County commissioners approved a mill levy ballot question for the November general election at a meeting last week. The property tax will fund the Healthy Community Fund, which supports nonprofit organizations.
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The nonprofit High Country Volunteers connects over 100 local nonprofits with volunteers from across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series that highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations.
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The Roaring Fork School District board voted unanimously Wednesday to place a mill levy override on the November ballot.
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Carbondale's beloved Crystal Theatre transitioned from a traditional business model to a nonprofit last year, allowing its leaders to fundraise and explore new programming. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series that highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations.
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The Aspen Area Community Trust will aim to make commercial properties more affordable for local businesses. The nonprofit formed earlier this year.
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On today's podcast: Pitkin County commissioners have approved a mill levy to support the Healthy Community Fund — Now, it's up to voters. Colorado lawyers say ICE agents have been physically abused while in custody. And Colorado voters will decide this November on a sales tax to fund passenger rail service on the Front Range.
Regional News
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Utah’s Cultural Site Stewardship program gives volunteers the opportunity to protect Utah’s most special places, like historic sites and cultural resources, by monitoring them for damage.
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So-called process based restoration (PBR) has a number of ecological benefits. But it can make ecosystems more resilient to wildfires when they come, and better able to recover in their wake.
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Giant sequoias only grow naturally in California today. But they once ranged as far east as Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada, before the climate turned drier and pushed them into their current, narrower range.
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Museums have often been a place where colonial stereotypes are upheld, but a new generation of Indigenous professionals is working to change that.
NPR News
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After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth?
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Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman more than $71,000.
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Federal regulators and 22 states allege that the tech giant made billions by manipulating how much brands and sellers paid for ads on its platform.
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Former Congressman George Santos has been banned from the prediction market site Kalshi for life. The betting site announced several enforcement actions against suspected insider traders.
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Annie Lowrey explores the administrative burdens people face applying for government benefits. It's not just about wasted time: "When the government treats us like this, we don't trust it," she says.
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The soccer star is ending 21 years of Argentine national-team duty but will continue to play at club level with Inter Miami in U.S. Major League Soccer.
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A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels.
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Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses.
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U.S. threats erupt into attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran retaliates against U.S. targets in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan in the first exchange of fire since July 29.
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