The Jazz Aspen Snowmass Cafe’s Winter Series kicks off Friday.  Once again, it brings jazz artists from around the world to Aspen.

Lutalo Olutosin, or "Sweet Lu," is the first artist in this year’s lineup. His sound, a blend of gospel, blues and jazz, is rooted in his childhood.

The 2019 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience headliners have been announced. As in years before, male artists dominate the lineup; there are no female headliners. 

Tuesday is the ribbon cutting for the new 340-kilowatt solar array at the Riverview School in Glenwood Springs.

On Tuesday, a handful of community members in Carbondale will discuss their recent trips to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tom Barbash is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction, educator and critic. He is the author of the novels The Dakota Winters and The Last Good Chance, a collection of short stories Stay Up With Me, and the bestselling nonfiction work On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick & 9/11: A Story of Loss & Renewal.

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Glenwood attorney Claire Noone recently traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to advise immigrants who are making asylum claims.

This week, Derek Johnson departs from the Aspen Skiing Company after nearly two decades, and charges may be filed against him. River Bridge Regional Center opens additional Glenwood property to continue combating sexual assault in the Roaring Fork Valley, and Aspen City Council elects to put some funding toward Lift 1A.

At a council meeting last week, Aspen City Council voted to delay signing a contract with the rideshare service, Lyft.