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The federal government finalized new rules Friday to operate the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs in the next two years. The Bureau of Reclamation’s plan calls for California, Arizona and Nevada to take significant cuts to their water supply from the river, at least in the short term.
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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.” -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioThere are 73 short-term rentals in unincorporated Pitkin County, compared to over 2,300 in the City of Aspen and Snowmass Village, or about 4,200 in Breckenridge, according to a recent study. -
Samantha Markovitz/Courtesy PhotoA child care tax district, Every Child Parachute to Aspen, wants input from the community on how to best support providers and families. Members of a new community advisory board could have a say in future cash flows.
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On today's podcast: Aspen One will host a town hall to discuss community concerns over the company's future. The Raizado festival returns to Aspen. And what water managers across the West are doing to keep rivers flowing during historic drought.
Regional News
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Mike MacLeod/Studio MacLeodThis comes after the U.S. Department of the Interior reportedly restricted staff from telling the public about deaths or injuries in national parks. -
Victor Schendel/Colorado Parks & WildlifeBear encounters are becoming increasingly common in Paonia, and the situation took a deadly turn last week when a resident shot and killed a bear in his backyard. -
Jenny KinseyAlong the 25–hundred miles of the “Mother Road” from Chicago to Los Angeles, communities are celebrating her centennial with food, music… and vintage cars. -
Murphy Woodhouse/Boise State Public RadioThe three countries have a years-long practice of sharing wildfire resources during each other's often intense seasons, which mostly don't overlap.
NPR News
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Haven Daley/APOfficials say the fire, which has now burned more than 15,000 acres and is zero percent contained, was human caused. Nearly 90,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare to leave. -
Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11 -
Ysa Mendoza/KUT NewsA nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians , even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive. -
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance.
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More than a foot of rain could fall across Big Island of Hawaii, according to NOAA. -
The family of Jonah Neal and their attorney were recently shown video from the day that Neal was shot by a federal agent while he experienced a mental health crisis. -
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality. -
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock. -
If Watchmen taught us that you can use superheroes to excavate the cracked foundations of the American experience, Lanterns seems content to linger in the shadow of another HBO prestige genre series, True Detective. -
The U.S. has now imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match those tariffs "dollar for dollar" starting Sept. 8.
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