The Pitkin Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal on first reading Wednesday to take over day-to-day operations and deferred maintenance at the Maroon Bells Scenic Area.

Funding from the county will stop after 2027. The Town of Silt, the City of Rifle and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority are working to find a more permanent funding solution.

Eagle County is reviewing the final details of its new zoning plan. One group in Missouri Heights is mostly happy with the updates, but it worries the changes could open the door for more development in El Jebel.

The midterm elections are around the corner, and Colorado election officials are dealing with a lot of uncertainty. Colorado and about two dozen states have sued to block a new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule to regulate and restrict mail ballots.

Updated federal requirements are driving up costs for the entrance to Aspen reevaluation. Aspen City Council will review significant project updates on Sept. 22.

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.”