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Joining me during this special summer pledge drive edition is a combined 115 years of local knowledge among this panel of veteran journalists: Roger Marolt, columnist for the Aspen Times and Snowmass Sun, Curtis Wackerle, editor of the Aspen Daily News, Scott Condon, reporter for the Aspen Times and Randy Essex, editor of the Glenwood Post Independent.

A Colorado Mountain College board member is taking heat from her colleagues for publicly expressing her opinions about the taxpayer-funded institution.

http://www.postindependent.com/news/cmc-trustee-faces-censure-over-letters-to-editor/

http://www.postindependent.com/opinion/our-viewcmcs-board-shouldnt-muzzle-its-members/

Have we reached our carrying capacity in the high country?

Aspen’s most spectacular wilderness areas are getting overrun

And a proposal to build a 68,000-square-foot hotel at the base of Aspen Mountain is causing angst among many, including avid skiers of the lift 1a side.

Aspen P&Z tells Gorsuch to rework hotel plan

Meanwhile, the Basalt town council is entertaining the idea of asking voters to buy the pan and fork parcel.

Basalt council majority wants to explore buying all of Pan and Fork site

And, the Aspen City Council this week couldn’t come to a consensus on whether to build a new city hall.

Valley Roundup is a production of Aspen Public Radio news.