Episoder
-
The Aspen Pedestrian Mall has been honored as one of the top public spaces in America by the American Planning Association.
-
Snowmass Base Village will open this ski season, despite a couple hiccups in development.
-
Manglende episoder?
-
The Colorado State Forest Service is looking to help local governments, homeowners’ associations and utilities reduce wildfire risks.
-
Roaring Fork Valley native Pete McBride is a photojournalist whose latest work “The Grand Canyon: Between River and Rim” is being released Wednesday. It chronicles his 800-mile hike through the entire canyon and highlights developments that threaten to change the landscape.
-
Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist. He was born in Ara, and grew up in the nearby town of Patna, famous for its corruption, crushing poverty and delicious mangoes. Kumar is the author of several books of non-fiction and two novels. He lives in Poughkeepsie, in upstate New York, where he is the Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. His latest novel is called Immigrant, Montana. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://apple.co/1HCVfjA
-
Welcome to the beginning of another week in the Roaring Fork Valley. This is Week in the Arts, a curated list of upcoming exhibitions and events.
-
Garfield County Libraries has named Brett Lear as their new executive director.
-
Local and national wildfire experts are gathering in the Roaring Fork Valley this week for a series of panel discussions.
-
Tuesday, Aspen City Council will hear an update on the city’s progress on reducing its carbon footprint. The focus is on curtailing the demand for fossil fuels.
-
Glenwood Springs’ arts and culture board has made the first round of selections for a new public art project. The six semi-finalists will now be narrowed down to three.
-
The music lineup for the 2019 X Games has been announced.
-
The artwork around the doctor's office might actually calm patients, and even help heal them. Dr. Brooke Allen is a neurologist at Roaring Fork Neurology. She recently commissioned local artist Erin Rigney to create a series of works for her office.
-
Holy Cross Energy announced Wednesday it will nearly double its renewable energy resources and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade.
-
Filoha Meadows Nature Preserve is tucked between steep mountain cliffs and the Crystal River; the open space is a flat expanse of wetlands. On a recent brisk fall morning, plant ecologists Rea Orthner and Denise Wilson lead the way across the swampy meadow. We’re here because of the stream orchid, which blooms in penny-sized flowers in mid-summer.
-
While most local rivers are flowing at levels far below average, the Fryingpan is the exception. Releases from Ruedi Reservoir are supplementing low flows downstream, in the Colorado River.
-
A group of parents spoke for nearly an hour during the Aspen School District Board of Education meeting last night. The newly formed Aspen Parent Action Committee demanded that the board address the workplace culture within the district. Though it was a standing room only crowd, the board was read a list of reasons why others feared attending to speak against the ASD administration. Those who did take the stand during public comment raised concerns regarding test scores, teacher turn over, and an administration that has a reputation for punishing those who speak out against the status quo. “If there is retaliation guess what, we will know about it.,” said concerned parent Bill Carlson who has three kids in the district. “Do you know how many hundreds of e mails have been reached out to people involved in this? How many text messages?” The group is planning on publishing a website documenting their concerns, and will be at the school board’s October 1st meeting as well. School board
-
On Monday, a group of Battlement Mesa residents spoke against a possible well pad at a regular meeting for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) in Rifle.
-
Aspen Words’ current writer-in-residence Carole DeSanti speaks in Aspen Tuesday evening. Her upcoming novel, "Plunder," about real-life female pirates, has inspired some bold moves of her own.
