Good afternoon and welcome to Valley Roundup, a review of the week’s top news stories in Aspen and beyond.
Joining us today are Curtis Wackerle from the Aspen Daily News and Michael Miracle from Aspen Sojourner magazine..
This week, Aspen City Council gave the cold shoulder to the much debated hydro-electric power plant proposal. The city will instead pursue other renewable sources of power.
Council also agreed in principle this week that Aspen’s core should be allowed to get louder at night than current noise rules allow.
Also today some case files in the Nancy Pfister murder are opened but they reveal little. And more construction and an upgraded credit rating provide more evidence that Aspen has emerged from the great recession.
On the show today:
Hydro Washed Up?
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162045
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11125838-113/energy-creek-hydro-castle
Aspen to Get Louder
From Aspen Public Radio:
http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/get-loud-aspen
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162051
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11136359-113/aspen-downtown-noise-council
Bickering in Snowmass
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162046
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11137794-113/krabloonik-council-courtney-public
Pfister Murder Documents Opened – Little New
From Aspen Public Radio:
http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/first-major-pfister-hearing-june
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162063
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11145871-113/styler-carpenter-defense-case
Aspen Rebound
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162029
Election 2014 – Lack of Interest
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/161985
The Download with Rob St. Mary
“High” Tech:
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/high-tech/
“My Dinner with the Bots”:
http://www.darkreading.com/author.asp?section_id=331&doc_id=1204629&_mc=sm_iwk_edit
Domestic Violence & Discrimination Apps:
http://jezebel.com/new-app-lets-people-in-abusive-relationships-seek-help-1468810993
Google Glass & Google “Contact Lens”?:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/04/7-reasons-not-to-buy-google-glass-today.html
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/google-patents-tiny-cameras-embedded-in-contact-lenses/