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Over 7,000 animals were killed in wildlife-vehicle collisions on Colorado roads in 2025. Local nonprofit Roaring Fork Safe Passages has worked since 2022 to make Highway 82 safer. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series that highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations.
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Courtesy Pamela WhittingtonA power outage from Glenwood Springs to Silt shut off electricity to thousands Saturday afternoon. Residents reported a flash and a boom near New Castle along a transmission line that afternoon, but as of the evening, Xcel Energy had not confirmed the cause of the outage.
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Courtesy Gordon WalkerMushrooms require only a fraction of the water required to grow other food products. But one expert doesn’t think Americans are ready to embrace more edible fungi. -
Wheeler Opera House/Courtesy PhotoThe fledgling initiative is a series meant to showcase locals’ talent in the Roaring Fork Valley — especially during Aspen’s off season. -
Sarah LopezFor more than a decade, Julianne Guy was the only midwife living in the Roaring Fork Valley. After years of dealing with what she calls bias and discrimination from the state, she joined a class action lawsuit against Colorado regulators.
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On today's newscast: The June primary will decide who becomes Garfield County’s next sheriff, Aspen officials want to review greenhouse gas emissions in the upper valley, Carbondale is not planning to install license plate tracking cameras, Silt’s new $28 million-dollar water plant comes online this month, and more.
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Roberto E. Rosales/APStorms across the Western U.S. are dumping more rain in shorter bursts than in decades past. But according to new research, that doesn’t necessarily mean landscapes are holding onto more water. -
US House Office of PhotographyThe party-line vote came after months of public debate between conservationists and ranching and energy groups over the president’s pick to oversee millions of acres of land. -
National Parks Service/HandoutThe Dragon Bravo fire burned about 145,000 acres. Some businesses and trails are now back open. -
Jesse Paul/The Colorado SunA formal complaint seeks to suspend Polis from speaking at state Democratic Party events.
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Freddy Barragan/APBolivia's President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office. -
Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/APThe World Health Organization top official has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in Congo. Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths and over 500 cases. -
Maxim Shemetov/Pool ReutersChinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday in a meeting meant to reaffirm ties and that takes place only days after a visit by President Donald Trump. -
Brynn Anderson/APGeorgia is a swing state where both Democrats and Republicans are deciding the direction their parties will take in the fall in races for the senate and the governor's mansion.
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As part of the settlement agreement, the U.S. is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting President Trump, his sons and the Trump organization's current tax issues, according to a document posted to the DOJ website. -
In a major victory for President Trump, his hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein, beat out U.S. House Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky House GOP primary, ending Massie's reelection bid. -
The novel is the first work translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the award, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. -
Ward learned the term "respair" — meaning the recovery of hope after despair — during the pandemic. Her new book On Witness and Respair is an essay collection on grief, motherhood and survival. -
President Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP runoff for U.S. Senate, one week before voting ends in the contentious and expensive primary. -
While dozens of states have taken legal action against the controversial industry, Minnesota is the first state to pass a law making it a felony for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket to operate.
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