Eleanor Bennett
Morning Edition Anchor and ReporterEleanor is an award-winning journalist who currently serves as “the voice” of Aspen Public Radio during "Morning Edition." She has reported on a wide range of topics in her community, including the impacts of federal immigration policies on local DACA recipients, creative efforts to solve the valley's affordable housing crisis, and hungry goats fighting climate change across the West through targeted grazing. Connecting with people from all walks of life and creating empathic spaces for them to tell their stories fuels her work.
Her reporting has been featured on NPR and The World, and she has received several statewide, regional and national awards including a 2023 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her feature on an immigrant family who cut down their first Christmas tree together. She earned “Best News Feature” three years in a row from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, including for her stories about an education initiative to bring more Ute history and cross-cultural conversations to local schools and a citizen-science project to help understand how climate change is impacting birds. She also contributed to the award-winning series, "In The Woods: Trees and Climate Change in the Roaring Fork Valley.”
As a Morning Edition anchor, Eleanor pioneered the station’s award-winning "Outdoor Report," which highlights local flora and fauna, recreation opportunities and environmental causes in the Valley, and hosts the "Aspen Public Radio Newscast," a podcast for locals on-the-go.
Growing up in the Valley listening to KAJX in her parents’ car on the way to school, Eleanor learned the power and urgency of community storytelling. She was further captivated by the medium while interning at Aspen Public Radio after graduating from Middlebury College in 2015. From there, she covered issues of climate justice and women's empowerment for SiriusXM Radio in New York City. Eleanor also had the opportunity to work with French photographer and muralist JR to record the dreams, hopes and fears of 1,500 New Yorkers for an interactive audio-visual exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
In 2019, Eleanor returned home to serve as producer of Aspen Public Radio’s teen-focused podcast, "Gen Z Tea." She started working full-time for the station in August 2020. 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.
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A wildfire broke out Wednesday at Elk Run Ranch south of Willits and west of Emma. The fire was contained to approximately 5 acres. The wildfire appears to have started from a permitted ditch burn and spread by windy conditions, but the incident is still being investigated.
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Caleb Waller, residente en Silt, anunció su candidatura después de que el senador estatal Perry Will le desbancara en la papeleta de las primarias del Partido Republicano en la contienda por el puesto de comisionado del condado de Garfield.
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Silt resident Caleb Waller announced his candidacy after State Sen. Perry Will unseated him on the GOP primary ballot in the Garfield County Commissioner race.
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Many of the new immigrants staying in town were attending English in Action’s new weekly tutoring sessions at the Carbondale Library before the winter shelters closed on April 1.
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The eclipse viewing event was hosted by the Basalt Library and the Aspen Science Center, which also co-organized another eclipse viewing at the Third Street Center in Carbondale on Monday.
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This year’s “Boot Tan Fest” at Sunlight Mountain in Glenwood Springs brought hundreds of women and femme skiers together to celebrate their common love for the sport — and participate in a famed naked ski lap that’s become an annual tradition.
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Robison, Montemayor and Kribbs earn seats on Carbondale Board of Town Trustees; Berman, Dupré-Butchart and Stevens land on Basalt Town Council; Knight runs as sole candidate for Basalt mayor.
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Los nuevos inmigrantes alojados en los refugios habilitados por la ciudad de Carbondale y Recovery Resources tuvieron que abandonar los albergues el lunes por la mañana. Algunos han encontrado alojamiento temporal, pero para otros, el futuro sigue siendo incierto.
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New immigrants staying in shelters set up by the town of Carbondale and Recovery Resources will need to leave by Monday morning. Some have found temporary housing, but for others, the future remains uncertain.
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Local schools from Aspen to Glenwood Springs have teamed up with national organization Best Buddies to make prom more accessible and fun for all.