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There are two major water projects underway in Aspen: A river management plan that is meant to improve the health of the Roaring Fork, and work to keep conditional water rights for storage.
Pitkin County’s road and bridge crews keep the roads clear and open during even the nastiest of winter storms. While doing it, they often have to drive through areas that are prone to avalanches.
Aspen Film’s 27th annual Shortsfest starts Tuesday. There are 11 programs, each comprised of animated films, documentaries, comedies and dramas from all over the world. Each program was designed to challenge viewers by including films with a variety of lengths, styles, settings and themes. Audiences can see imagination and even some weirdness in these little films on the big screen.
Voters in Basalt and Carbondale have until 7 p.m. to drop off their ballots.
Yang Huang grew up in Jiangsu, China and came to the U.S. to study computer science. While working as an engineer, she studied literature and pursued writing, her passion since childhood. Her collection of linked family stories My Old Faithful won the Juniper Prize for Fiction. Her debut novel Living Treasures won the Nautilus Book Award silver medal in fiction. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://apple.co/1HCVfjA
Aspen City Council is looking to establish a task force to support the arts in town. Aspen is the only city in the Roaring Fork Valley without a cultural arts commission, but they’re starting to explore how to support creative industries.
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.
Club 20 is an organization of counties, communities, tribes and businesses in Western Colorado. At their quarterly meeting in Grand Junction on Saturday, discussion will center on the Gallagher Amendment and the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR), and how these laws affect the Western Slope.
Beginning Monday, traffic in and out of Aspen will be delayed and detoured, as the city works to improve its trail system. It’s the most significant construction project on city infrastructure in years, and some residents are concerned about both costs and impacts.
Government agencies across the Roaring Fork Valley are teaming to develop a valley-wide policy on e-bike use.
Sixteen year old Jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker takes the stage this weekend at the JAS Cafe. And his youth is not the only thing that sets him apart.
Mountain Edition brings you the biggest news stories from the week here in the Roaring Fork Valley. Before Cambridge Analytica took a role in the 2016 Presidential elections they were working on midterm elections in Colorado, and, a fter revoking a nonprofit's lease to rent out the Aspen power plant, Aspen city council is ready to sign a lease with a new organization.
Earlier this month, three conservation organizations sued the federal government over a plan to kill bears and mountain lions near Rifle.
Zachary Lazar is the author of five books, including Sway, Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder, I Pity the Poor Immigrant, and Vengeance. I Pity the Poor Immigrant was a New York Times Notable Book of 2014. Sway was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and an Editor’s Choice at the New York Times Book Review , as well as a best book of 2008 in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Publishers Weekly , and several other publications.
The City of Glenwood Springs Arts and Culture Board will discuss a new public art exhibit at their meeting Tuesday evening.