County commissioners approved a mill levy ballot question for the November general election at a meeting last week. The property tax will fund the Healthy Community Fund, which supports nonprofit organizations.

The town of Carbondale wanted Special Problems Enforcement and Response, or SPEAR, to update its operating agreement and clarify that it does not participate in civil immigration enforcement. But Carbondale’s chief of police said SPEAR's board did not adequately address the issue in its new MOU and recommended the town revoke its membership.

Basalt residents will decide whether to increase a sales tax by 0.5% to fund a new building for its public works and police departments. Basalt Town Council voted to put it on the November ballot at its Aug. 25 meeting.

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.

The 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.”

Construction activity took up nearly 23 more parking spaces on average per day in Aspen’s downtown core in July compared to the same time in 2025.

The community land trust aimed at preserving local businesses formed earlier this year. It’s the first land trust of its kind.

The Hogback bus route will end in November if Silt and Garfield County do not agree to a new three-year plan.

The Aspen Police Department will end its contract with Georgia-based Flock Safety after fielding concerns from the community about the controversial license plate readers.

This new 140-page, draft environment assessment is published just three months after the Bureau of Land Management gathered roughly 70,000 comments during a week-long "scoping" window in April.