Sarah Tory
Women's Desk ReporterSarah is a journalist for Aspen Public Radio’s Women’s Desk. She got her start in journalism working for the Santiago Times in Chile, before moving to Colorado in 2014 for an internship with High Country News.
Prior to joining APR, Sarah worked as a freelance journalist, reporting on the environment, immigration, and rural communities from across the western U.S. and Latin America. Her work has been recognized by the Canadian National Magazine Awards, The Society of Professional Journalists, the Colorado Press Association, and the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. She was born and raised in Toronto, Canada and has called the Roaring Fork Valley home since 2018.
When she’s not working on stories, you can find her in the mountains, most often rock climbing or backcountry skiing.
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Director Ruth Katz talks about this year’s lineup of topics and speakers, including the pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan. During the closing session, Chan will discuss her initiative to use AI-powered technology to cure or prevent all diseases by the end of the century. -
Para una alumna de último año de Glenwood Springs, apuntarse a una clase de arte fue una forma de salir de los límites de los estudios académicos tradicionales en su último año de preparatoria (high school). -
For one Glenwood Springs senior, taking an art class was a way to branch out from traditional academics in her final year of high school.
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Durante más de una década, Julianne Guy fue la única partera que residía en el valle de Roaring Fork. Tras años de lidiar con lo que ella denomina prejuicios y discriminación por parte del estado, se sumó a una demanda colectiva contra los reguladores de Colorado. -
For more than a decade, Julianne Guy was the only midwife living in the Roaring Fork Valley. After years of dealing with what she calls bias and discrimination from the state, she joined a class action lawsuit against Colorado regulators. -
The Community Hope Fund will offer financial assistance for therapy. The new fund will be overseen by the Aspen Hope Center, a mental health care provider in the valley. -
The Fire Safety Simulator was designed with kids in mind, but adults often need practice too. Rifle residents got to experience home fire scenarios when the trailer visited their community at the end of April. -
In an increasingly divided society, VOICES offers a challenge to political, racial, and gender stereotypes. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series, which highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations. -
Aspen Public Radio published a story on April 1 about a ski patroller leaving the profession. Some of her coworkers spoke out in defense of the career choice. -
Rangelands cover 50 percent of the earth’s land surface, including much of the Roaring Fork Valley. But these ecosystems — a critical carbon sink — are under threat as climate change worsens.
