Election Day this year produced a Blue Tsunami, as Democrats won key races across the country on Nov. 3. Local voters had a lot to say about what motivated them to cast ballots.
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Halle Zander/Aspen Public RadioFor decades, fire departments across the country have used drones to monitor wildfires. But the Aspen Fire Protection District will be the first to operate a new model from California-based company Seneca, which could help slow wildfires before firefighters arrive. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioWith ski season only a couple of weeks away, Aspen Snowmass has unveiled plans for its 80th anniversary season. Skiers and riders can also expect some new on-mountain infrastructure this winter. -
Hannah Weaver/Aspen Public RadioInitial results are rolling in from the 2026 Midterm Elections in Colorado, including in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. This article was last updated at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2026. -
Kelsey Brunner/Aspen Public RadioNearly 35,000 voters in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties have already cast ballots in the 2026 midterm Elections. Voters are deciding on several key races and ballot issues.
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On today's podcast: This year’s drought forced water managers across the Roaring Fork region to collaborate. The two appointees chosen to serve on the Garfield County public library board have different views on restricting books with mature content. And Latino Democrats in Congress will reach record numbers next year.
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Sandy D. CrawfordFor generations, the Draper family has made its living ranching in Wetmore, in southern Colorado. As supplemental income, the family found another way to sustain their operation by providing horses, cattle, and wagons for Western movies filmed throughout the region. -
Jesse Paul/The Colorado SunPropositions 132, 133, 134 and 135 can be overturned or tweaked with a simple majority vote of the state legislature. -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioCU Boulder’s Max Boykoff says voters are thinking about energy, transportation, and associated costs, even if the words "climate change” aren’t part of the conversation. -
Steven Peterson/Idaho National LabA team at Idaho National Lab could be part of the solution to reducing nuclear reactor waste as the industry expands in the U.S.
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Halle ZanderDrone makers are testing new, big drones that can deliver water or fire retardant with AI assistance. Aspen, Colorado is the first place trying them out. Cool and expensive? Yes. Effective? TBD. -
Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty ImagesThe U.S. has skipped a key U.N. human rights review for the second year running. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability. -
LM Otero/APMona Chalabi spent five years following Americans living paycheck to paycheck, as well as those earning top wages. Her new book, Ten Lives, explores why financial security can feel so elusive. -
Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty ImagesGasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
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Little is known about her except that she's reportedly about 13 and named Kim Ju Ae, but Korea's spy agency says she's likely her father's heir. -
His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president. -
Vehicle transaction prices are up to a new record high, according to the Kelley Blue Book — and some buyers are extending their car loans to finance them. -
Renewed fighting has pushed Ethiopia's healthcare system close to collapse: "The whole emergency (room) was flooded with war trauma patients," one surgeon says of a brutal week in September. -
"School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play," is ending a Broadway run this week and celebrating with livestream broadcasts. We interviewed the Tony-nominated playwright, Jocelyn Bioh. -
Two economists debate what California's vote on Prop 40 means for the wealth tax movement.
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