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Local Newscasts

Local Newscasts

Aspen Public Radio broadcasts live local and regional news throughout the daily broadcast of Morning Edition, exploring topics and issues which affect the lives and interests of those who live, work, and play here in the Roaring Fork Valley. Below you can find a compilation of each morning’s newscasts presented as a single file, which is generally posted daily by 10 a.m. You can also subscribe to the “Aspen Public Radio Newscast” as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
  • On today's podcast: The Glenwood Springs City Council is taking on the landlords who rent local space for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The Aspen Thrift Shop's annual art sale had some nice finds over the weekend. And a popular E-bike rebate program returns.
  • On today's podcast: A new wildfire sparks evacuations near Parachute. The ICE facility in Glenwood Springs could be on its way out. And Coloradans bought firearms at record numbers last month.
  • On today's podcast: The Glenwood Springs City Council faces a decision over its ICE holding facility. Local groups are pitching ideas around affordable housing in the valley. And Coloradans are betting a lot of money on sports.
  • On today's podcast... An effort to preserve mobile home parks as affordable housing in the valley. Garfield County commissioners could help fund a bus route between Rifle and Glenwood Springs. And how climate change impacts how landscapes recover after a wildfire.
  • On today's podcast: Aspen Fire touts new firefighting drone technology. Aspen wants to boost pay for city workers. New open space recreation may soon be coming to Rifle.
  • On today's podcast: Protestors in Glenwood Springs want the city to do more to shut down the ICE detention center. A deadly automobile collision in Carbondale. And the federal government has issued new guidelines for Colorado River water access — and some states aren't happy about them.
  • On today's podcast... Some Aspen residents received rabies shots after being exposed to bats. A valley nonprofit that gives away diapers is seeing a surge requests, as many parents struggle in today's economy. And Sen. Hickenlooper calls for a federal investigation into the Knowles Fire, on the heels of firefighter deaths.
  • On today's newscast: Former residents of an apartment complex in Carbondale are suing over a cockroach infestation. A fifth firefighter has died in the line of duty fighting Colorado wildfires. And, Colorado is tops in the nation in education, according to a new report.
  • On today's newscast: The Aspen city council ends a controversial partnership with a surveillance company… The Trump administration sues Colorado for providing in state college tuition to some undocumented students… And the viral video of a bison launching a man in the air at Yellowstone National Park serves a reminder that wild animals can be dangerous.
  • On today's podcast: It was a busy weekend for rescue teams in the Roaring Fork Valley, coming to the aid of three lost hikers. Another firefighter has died battled the Snyder Fire on the Colorado/Utah border. And Colorado election officials are asking voters not to wait so long before turning in their November ballots.