Caroline Llanes
ReporterCaroline Llanes is a general assignment reporter at Aspen Public Radio, covering everything from local governments to public lands. Her work has been featured on NPR. 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, the Detroit Red Wings, Michigan football, making homemade pizza dough, and, of course, skiing. She lives in Glenwood Springs with her partner and their tuxedo cat, Pepper, and cockapoo, Poppy.
-
El Consejo de Educación de Colorado rechazó previamente el estándar American Birthright y grupos nacionales han criticado su inclinación política. Eso no impide que Garfield Re-2 considere adoptar el plan de estudios sociales.
-
Colorado’s Board of Education previously rejected the American Birthright Standard, and national groups have criticized its political bent. That’s not stopping Garfield Re-2 from considering adopting the social studies curriculum.
-
Local nonprofit Aspen Deserves Better raised some eyebrows during the March municipal elections over their yard signs, phone banking, and fundraising. Aspen Times reporter Josie Taris discusses her reporting on the nonprofit with Aspen Public Radio.
-
Ruedi Reservoir doesn’t just hold water for users and irrigators on both sides of the Continental Divide, it also has water that’s used for conservation purposes. Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado, got a rundown on the cooperation that goes into making those water releases happen.
-
Hickenlooper secured $1.2 million in Congressional spending for the project last year, and came to see its project and learn more about Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley’s home ownership program. He also participated in a conversation with local leaders on the region’s housing crisis.
-
Un juez de Washington D.C. desestimó la aprobación por parte de la Junta de Transporte Terrestre de un ferrocarril que habría utilizado las vías existentes a lo largo del río Colorado para transportar crudo ceroso desde la cuenca Uinta de Utah hasta la costa del Golfo.
-
A D.C. judge has thrown out the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of a railway that would have used existing tracks along the Colorado River to transport waxy crude oil from Utah’s Uinta Basin to the Gulf Coast.
-
Anna Stout has worn many hats as Grand Junction’s mayor, a Spanish language interpreter, and the CEO of her local humane society. Now, she’s hoping to add U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District to that list.
-
Four-year-old Otto Bontempo and his family get to participate in therapy together at Smiling Goat Ranch in Carbondale. Interacting with the farm animals and working together with therapists on a variety of activities helps Otto, who has autism and is nonverbal, communicate with people in his life.
-
Some Latinos in Colorado say one barrier to enjoying outdoor recreation is a lack of maps and signage in Spanish. An organization near Aspen is trying to fix that.