Caroline Llanes
ReporterCaroline Llanes is an award-winning reporter, currently working as the general assignment reporter at Aspen Public Radio. There, she covers everything from local governments to public lands. Her work has been featured on NPR's Morning Edition and APM's Marketplace. Previously, she was an associate producer for WBUR’s Morning Edition in Boston.
Originally from San Diego, Llanes got her start in public radio as newsroom intern for Michigan Radio, where she covered COVID-19, PFAS contamination, the Great Lakes, among a variety of other issues. She got her degree in history at the University of Michigan and also served as a copy editor and columnist at The Michigan Daily.
When she’s not at work, she enjoys hiking, watching the NFL, college football, and the WNBA, making homemade pizza dough, and, of course, skiing. She lives in Glenwood Springs with her partner and their tuxedo cat, Pepper, and cockapoo, Poppy.
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Though voter turnout was higher than two years ago, it was lower than the 2020 presidential election. -
In 2022, Adam Frisch lost by 554 votes. His 2024 loss to a far less polarizing Republican was closer to 12,000 votes. -
Policies that are popular with voters across the country, like solar and wind development and other renewables, are also popular with Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley locals. -
The complaint points to an article in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, where it says city employees advocated for the sales tax issue. The city stated it doesn’t take a position on the issue. -
16-year incumbent Republican Mike Samson and challenger Steven Arauza, both of Rifle, have different philosophies on Garfield County’s approach to its toughest challenges. -
Democrat Elizabeth Velasco and Republican Caleb Waller have differing visions of what role the government should play, but agree on certain issues like addressing wildfires. -
Water monitors will now start measuring water and precipitation as snowpack at high altitudes, instead of rain and runoff. In the Roaring Fork Watershed, forecasters are hoping for a year where streamflows hit the status quo. -
The Wilderness Act, passed in 1964, gave Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas. It led to the establishment of many popular outdoor recreation areas, including the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, and Flat Tops Wilderness, where the idea first began. -
Serious crashes, including fatalities, at the Smith Way and Lazy Glen intersections on Highway 82 have led to safety concerns from CDOT and Pitkin County officials, and they want to put in a new kind of turn lane at those intersections to address them. -
Ahora es el momento de vacunarse contra los virus respiratorios como la gripe y el COVID-19.
