Regan Mertz
Arts & Culture ReporterRegan is a journalist for Aspen Public Radio’s Arts & Culture Desk. Regan moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in July 2024 for a job as a reporter at The Aspen Times. While she had never been to Colorado before moving for the job, Regan has now lived in ten different states due to growing up an Army brat. She considers Missouri home, and before moving West, she lived there and worked at a TV station.
Regan graduated from the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism, earning a Master of Arts in Documentary and Photojournalism in December 2022. She received her Bachelor of Journalism in Radio and Convergence Journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in May 2021. Throughout college, Regan worked at every Missouri School of Journalism publication, including the local NPR station.
She spent her summers working as a fellow for the Reynolds Journalism Institute, where she worked on a podcast with The Oregonian and audio stories for South Dakota Public Radio. She has also worked in Washington, D.C., at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium and at the Library of Congress as a research assistant.
Regan is a White House Correspondents’ Association scholarship recipient and has won awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association and a Missouri Press Association, along with receiving an Edward R. Murrow in 2021.
When not reporting, she enjoys trying out new hikes with her dog and reading with her cat. Regan is also learning to ski for the first time this winter.
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Los candidatos debatieron sobre el transporte entre Glenwood Springs y Silt, equilibrando las necesidades de las empresas nuevas y existentes y las preocupaciones sobre la vivienda asequible en un foro electoral celebrado el 9 de octubre. Cinco candidatos se presentan a cuatro puestos. -
Carbondale Clay Center is fundraising for a new building, which will expand programming, including more bilingual offerings, youth empowerment, outreach, mental health and LGBTQ+support and more. The new building will be located in the same spot — along Main Street in Carbondale. -
Anderson Ranch Arts Center will cap off its fall Latine community arts programming with a Day of the Dead event this weekend. The arts center will also continue its fall lecture series throughout November. -
When kids do not have a mentor in their lives, studies show it leads to poor development and difficulty overcoming challenges. The Buddy Program is pairing students with older peers and community members to try to provide students with the mentors they need. -
Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club has gone through some leadership changes in recent months. For new executive director, August Teague, this is a chance to get back to the basics of the organization and increase access to the mountain. -
Founded in 2005, the Aspen Indigenous Foundation promotes Indigenous culture and tradition in the Roaring Fork Valley, which is ancestral Ute land. Founder and Executive Director Deanne Vitrac-Kessler spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Regan Mertz about the organization ahead of the seventh annual Shining Mountains Film Festival, which showcases indigenous films and storytellers. -
Candidates discussed transit between Glenwood Springs and Silt, balancing the needs of new and existing businesses and affordable housing concerns at an election forum on Oct. 9. Five candidates are running for four seats. -
Jodi Barr, Tamara Nimmo, Elizabeth Taylor and Kathryn Kuhlenberg are facing off for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education. They have different priorities and solutions for issues facing the Roaring Fork School District. -
During SkiCo and ACRA’s Annual Blend last week, Aspen’s Interim City Manager Pete Strecker talked about the city’s expected decrease in sales tax revenue, but the construction industry may be exempt. -
Kitty Boone, who previously worked at the Aspen Ideas Festival and Aspen Skiing Company, will be the next executive director at Aspen Film. Her first day was Oct. 1.
