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This week, the Aspen School District continues to answer questions about it’s leadership, how does a co-working space help the local economy? And it is officially ski season!

A new exhibit opening at Skye Gallery in Aspen Friday evening celebrates big bold works by five female artists.

Snowmass ski resort opens Thursday and the new Base Village is banking on free attractions to pull families in this winter.

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority starts its “Fall Shoulder Season” on Thursday; i t’s the roughly two-week ramp up to the full winter season.

Inspectors say the 27th Street Bridge in Glenwood Springs is one of the worst in the state. It’s not dangerous, but it does need a replacement, which crews will start work on in 2019.

Young people are “vaping,” or smoking e-cigarettes, at alarming rates around the country. Colorado youth are vaping nicotine at twice the national average.

Sarah Stone ’s new novel is called Hungry Ghost Theater. Her previous novel, The True Sources of the Nile, has been taught in courses on literature, ethics, and the rhetoric of human rights. She’s the co-author, with her spouse and writing partner Ron Nyren, of the textbook Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers . Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://apple.co/1HCVfjA

The Wheeler Opera House’s winter lineup features musicians, theater, family friendly shows, films and the Aspen Laugh Fest.

Lifts start operating in Aspen on Saturday, but for many in the ski-mountaineering world, the season began as soon as the snow fell.

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.

This week on Valley Round Up, it’s ski season again, and with more people each year choosing to hike their way up the mountain, the Aspen Skiing Company is calling for increased skier awareness of mountain operations. A pair of young men have allegedly carried out multiple violent sexual assaults in the valley, more details were unsealed this week. And, close up look at our local media comments section.

Vienna Teng takes the stage at the Wheeler on Saturday night. The songwriter and pianist takes an experimental approach in her music, but her approach to songwriting is all about stories and connection.

Jose Ivan and Adolphe Gonzales are eating lunch at Garcia’s market in Carbondale. Neither know Enrique Garcia, the man arrested at the Pitkin County Courthouse in mid-October by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Both Ivan and Gonzales heard about the arrest, however, and say it reinforces the fact undocumented people in the U.S. should stay away from courthouses.

This week, hosts Zoë Rom and Elizabeth Stewart-Severy bring you the week's news from the Roaring Fork Valley.

Aspen Community Theatre’s run of "Big River" is on stage this week. The musical is a 1985 adaptation of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, set in the South during the time of slavery. Aspen Community Theater’s production eliminates much of the racist language in the original. However, staging older theater productions often raises questions about portrayals of race, gender and American history that go deeper than words.