Welcome to Valley Roundup, a review of the week’s top news stories in Aspen and beyond.
Joining us today are Carolyn Sackariason from the Aspen Daily News and Michael Miracle from Aspen Sojourner magazine.
The judge in the Nancy Pfister murder case this week rescheduled a preliminary hearing for later in the month. She also denied a motion to allow separate trials for the accused.
The building housing Aspen’s Explore Booksellers is on the market. It unclear what that means for the bookstore
Also this week, a plan to open a small business incubator in Aspen.
And activist and artist Lee Mulcahy loses an appeal of his ban from Aspen Institute property. He is also still banned from Skico properties and the Aspen Art Museum.
On the Download with Rob St. Mary we look at how best to increase and distribute broadband access in the mountains.
It’s all on this week’s Valley Roundup.
On the show today:
Pfister Murder Case Hearings Rescheduled
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162513
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162501
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11690349-113/hearing-aspen-case-carpenter
Mulcahy Loses Appeal
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11679604-113/aspen-mulcahy-institute-petre
Aspen Valley Foundation – Basalt Retirement Center
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162427
Explore Booksellers Building for Sale
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162497
Gunilla Asher, Lani Shaw RIP
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11679493-113/shaw-lani-creek-woody
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/11667923-113/aspen-asher-gunilla-cancer
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/162498
The Download with Rob St. Mary
Mountain Connect Rural Broadband Conference:
http://www.mountainconnect.org/
Comedian/Actor Patton Oswalt goes silent on social media:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/patton-oswalt-quits-social-media
Why does something “go viral”?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/science/why-that-video-went-viral.html?_r=1