Josie Taris
ReporterJosie Taris is a staff writer for the Aspen Daily News, covering Pitkin County, the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, public lands, midvalley communities, and more. She joined the Aspen Public Radio newsroom as part of a 2024 collaboration the station launched with the Aspen Daily News to bring more local government coverage to Aspen Public Radio’s listening audience.
Taris came into her current role after reporting for The Aspen Times. Before arriving in Colorado, she worked for North Carolina Public Radio producing for the daily live news talk show, The State of Things, alongside general assignment reporting. Taris was also part of the original production team for the award-winning podcast Embodied, which covers sex, relationships, and health.
Fayetteville, North Carolina is her hometown (Army brat!) and she studied journalism at Northwestern University. When not working, she likes to hike, cook, and snuggle with her cat.
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With no candidate reaching the required majority, Aspen voters will return to the polls on April 1 to decide between two incumbents and two newcomers for two open city council seats. -
Heightened anxiety about raids and arrests in the Roaring Fork Valley is placing local law enforcement in the middle. Pitkin and Garfield counties and their sheriff’s offices operate under the same state law, but approach the issue from different angles. -
Pitkin County is poised to repeal a pandemic-era ordinance that allowed restaurants to expand their seating for social distancing regulations. -
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office is preparing a slate of options for the future of their jail. New state standards set to take effect in 2026 and outgrowing the existing facility both contribute to the need to renovate. -
Funds to go toward roads, bridges and housing. -
United Airlines flight 5782 landed at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Tuesday morning, marking the first official arrival of the Embraer 175 and a phasing out of the CRJ-700 for at least one commercial carrier. -
Public comment to be taken at Nov. 20 BOCC meeting. -
Francie Jacober will be serving a second term as a Pitkin County Commissioner in the District 5 seat. Although Pitkin County stopped counting ballots around midnight, Jacober had nearly 74% of the votes overtaking her opponent Toni Kronberg. -
Pitkin County voters resoundingly supported the county in its decision-making authority over the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, beating back a citizen-initiated ballot question that would have required subsequent votes on anything involving the relocation or expansion of the runway. -
Ballot question 200 asks Pitkin County voters to change the Home Rule Charter and strip county commissioners of their sole authority to expand or relocate the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport’s runway. But ballot question 1C, also on the 2024 ballot, reaffirms the Pitkin County commissioners’ ability to approve and implement a new runway layout. Aspen Daily News and Aspen Public Radio reporter Josie Taris explains the different consequences of these contradictory measures.
