE NATURE True Nature hosts “Connection is The Medicine” with Eaden Shantay from 5 to 6:30pm, followed by “Care for Caregivers” from 5:30 to 7pm.

Commissioner Mike Samson was still absent during this week's Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on Monday, Aug. 17.

Water rights are about as nuanced as the glistening streams that shimmer through the rocks. This year, unsurprisingly, has tested the limits of water's reach within the Colorado River Basin.

TECH CLUB The Aspen Science Center Tech Club convenes at the Carbondale LIbrary from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Fifth graders and up are welcome and no registration is required. Details at aspensciencecenter.org

Drought and heatwaves affect more than just humans, which is the case this summer as the Roaring Fork Watershed continues to experience “exceptional” drought — the most severe rating per the United States Drought Monitor. Human residents can see visible stress in local plant life as well as animals.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 JAZZ FUNK The Glenwood Springs Community Art Center hosts “Adult Jazz Funk Dance” from 11am to noon.

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 out this column sounding like a broken record, I couldn't agree more.

This week, The Sopris Sun's James Steindler speaks with Gwen Garcelon of Roaring Fork Food Alliance about an upcoming talk at the Crystal Theatre, the evening of Sept. 16, featuring local, next-generation ranchers.