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The Aspen Education Association requested a 12% base salary increase for teachers. The Aspen School District offered an 8.5% increase.
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Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioArtnauts is an artist collective that works to draw attention to global issues through the visual arts. Despite originating in Colorado, the group usually shows internationally, and making a stateside appearance is rare. -
Sarah Tory/Aspen Public RadioRangelands cover 50 percent of the earth’s land surface, including much of the Roaring Fork Valley. But these ecosystems — a critical carbon sink — are under threat as climate change worsens. -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioCarbondale elected its first female mayor in ten years, about 100 people voted in Parachute’s first election in a decade, and New Castle’s town council will have a female majority for the first time since at least 2014. -
The three municipalities held elections for town council member, town trustee and mayoral seats on April 7, 2026.
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On today's newscast: Aspen has a new art gallery in town; much of the water used by data centers is not being reported publicly; and ski resorts that operate on public lands may soon have more flexibility to adapt to a changing climate under a new federal rule. Tune in for these stories and more.
Regional News
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Illustration: Ryan Vellinga/Images: APPresident Trump’s $1.5 trillion dollar proposed budget says the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is “unnecessary” because states can help prevent utility shutoffs. Millions rely on this help to pay their bills during extreme cold and heat surges. -
McKenzie Lange/CPR NewsRepublican Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton called for the entire 650+ page budget bill to be read aloud, a roughly 15-hour ordeal that halted proceedings in the House this week. -
AspenSkiingCompanyA Vail journalist discusses ‘the long-forgotten story of how we broke skiing — by very nearly saving it.’ -
Allison Robbert/APCasinos and sports betting apps are state-regulated, but prediction markets are overseen by the federal government; this has led to legal battles.
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Brandon Bell/Getty Images North AmericaWith Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments. -
Mark Schiefelbein/AP/APDrug overdose deaths are plummeting in the U.S. in ways never seen before. Experts worry new, toxic "synthetic" street drugs could derail the recovery. -
ismagilov/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesFirms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands. The process often raises more questions for patients than it can answer. -
Maya Levin for NPRAn Israeli whose parents were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and a Palestinian whose brother died from injuries in Israeli custody say they've become like brothers. Their new book is The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.
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New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code. -
Local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna won speedy approval from Trump administration regulators. But it faces a tough challenge from a pair of antitrust lawsuits. -
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens. -
Diplomats from Israel and Lebanon will meet in Washington for rare direct talks.
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President Trump has now deleted a controversial image that he claims wasn't a depiction of him as Jesus, but rather a doctor.
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NPR speaks with Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, about how Catholics are reacting to President Trump's recent criticism of Pope Leo.
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