Aspen Highlands’ updated master plan submitted to the U.S. Forest Service includes a gondola to the top of Cloud Nine and an expansion of summer operations. When those projects might take shape isn’t clear.
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Carbondale Arts’s 15th annual fashion show brought attendees to a night at the carnival, complete with the usual aerial performers, dance numbers and model walks. But new leadership introduced different components to this year’s show.
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The city of Aspen will take a new approach to preserving local businesses in town through a community land trust meant to keep commercial properties affordable. The city is in the process of receiving approval from the Internal Revenue Service to declare the Aspen Area Community Trust as a nonprofit organization.
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Local, regional and state wildfire leaders are concerned about increased fire danger this summer as the Western Slope experiences its worst snowpack in over 40 years. But those agencies across the Roaring Fork Valley and the state are collaborating on fire mitigation and wildfire preparedness ahead of what is expected to be an extremely dry summer.
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The city of Glenwood Springs is conducting its own investigation and analysis of ICE data after hearing from local residents about a range of concerns involving the agency’s holding facility at the Midland Center, including that some people were detained there last year over the maximum time allowed under ICE’s own policy and the city’s special use permit.
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On today's newscast: Residents at Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park in Glenwood are still trying to buy the land under their homes before a June deadline to submit an offer; Colorado may need to open a new prison to deal with the rising number of inmates; and a new report finds that energy companies are making more money than ever, even as electricity bills increase. Tune in for these stories and more.
Regional News
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Family caregivers are worried the cuts will jeopardize their livelihoods and ability to support their loved ones. Lawmakers and public health officials say they have no choice but to make them.
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heat-related illness as temperatures rise
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Hot days and polluted air may be doing more than making people uncomfortable — they could also affect mental health. A new study from the University of Utah finds that short bursts of extreme heat, combined with certain types of air pollution, are linked to an increased risk of suicide.
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Record-low snowpack across the Upper Colorado River Basin will likely translate to poor conditions for spring runoff, and could mean emergency action to supplement low water levels in Lake Powell.
NPR News
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The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge said the rules are at odds with the First Amendment.
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A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.
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Muddy floodwaters from severe rains have inundated communities and prompted evacuation orders for more than 5,500 people in towns north of Honolulu. Officials are warning about the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam.
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The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.
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Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.
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The ceasefire, in effect for the past six months, has brought some reprieve to Palestinians in Gaza despite continued hardship, displacement and Israeli restrictions on aid.
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Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger.
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Harerimana Ismail of Uganda is a community health worker who checks on kids with HIV. He lost his salary after the Trump administration's aid cuts but he keeps doing his job.
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The story is fundamentally hopeful, just like Andy Weir's The Martian.
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The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.
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