West Mountain Regional Health Alliance
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Healthcare workers use resource directories to direct people to the help they need. Now, the nonprofit West Mountain Regional Health Alliance has one for a range of Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle Counties’ organizations. 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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Hannah Weaver/Aspen Public RadioThrough monologues, songs and shadow puppets, six performers explored what it means to be a woman at the Women’s VOICES theater project last weekend. -
Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioAs outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing. -
Stephen Ellsperman/Middle Colorado Watershed CouncilThe Colorado River Wildfire Collaborative hired a program manager to raise funds for mitigation work between Glenwood Springs and De Beque. That region is one of the most fire-prone in the state, and has lacked the resources to address the risk. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioFour Galena Street intersections will receive a new paint job. It is a part of an effort to beautify an area of town undergoing construction, while making pedestrian walkways more visible.
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On today's newscast: The two candidates for Garfield County Sheriff are weighing in on a controversial email sent to department staff in January; former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is set to be released from prison today; and the Trump administration continues its push to open more public lands for hunting and fishing. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Kurt Bauschardt/Flickr Creative CommonsAlongside homeowners insurance premiums, costs for multi-family rental property policies and other insurance required in the business are also on the rise. That has big implications for tenants – especially those in subsidized or affordable housing. -
Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said more than 95% of national refuge lands could be open to hunting after proposed expansions, which follow a Trump Administration order from earlier this year that directs agencies to remove barriers to hunting and fishing. -
Eric Thayer/Associated PressThe Mountain West News Bureau’s wildfire reporter Murphy Woodhouse recently spoke at length with Chief Brian Fennessy, the inaugural head of the Department of Interior’s U.S. Wildland Fire Service. A major theme of their conversation was firefighter health and well-being. -
A new Government Accountability Office report finds tribal Head Start programs are struggling with staffing, enrollment, and slow responses from federal officials.
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Lynn WinklerA study finds that an mRNA vaccine is highly effective at preventing recurrence of this dangerous skin cancer, when used in combination with Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug. -
Moses Sawasawa/APThe outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. -
Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty ImagesThe EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those rules have led to more discrimination —against white people. -
Jeff Brady/NPR"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it.
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Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say. -
A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight that led police to detain hundreds of people. -
Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race on Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro. -
The U.S. military says it bombed Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend. Kuwait said its air defenses opened fire on Monday. -
Aid workers in Uganda are watching an Ebola crisis unfold in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping. -
Several artists, including country singer Martina McBride, have withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.
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