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Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.
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Many of the new immigrants staying in town were attending English in Action’s new weekly tutoring sessions at the Carbondale Library before the winter shelters closed on April 1.
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A sense of belonging is crucial to the success of any community, but for many longtime locals in Aspen, it seems to be slipping away. Journalist Paul Andersen talks about his latest series for Aspen Journalism about how a sense of place has evolved in Aspen and the valley, and the importance of regionalism as a cohesive force.
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Area 420, a 420-acre collection of independently-owned cannabis farms, raises questions for the future for its 108-person home town of Moffat.
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Since 2005, MANAUS has developed programs that address housing, immigration, education, and diversity issues by including the communities they serve in the planning and design process.
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A new community dinner on Thursdays at the Snowmass Chapel aims to build community, especially with young seasonal workers who might not feel a sense of belonging in the valley yet.
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High Country News staffers have announced plans to unionize for better working conditions at the nonprofit news magazine that has covered the West for 54 years.
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Presentations at the recent forum highlighted numbers and data that explain the crunch that many feel when it comes to housing in the Roaring Fork Valley. The coalition also talked about how it is offering potential solutions to alleviate the housing crisis through its programming.
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Glenda Strong Robinson is an associate minister and historian for the Second Baptist Church in Boulder. In 1968, as a 19-year-old student, she marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years later, she honors his legacy by continuing to work for civil rights.
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In the second of a three-part series, Libia talks about traveling to the U.S., where she’s helping her girlfriend care for three children. She's part of a group of over a hundred migrants who arrived in the Roaring Fork Valley in the fall of 2023.
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The public media coalition shares stories and ideas among more than a dozen stations, including Aspen Public Radio. Managing editor Maeve Conran shares what it takes to collaborate — and why it’s so critical now.
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Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park is almost double the size of nearby Mesa Verde National Park, and includes dozens of archaeological sites, well-preserved cliff dwellings, pottery sherds and art on canyon walls. The park is a tribal enterprise encompassing the entirety of Mesa Verde’s backcountry and requires visitors to travel with a Ute Mountain Ute guide.