Staffers from Rep. Mike Kennedy’s (R-Utah) office spoke with Emery County’s Public Lands Board during their monthly meeting, and said the lawmaker was having discussions related to Bears Ears National Monument, to “roll back the size of the monument and, and shrink it down.”

Local, regional and state wildfire leaders are concerned about increased fire danger this summer as the Western Slope experiences its worst snowpack in over 40 years. But those agencies across the Roaring Fork Valley and the state are collaborating on fire mitigation and wildfire preparedness ahead of what is expected to be an extremely dry summer.

Highschoolers across six BIE-run schools in South Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana and New Mexico are already participating, including Northwest High School in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation.

Parachute held a candidate forum March 10, 2026. The upcoming mayoral race is the town’s first contested election in a decade.

Parents of adults with disabilities make a plea to “not balance the budget on the backs of the most needy people,” as the Joint Budget Committee votes to recommend cuts.

Commissioners narrowly agreed to advance a substantially reduced request for a wildlife crossing study. The board will consider final approval of the funding on March 25.

This voter guide includes up-to-date information about registering to vote, polling locations and what’s on the municipal ballots in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys.

Colorado's aerospace industry leaders say President Trump's decision to move Space Command is a wake-up call.

The Aspen City Council wants to take a new look at its development regulations in hopes of finding a way to nudge stalled projects along and minimize the amount of vacant buildings around town.

The Trump administration is trying to repeal the Roadless Rule, which prohibits new road construction in large swaths of national forests. They say this will aid fire response, but new research is calling that into question.