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Local Organizations Take Steps To Prevent A ‘Tsunami Of Evictions’ This Summer

Longtime local resident Maria works in housekeeping and lives in a shared mobile home in El Jebel. She said she’s worried about paying her $300-a-month rent this summer. (We’re not using her full name because she’s undocumented.)

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UPDATES: Roaring Fork Valley Coronavirus: May 17-23, 2020

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State Officials Encourage Residents To Celebrate Memorial Day With Safety In Mind

Friday, May 22 - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, public health officials are asking Coloradans to keep the following in mind to slow and limit transmission of COVID-19. 

Morning Newscast: Thursday, May 21, 2020

By • May 21, 2020


'Quarantine Stories: Recording History' Seeks To Preserve Local Voices During COVID-19

By • May 21, 2020
Courtesy Aspen Historical Society

As the world collectively navigates the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aspen Historical Society is asking Roaring Fork Valley residents what living through this time has meant for them. The organization has undertaken a collection called Quarantine Stories: Recording History—a project in partnership with Aspen Public Radio—as part of its efforts to capture and archive the local ripple effects of the pandemic. 

GarCo Passed New Mining Regulations. Could That Impact The Proposed RMI Quarry Expansion?

By & • May 21, 2020
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Garfield County recently adopted a new set of regulations that could be applied to mining projects. The new rules – called 1041 regulations – could shape the development of the controversial Rocky Mountain Industrials (formerly Rocky Mountain Resources) expansion near Glenwood Springs. 

Aspen Film Streams ShortsFest Winners Online

By • May 21, 2020
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Audiences who missed this year's Shortsfest from Aspen Film can tune in over Memorial Day weekened to catch the festival winners. Films will be available via a single online streaming platform, and viewers can catch all nine short films in one sitting, or watch in segments.

Despite Pandemic, High School Summer Program ‘(HS)2’ Determined To Support Underserved Students

By Eleanor Bennett • May 20, 2020
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As schools everywhere are faced with the dilemma of cancelling summer programs amid the pandemic, ‘High School, High Scholar,’  known as '(HS)2' at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, or CRMS, in Carbondale is going virtual. 

About Half Of U.S. Homes Lost Wages During Pandemic, Census Bureau Finds

By • May 20, 2020

Updated at 3:49 p.m. ET

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a hit in the paychecks of close to half of U.S. households, the Census Bureau says.

Since March 13, 47% of adults say they — or another adult in their home — have lost employment income, while 39% say they're expecting their households to earn less from work over the next four weeks.

With the first of the month coming in less than two weeks, more than a fifth of adults report they have just slight or no confidence in their ability to make their next rent or mortgage payment on time.

Morning Newscast: Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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A Commerical Flight From Eagle To Aspen? It's Real, And America's Shortest From A Major Airline

By • May 20, 2020
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Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is now home to the shortest commercial flight in the nation offered by a major carrier. The flight from Eagle County Regional Airport to Aspen takes about 30 minutes and only exists as a temporary fix during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Outdoor Recreation Drives Western Economies, It's Also Driving Up The Rent

By • May 20, 2020

Everyone knows that living in the Rockies can get expensive. Headwaters Economics wanted to know why. The non-profit published new research this week that examines what causes housing to become so expensive in places where outdoor recreation is a main economic driver.

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Week in the Arts: June 1-7, 2020

By • May 31, 2020
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This is Week in the Arts—a curation of virtual exhibits and events around the Roaring Fork Valley.

Local Authors Celebrate Their First Joint Novel With Colorado Book Award Nomination

By • May 29, 2020
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Andy Stone and Linda Lafferty's co-authored novel “Light in the Shadows” marks the first time the husband and wife have shared the same byline. In some ways, though, a joint undertaking was perhaps inevitable for the husband-and-wife team.

Aspen Words Goes Virtual For Summer Programming

By • May 28, 2020
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Aspen Words is going online with part of its Summer Words Writers Conference & Literary Festival due to COVID-19. The literary organization kicks off its June programming virtually with a writing workshop hosted by the literary organization’s executive director Adrienne Brodeur. The discussion focuses on the ins and outs of writing about real people (Thursday, June 4, 5:30 p.m.).

A Nightly Discussion Focused On The Global Coronavirus Crisis

We've moved back The World and Fresh Air to 8 p.m. & 9 p.m. to bring you NPR's All Things Considered live special at 7 p.m.

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PHOTOS: The Strange New Normal Inside The Colorado State Capitol

By • May 27, 2020

The Colorado Capitol looked and sounded very different on Tuesday as state lawmakers returned for the first time in more than two months.

From difficulties hearing caused by legislators trying to talk through face masks to new plexiglass barriers placed between every desk in the House of Representatives, the legislature is adapting to new safety measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Zoom Calls And Banjos: How Hickenlooper And Romanoff Are Adapting To Life On Virtual Campaign Trail

By • May 6, 2020

It wasn’t too long ago that former Gov. John Hickenlooper was shaking hands and kissing babies in Iowa during his short-lived presidential campaign. Now he spends hours talking into an iPad taped to a stack of wedding photo albums in his family room.

Colorado Lawmakers Reviewing Long List Of Potential Budget Cuts

By • Apr 29, 2020

Colorado House Speaker KC Becker took to Twitter on Monday to vent about the grim task she and other state lawmakers will face next month when they return to the Capitol to try and write a budget during the coronavirus pandemic.