Courtesy Rain Enhancement Technologies
Rain Enhancement Technologies, a private company, is testing a different approach to cloud seeding at a couple of project sites in the Rocky Mountains. The method is known as ionization cloud seeding and doesn’t use silver iodide.
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Aspen Daily News fileThe Aspen City Council wants to take a new look at its development regulations in hopes of finding a way to nudge stalled projects along and minimize the amount of vacant buildings around town. -
Michael Fanelli/Aspen Public RadioA federal grant that funds the program will expire at the end of September, forcing the program to reduce its operations unless the county can find alternative sources of funding. -
Halle Zander/Aspen Public RadioThe Western Slope utility is instituting a demand charge to cover rising infrastructure costs and encourage users to stagger their electricity use throughout the day. -
Town of New Castle/Courtesy PhotoThe town had the same number of candidates as it had open seats. Grady Hazelton, Brandy Copeland, Caitlin Carey and Emily Sampley will be appointed to council on April 21.
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