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Last week, Kevin Warner stepped into his new role as District Ranger for the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District of the White River National Forest. He started his career working in the district and has previously served as its acting director.

A recycling center in Basalt is set to close at the start of 2020 after Pitkin County decided to stop funding it, and residents are now turning to Eagle County in hopes of a solution.

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

mix6 made its debut in the new Collective building in Snowmass Base Village on Saturday. At the new restaurant, Aspen chef Martin Oswald gives diners the power to assemble their own dish.

• Symphony In The Valley's 'The Nutcracker Strikes Back'
• Adrienne Brodeur's 'Wild Game'

Storm troopers meet sugar plum fairies this weekend for Symphony in the Valley’s concert “The Nutcracker Strikes Back.” The orchestra is made up of volunteer local musicians from Aspen to New Castle.

One night, when Aspen Words executive director Adrienne Brodeur was 14, her mother snuck into her bedroom and told her that she was having an affair, and she needed her daughter to serve as a co-conspirator. For years, Brodeur kept her mother’s secret, but it took its toll. 

• Youth Shares Solutions With Policy Makers At Annual Water Summit
• Thunder River Theatre's New Musical Finds Humor In Honky Tonk

Country music gets satirized in the musical “The Doyle and Debbie Show,” opening Friday at Carbondale’s Thunder River Theatre Company.

The production mimics duets seen on old programs like “The Porter Wagner Show,” where Dolly Parton got her start.

• Valley Health Alliance Works To Establish Primary Care Nextwork
• RFTA Unveils New Electric Buses

The Roaring Fork Transit Authority unveiled its new electric buses in a ceremony at Rubey Park on Tuesday. Over the course of the next month, eight new electric buses will join RFTA’s fleet of about 90 total buses.

The Valley Health Alliance is a group of six of the largest employers in the Roaring Fork Valley. They've joined together to lower healthcare costs for employees and their dependents -- currently, about 6,000 people.

• Public Can Meet Glenwood Springs' Police Chief Finalists This Week
• Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Possible At Buttermilk
• Town Council Tours Site Of Proposed Snowmass Center Overhaul

On Monday, the Snowmass Town Council got a look at the size and location of buildings that would make up a proposed overhaul of Snowmass Center. Richard Shaw, a landscape architect working with Eastwood Snowmass on plans for the renovations, led a tour for council members and residents. 

As part of their “Charge At Work” initiative, Holy Cross Energy is asking the Pitkin County board of commissioners Tuesday for approval to install four electric vehicle charging ports in Buttermilk’s parking lot.

The four finalists for Glenwood Springs' chief of police include one who oversaw the aftermath of a deadly shooting earlier this year and another who was recently placed on paid leave.

• Glenwood Springs Hosts Open House On Improvements To Three-Mile Creek Confluence Area
• BLM Annual Closures Start Dec. 1 For Winter Season

The City of Glenwood Springs is working on improvements to the Three Mile Creek confluence area. The public can give feedback at an open house on Monday.  

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

• Aspen Utility Bills To Rise In 2020
• Sopris Threatre Company Presents Irish Ghost Story 'The Veil'
• Colorado Has Big Potential With Solar And Wind

•  New Monitoring Program Hopes To Boost Science On Science On Colorado River Headwaters
• Input Invited On City Projects At Aspen 'Feedback Forum' 
• Avoid Food-Borne Illness This Thanksgiving

The City of Aspen hosts a “Feedback Forum” next week, where officials are hoping to get public input on four different city projects. The open meetings will be held on Dec. 4 at the Limelight hotel in Aspen.

The news website Vox recently published an article titled “Colorado’s cleanest energy options are also its cheapest.” The author, David Roberts, spoke with Aspen Public Radio about his findings. Roberts’ full article can be read here.

In 2019, Aspen residents saw a hike in their electric and water bills. They’ll see another one in 2020. 

Starting Jan. 1, residential electric bills will go up 5% and water bills by 7%, on average. This means residents could pay around $15 extra a month for utility services.