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Clark Adomaitis/KSUT/KSJD/The tribe is hosting Project Peak, a series of workshops focusing on fashion, healthy food, and outdoor activities. -
Gavin McGough/KOTOAn affordable-housing community outside of Telluride has disallowed dogs since its inception in 1992 in an effort to protect area wildlife.Over the last half decade, an increase in emotional support animals has become a source of tension in the community of Lawson Hill, and ESA dog owners are beginning to speak out about what they say is an issue of housing discrimination and disability rights.
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Local residents celebrated a traditional Mexican posada and cut down their own Christmas trees in the Thompson Divide area last Saturday. Reporter Eleanor Bennett spent the day with Vicky Rodas, who wanted to give her 10-year-old son, Jahir Rodas, the same experience her mother gave her growing up in Aguascalientes, Mexico. -
Local residents will have a chance to celebrate a traditional Mexican posada and cut down their own Christmas trees in the Thompson Divide area on Saturday. It’s the third year the White River National Forest and Wilderness Workshop’s Defiende Nuestra Tierra program will be leading the outing.
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The developers of the Lift One Lodge and Gorsuch Haus projects say they are working together on a construction sequencing plan along with the City of Aspen and Aspen Skiing Co.
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People are coming together around the country and here in the Roaring Fork Valley in the wake of the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend. Local advocates say there’s still a lot of work to be done.
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The American Automobile Association predicts national travel will be back up to pre-pandemic levels, with 54.6 million people traveling more than 50 miles for the holiday.
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Early-season storms and cold temperatures for snowmaking will allow Aspen Skiing Co. to start spinning the lifts five days earlier than planned.
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The Mountain Neighbor Handbook is a collaboration of government agencies, advocacy groups and other nonprofits in the area, and it tries to lay out a path for sustainable living in one of the nation’s most sensitive ecosystems. It has rules about keeping away from wildlife, plus sections on how to manage waste and water, reduce your carbon footprint and recreate responsibly.
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Ski hills will soon be opening in the West, but it’s still uncertain which will open first. Over the last several years, the first two ski hills to open in the West have often been Arapahoe Basin and Keystone, both in northern Colorado. But last year, southern Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area pulled ahead to open first on October 16 thanks to a big snow storm.
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John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” turns 50 years old in October, an anniversary marking the legacy he left in the state of Colorado and far beyond.
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Among survey respondents across the eight states that make up the Mountain West, about 67% support policies that protect trans individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing or in public spaces. That's compared to 64% nationwide.
