Reporter Kaya Williams has closely followed the development of complex plans to redo the Lift One corridor. She spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Sage Smiley about a new sequencing agreement that maps out a construction plan over the next three years.
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The Lift One corridor at the end of South Aspen Street is poised to become a destination for luxury lodging and public amenities, with a nod to skiing’s past. But it’ll likely be at least three winters before a lift is spinning there again.
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The former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Interior Secretary visited Aspen on Friday. He touted his new memoir’s themes of diversity and better understanding as a way to break through federal policy’s “state of paralysis.”
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There are 73 short-term rentals in unincorporated Pitkin County, compared to over 2,300 in the City of Aspen and Snowmass Village, or about 4,200 in Breckenridge, according to a recent study.
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A child care tax district, Every Child Parachute to Aspen, wants input from the community on how to best support providers and families. Members of a new community advisory board could have a say in future cash flows.
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On today's podcast: Drones could soon be used to fight fires in the Roaring Fork Valley. Parking rates at the Aspen airport could be going up soon. And Colorado's fall ballot just keeps getting longer.
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The Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed.
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Colorado River plan orders cuts in the Lower Basin, while relying on voluntary conservation upstreamColorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are not subject to mandatory reductions; instead, those states are setting up programs to voluntarily conserve water.
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Jimmy Romo, an Indigenous Affairs reporter for KNPR, has been covering what's at stake for tribes along the Colorado River. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to him about his reporting.
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The federal government finalized new rules Friday to operate the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs in the next two years. The Bureau of Reclamation’s plan calls for California, Arizona and Nevada to take significant cuts to their water supply from the river, at least in the short term.
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The social media giant is being sued by four states who allege it designed Facebook and Instagram to hook kids — and lied to the public about the risks.
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In a major win for President Trump who went all in for the political newcomer, Sen. Darline Graham beat out longtime Congressman Ralph Norman in a special election primary runoff in South Carolina.
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The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.
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If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.
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The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday.
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The world largely moved on from the Rohingya crisis. But the exodus has not stopped, aid is shrinking and a generation of refugees is growing up with little prospect of going home.
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Voters in at least six states will soon decide ballot measures related to voter ID — the largest number of voter ID measures in a single year. The tally includes three prominent swing states.
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Investors will buy your life insurance policy today — and collect the payout when you die.
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What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country.
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