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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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. -
Angie es ciudadana estadounidense, pero sus padres son indocumentados. Si los deportan, ha decidido que se iría con ellos. -
Snowmass patroller Katy Willcox has ski patrolled for a decade. As climate change makes winters increasingly unreliable, she decided that this season will be her last. -
Angie is a U.S. citizen, but her parents are undocumented. If they’re deported, she’s decided she would leave with them.
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Parachute held a candidate forum March 10, 2026. The upcoming mayoral race is the town’s first contested election in a decade.
