Aspen Public Radio Podcasts

Ballots are in the mail for the Aspen City Council run-off election between Torre and Ward Hauenstein.

Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason. Joining me this week to discuss the week’s news are Aspen Times editor David Krause, Aspen Daily News editor Curtis Wackerle and Carla Jean Whitley, features editor of the Glenwood Post Independent. There’s a chirping crisis in downtown Aspen that city officials are hoping will fly away. City is looking to quell new Main Street ‘chirping’ signals City grapples with fowl sounds on Main Street in Aspen Chirping crosswalk signals on Main Street

On this week's Mountain Edition, hosts Wyatt Orme and Carolyn Sackariason bring you a compilation of the week's news.

Today’s commercial real estate market in downtown Aspen indicates that collecting rent is not a motivator for some landlords. Speaking with News Director Carolyn Sackariason on Valley Roundup this morning are Aspen Daily News Editor Curtis Wackerle and Aspen Times Editor David Krause. You can hear more of the conversation on Valley Roundup at 3:30 p.m. today, which includes Carla Jean Whitley, features editor at the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.

“Citizenship Day” is Saturday at Saint Stephen Catholic Church in Glenwood Springs. Volunteer immigration lawyers will help people apply for citizenship.

If you’re a person suffering from a mental health crisis in Colorado, you could end up in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. There are only five other states where this is legal. It won’t be legal in Colorado for much longer.

Colorado is the first — and only — state in the country to dedicate a holiday to public lands, and the celebration begins Saturday.

Aspen Skiing Company is working on a new master plan that includes the best of both worlds- upgrading a much-discussed chairlift, while also honoring history by reopening a beloved on-mountain restaurant. Christin Kay talks with Elizabeth Stewart-Severy about how this plan could shape the mountain for the next two decades.

Chris Lindley began his new job with Eagle County on May 1.

This spring, Karen Koenemann was hired as Pitkin County’s first public health director.