Eleanor Bennett
Social Justice ReporterEleanor is an award-winning journalist reporting on regional social justice issues in collaboration with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism. A life-long Roaring Fork Valley local, she previously was a reporter, podcast producer and Morning Edition host at Aspen Public Radio. Her stories have ranged from efforts to protect mobile home park residents as investors buy up properties to a rise in local ICE arrests amid federal immigration crackdowns.
Her reporting has been featured on NPR, Here & Now and The World, and she has received several statewide, regional and national awards including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her features on labor rights concerns raised by seasonal workers at a well-known Aspen resort and an immigrant family who cut down their first Christmas tree together. She earned “Best News Feature” four years in a row from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, including for her stories about an innovative job-training program for students with disabilities and an education initiative to bring more Ute history to local schools. She also contributed to several award-winning series, including Raîces (Roots), Adaptation, and In The Woods.
In her previous role as Morning Edition host, Eleanor pioneered the station’s award-winning Outdoor Report, which highlights local flora and fauna, recreation opportunities, and environmental causes in the valley. Eleanor also previously served as producer of Aspen Public Radio’s teen-focused podcast, Gen Z Tea.
Eleanor is delighted to be home in the Rocky Mountains working to shine a light on the critical issues and community voices that shape our valley. Connecting with people from all walks of life and creating empathic spaces for them to tell their stories fuels her work.
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Una cooperativa dirigida por los propios residentes firmó esta semana un contrato para adquirir su parque de casas móviles por $23 millones de dólares a Horizon Land Management, con sede en Maryland. Los residentes de Cavern Springs esperan recaudar $1.9 millones adicionales antes de formalizar la compra de la propiedad en octubre, con el fin de mantener bajos los pagos del préstamo. -
A resident-led cooperative went under contract this week to buy their mobile home park for $23 million from Maryland-based Horizon Land Management. Cavern Springs residents hope to raise an additional $1.9 million before closing on the property in October to keep loan repayments down.
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Las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield nombraron a Abraham Korah, antiguo responsable de una sucursal bibliotecaria y director de la biblioteca del Colorado Mountain College, como su nuevo director ejecutivo. Korah asume el mando en un momento en que el distrito se enfrenta a continuos intentos de censura de libros, a un uso creciente de las bibliotecas y a una posible renovación del impuesto sobre el valor catastral que se someterá a votación en noviembre. -
Garfield County Libraries has appointed Abraham Korah, a former branch library manager and Colorado Mountain College library director, as its new executive director. Korah takes the helm as the district navigates ongoing efforts to censor books, growing library use and a potential mill levy renewal on the November ballot.
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El veterano sheriff del condado de Garfield, Lou Vallario, dejará el cargo a finales de este año, y dos candidatos republicanos, el teniente de patrulla de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Garfield, Brent Baker, y el ayudante del sheriff del condado de Eagle, Dan Loya, compiten por ocupar su puesto en las elecciones primarias del 30 de junio. -
Garfield County’s longtime sheriff, Lou Vallario, is stepping down at the end of this year, and two Republican candidates — Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Lt. Brent Baker and Eagle County Undersheriff Dan Loya — are competing to take over his position in the June 30 primary election.
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A medida que inversionistas externos compran parques de casas móviles, una coalición de residentes locales, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, gobiernos y donantes privados se está uniendo para promover cambios en las leyes estatales y las estrategias regionales con el fin de mantener estas comunidades como viviendas asequibles. -
As outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing.
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La comisión de urbanismo y zonificación de la ciudad revocó el martes por la noche un permiso con varias décadas de antigüedad para un centro de detención de ICE para internamientos de corto plazo ubicado en el Midland Center. La decisión podría dar lugar a una batalla legal sobre si el ICE puede seguir operando allí. -
The city’s planning and zoning commission revoked a decades-old permit for a short-term ICE detention facility located at the Midland Center on Tuesday night. The decision could result in a legal battle over whether ICE can continue to operate there.
