Basalt’s fire department is getting an additional station.

It’ll be built on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Earlier this month, the BLM granted the Basalt and Rural Fire Protection District a right-of-way to build a new station on a little over two acres on West Sopris Creek Road, southwest of Basalt, toward the base of Mount Sopris, near Prince Creek Road.  

Luis Jaramillo is the first Aspen Words writer-in-residence of 2019.

Jaramillo is best known for his 2012 book “The Doctor’s Wife,” a collection of vignettes about three generations of a family.  

During his residency, he’s working on a novel called “The Witches of El Paso,” which is set both in Texas and Juarez, Mexico. As the title suggests, there are witches and worshippers of Santa Muerte, the goddess of death.

Morning newscast for Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Eagle County has decided that fire restrictions will be automatically triggered anytime there’s a Red Flag Warning in the area.

The National Weather Service issues Red Flag warnings when low humidity and strong winds form ideal conditions for wildfires.

Morning newscast for Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

Nearly every year since 2010, Basalt’s town council raised the property tax rate without voter approval. This is, potentially, a violation of Colorado’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Some residents aren’t happy about it, and a Denver think tank is in town Tuesday to answer their questions.