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The town of Carbondale wanted Special Problems Enforcement and Response, or SPEAR, to update its operating agreement and clarify that it does not participate in civil immigration enforcement. But Carbondale’s chief of police said SPEAR's board did not adequately address the issue in its new MOU and recommended the town revoke its membership.
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Jason Charme/Aspen Daily NewsThe Aspen Area Community Trust will aim to make commercial properties more affordable for local businesses. The nonprofit formed earlier this year. -
Kaya Williams/Aspen JournalismReporter Kaya Williams has closely followed the development of complex plans to redo the Lift One corridor. She spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Sage Smiley about a new sequencing agreement that maps out a construction plan over the next three years. -
Jason Charme/Aspen Daily NewsThe Lift One corridor at the end of South Aspen Street is poised to become a destination for luxury lodging and public amenities, with a nod to skiing’s past. But it’ll likely be at least three winters before a lift is spinning there again. -
Courtesy PhotoThe former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Interior Secretary visited Aspen on Friday. He touted his new memoir’s themes of diversity and better understanding as a way to break through federal policy’s “state of paralysis.”
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On today's podcast: Carbondale town trustees have voted to withdraw from a special crimes task force in Garfield County. Parking rates at the Aspen airport are going up. And Colorado will receive a large chunk of change from the Meta case settlement.
Regional News
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Climate CentralIn some parts of the West - like the grass and shrublands of the Idaho-Oregon-Nevada tristate area - closer to two-thirds of burned area is associated with heatwaves. -
U.S. Forest ServiceThe Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed. -
Brittany Peterson/APColorado River plan orders cuts in the Lower Basin, while relying on voluntary conservation upstreamColorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are not subject to mandatory reductions; instead, those states are setting up programs to voluntarily conserve water. -
Jimmy Romo/KNPRJimmy Romo, an Indigenous Affairs reporter for KNPR, has been covering what's at stake for tribes along the Colorado River. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke to him about his reporting.
NPR News
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Brendan Smialowski/AFPThe stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. -
Peter Dejong/APRatko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God." -
Margaret Albaugh for NPRMore than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson. -
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesNPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
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A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible. -
Nondisclosure agreements covered up negotiations between a tech company and several local and state officials, surprising local residents. It's a tactic used around the country in data center deals. -
2026 has already brought a wave of setbacks for social media giants as pressure grows on Big Tech from regulators and lawmakers around the world. -
U.S. health officials have approved a groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug that offers a new approach to treating the deadly form of cancer, by blocking a protein that fuels tumor growth in the vast majority of cases. -
The official in charge of President Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel for its attacks on the Palestinian territory and warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war. -
The Japanese artist has died at age 97. Kusama's polka dotted pumpkins, "Infinity Rooms," and other repetitive and dreamlike artworks have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide.
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