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A federal hydrologist appeared to be momentarily at a loss for words last week as he described how dire the latest forecast has gotten for how much water will flow through the Colorado River Basin this summer.
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Regan MertzThe Community Hope Fund will offer financial assistance for therapy. The new fund will be overseen by the Aspen Hope Center, a mental health care provider in the valley. -
Courtesy Colorado State PatrolA passenger train struck a semi-tanker truck off Highway 6 just east of Rifle Wednesday morning. The tanker driver sustained minor injuries, but no other injuries were reported. -
Michael Fanelli/Aspen Public RadioSnowpack levels have improved in the Roaring Fork River Basin, but are still only 17% of normal. Hydrologists say potential for a significant wildfire season remains, and water supplies will still be stretched thin. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioThe mural is the first of three that will highlight young immigrants’ memories and creative expression in Carbondale. The art project is part of a program supported by Carbondale-based nonprofit VOICES.
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On today's newscast: Silt Town Council votes to end its contract with the camera surveillance company Flock Safety, a midwife is part of a class action lawsuit against the state, water projections for the Colorado River are worsening, Bonfire Coffee plans a grand opening, and more.
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pixabay.com, CC0 Public DomainThe program is already removing migration barriers on private land in Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming. Now, it’s coming to Utah. -
Mr. Satterly/Creative CommonsThey’ll notify one another when well projects are proposed within a mile of the shared state border. And the model may expand to neighboring states. -
Pano AI/Pano.aiAI technology expands in the Mountain West to reduce wildfires -
Stephanie Daniel/KUNCA new analysis of public federal workforce data shows about 5,800 fewer workers at public lands agencies in 2025 compared to the year before.
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Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe resignation would end Dr. Marty Makary's 13-month stint running the Food and Drug Administration, a period marked by turmoil and controversy. -
Kim Chandler/APAlabama will hold a special primary election for four of its seven congressional districts, after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map that had been blocked by the courts. -
Leo Correa/APAn ultra-Orthodox Jewish party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has called for parliament to be dissolved, threatening to bring down the government. -
BBC/PBSDavid Attenborough's acclaimed nature series Life on Earth began production 50 years ago. Now, a PBS documentary captures the host looking back on that series as it's projected in a screening room.
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In Eve J. Chung's new novel, Ellie Chang ends up stuck in a place she's only known as enemy territory, reliant on strangers to help her get home. -
Rising gasoline prices pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years in April. Consumer prices were up 3.8% from a year ago. -
New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too. -
Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port. And a U.S. ambassador revealed Israel sent its Iron Dome air-defense to the United Arab Emirates. -
Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal. But new treatments mean that may be changing, and people with the disease now have more reason to hope than ever before. -
President Trump says he has a great relationship with President Xi. His trip to China will provide a temperature check.
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