
Regan Mertz
Arts & Culture ReporterRegan 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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Three longtime Aspenites and lifelong skiers talk finding community as an older adult, the evolution of ski equipment for less injuries, changes in the Roaring Fork Valley and future generations of snowboarders.
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The 2025 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix finished in Aspen last weekend. The Visa Big Air wrapped up yesterday. Here are the results.
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Garfield County Commissioners voted to sign a letter of support to the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management regarding the West Mamm Creek Pipeline Project on Monday. The creek flows around seven miles from the Garfield County Airport, and the pipeline will cross USFS, BLM and private lands.
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Challenge Aspen partnered with Denver's Craig Hospital to bring a group of previous patients to Snowmass Mountain to learn how to adaptive ski. One skier, 16-year-old Blake Mendenhall from California, returns to the mountains after a snowboarding accident nearly a year ago.
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LIFT-UP, a local nonprofit that provides food security, had three upper-level leaders leave at the end of last year as the nonprofit saw a decrease in donations over the last three years. The number of community members the organization serves has also increased almost five-fold during that same time.
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X Games are in town from Thursday to Saturday this week. Results have already started coming in, and history has been made.
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Paid tickets, date switches and sports betting are some of the new additions to the X Games in Aspen this year. CEO Jeremy Bloom talks the move from counter culture to mainstream, and Selema Masekela talks about why he loves the city.
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X Games athletes Scotty James, Alex Hall and Red Gerard attend a press conference on Wednesday before the first event on Thursday and talk gold medal wins, fatherhood and balancing multiple events.
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Post Aspen Gay Ski Week, AspenOUT President Melissa Temple airs concerns over the new administration but pledges support for legal and mental health resources in the coming years.
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National Geographic underwater photographer Brian Skerry kicks off the three-part Changemaker Speaker Series, a nationwide program showcasing renowned explorers, journalists, photographers, astronauts and innovators, at the Wheeler Opera House.