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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, or COGCC, wants public input as it creates new rules for oil and gas drilling. Locals have their chance to weigh in Wednesday at a hearing in Glenwood Springs. 

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser was in Aspen Monday to help kick off the Technology Policy Institute’s annual forum.

Weiser stopped by Aspen Public Radio to talk with managing editor Craig Kopp about two of the biggest legal debates in the nation right now -- immigration and gun control.

Morning Newscast: Tuesday, August 20, 2019

A federal program that helps small businesses in Garfield County says more companies are asking it for help.  Last week, Garfield County granted the Small Business Development Center, or SBDC, five thousand dollars to help them continue their work. 

Northwest Colorado SBDC provides training and workshops to small businesses on things like management and finance. 

Welcome to another week in the Roaring Fork Valley! This is Week in the Arts, a curated list of upcoming exhibitions and events.

Morning Newscast: Monday, August 19, 2019

The Roaring Fork School District is starting the new school year by looking for three new members for its Board of Education. 

As we approach the final weekend of the Aspen Music Festival, we look several decades back with conductor/trombonist Per Brevig, who has taught at the Aspen Music School for 50 years.

Looking into music's future, we also talk to 13 year-old pianist Harmony Zhu, who already has an international career and is working on her Piano Concerto. And for this Sunday, we have an inspiring conversation with mezzo soprano Kelley O'Connor, who sings a pivital movement in Mahler's Second Symphony this Sunday.

Morning Newscast: Friday, August 16, 2019

The final concert of the season on Sunday August 18 at 4:00 pm is Mahler's Symphony No. 2, one of the most vast, complex, intimate, personal, despairing, triumphant pieces ever composed. Alan Fletcher talks with the two vocal soloists in this week's High Notes. Alan also talks with pianist Jonathan Biss.

Morning Newscast: Thursday, August 15, 2019

More than $5 million in federal grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service will be given to more than 11 AmeriCorps programs to serve communities across the state. Two of those 11 are right in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Aspen Film is looking for volunteers to help decide what ends up on the big screen for Shortsfest next year. 

Volunteer screeners can expect to spend about ten hours a week watching films that have been submitted for the 29th annual Shortsfest, which is slated to start at the end of March.

Morning Newscast: Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Palisade artist Julia March Crocetto looks at the conflict between perception and reality when it comes to the American West.

Many of Crocetto’s quilts and textiles in the new show, “Post-Frontier Landscapes,” on display at Carbondales' R2 Gallery, focus on water, portraying streambeds and rivers.