Morning Newscast
Friday February 5, 2010

The City of Glenwood Springs has more than 30 open seats on its boards and commissions. Aspen Public Radio's Kristina Tabor has more on why the seats are vacant and the changing nature of citizen engagement.

The Wyly Community Art Center plans to expand programs this Spring, after it moves into the old Basalt Library in Lion's Park. Basalt Town Council chose the Wyly to fill the vacated space last month. Aspen Public Radio's Marci Krivonen reports.

Morning Newscast
Thursday February 4, 2010

It's estimated Garfield County will need more than 19,000 additional homes and jobs over the next twenty years. So officials are working on a Comprehensive Plan to design how that growth should happen. Aspen Public Radio's Kristina Tabor reports.

Author Firoozeh Dumas has written two books about being an immigrant from Iran. She speaks in Aspen tonight as part of the Aspen Writers' Foundation's Winter Words Series. Aspen Public Radio's Mitzi Rapkin reports.

Morning Newscast
Wednesday February 3, 2010

Affordable housing was the focus of a lengthy meeting yesterday between Aspen City Council and Pitkin County Commissioners. Aspen Public Radio's Mitzi Rapkin reports.

A low snowpack topped by recent snowstorms has caused more avalanches in the Aspen region over the last ten days. Aspen Public Radio's Kristina Tabor reports.