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00000176-6d2a-dc2f-ad76-6d2a4f3f0000The latest news about the Roaring Fork Valley updated Monday through Friday with your host Zoe Rom.

00000176-6d2a-dc2f-ad76-6d2a4f480000The Aspen Ideas Festival is an annual gathering that offers a variety of programs, tutorials, seminars, discussions and events that bring together vibrant intellectual exchange. Aspen Public Radio is broadcasting several events. If you miss it live, you can listen to them here. To check the schedule of broadcasts, click here. To view the schedule of public events, click here.

Aspen Public Radio is your source for in-depth coverage of local and state issues this election season. Voters will see two state-wide initiatives: Proposition CC, which removes revenue limits put in place by the TABOR amendment, and Proposition DD, which takes sports-betting revenues to fund water initiatives. Locally, Basalt residents decide on the town's property tax rate, the Roaring Fork and Aspen School Districts both select new school board members and initiatives to tax tobacco products appear on ballots throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. Ballots are due on November 5. Listen to Aspen Public Radio and check our website and social media for analysis and election results.

00000176-6d2a-dc2f-ad76-6d2a4f590000Aspen Public Radio is hitting the road, the trails and the slopes to visit the communities we serve. You'll meet Executive Director, Tammy Terwelp, along with our reporters, program director, and other staff. We want to hear from you to better fulfill our mission. What should people know about where you live? How can Aspen Public Radio's reporting serve your community better? What news issues are important to you? We spend our time telling you stories; now we want to hear from you. Use the hashtag #tellmemoreAPR on Instagram and Twitter to see what people have shared and to help spread the word about where we will be next.If you can't make it in person or don't want to wait, please feel free to contact us directly! Record a voice memo on your phone or write out your thoughts and email us at lisa@aspenpublicradio.org.Tell Me More Tour ScheduleJanuary 24 and 25: Sundeck, Aspen Mountain | 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.February 6 and 7: Merry-Go-Round Restaurant, Aspen Highlands | 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.February 27: The Collective, Snowmass Village | 4-6 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. during Community BingoPOSTPONED: March 31: Colorado Mountain College, Rifle | 5-7 p.m.POSTPONED: April 9: Bonfire Coffee, Carbondale | 3-5 p.m.POSTPONED: April 10: Basalt Regional Library, Basalt | 3-5 p.m.POSTPONED: May 9: Free Family Fun Fair, Aspen Recreation Center | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.CANCELLED: July 4: Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Tent, Aspen Saturday Market | 8 a.m.-3p.m.CANCELLED: Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Tent, Aspen Saturday Market | 8 a.m.-3p.m.CANCELLED: Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Tent, Aspen Saturday Market | 8 a.m.-3p.m.CANCELLED: Aspen Recreation Center's Boo Bash, Aspen Fire Station | 3-5 p.m.

Aspen Public Radio’s reporting project Rocky Mountain Why? starts with what you’re curious about when it comes to life in the Roaring Fork Valley.Why was Aspen nicknamed Fat City? Is it true that the Roaring Fork Valley produces more potatoes than Idaho? Our news team does the digging, then shares the answers with our community.What are you curious about? Submit your question here.

Aspen Public Radio will keep you informed on the latest information about the coronavirus here in Colorado and the Valley.

People from around the Roaring Fork Valley have all been impacted in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now many are sharing their experiences to collect and memorialize the valley’s COVID-19 pandemic history.“Quarantine Stories: Recording History" is a community oral history project from Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Historical Society, featuring self-recorded interviews from individuals and families during these historic times.You can participate by interviewing your family or telling us your story. What are you feeling and seeing? What motivates you? What scares you? What is the day like outside your window?00000176-6d2a-dc2f-ad76-6d2a4f990001Record and send in an audio clip to be preserved in perpetuity in the Aspen Historical Society archive. The future may be uncertain, but together we can capture history happening in real time.There are two easy ways to submit your recording:1. Record it as voice memo on your smartphone and email it to aspenpublicradio@gmail.com.2. Call 970-812-3726 and leave your story as a voicemail00000176-6d2a-dc2f-ad76-6d2a4f9b0000Support for “Quarantine Stories: Recording History" comes from Aspen Center for Environmental Studies educating for environmental responsibility since 1968.*By submitting your story, you agree to it being aired on Aspen Public Radio and archived for future use by Aspen Historical Society for educational and archival purposes as set forth here.

Enjoy past interviews and performances from the Aspen Music Festival and School with host Chris Mohr.

The Aspen Public Radio Newsroom has chosen to focus on four specific issues for our election coverage: the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice/representation, climate change and land use/management.These issues were among the most important to voters, according to a Pew Research poll in August 2020. We also chose them because they are important to people who live in the Roaring Fork Valley. That’s especially true as many have seen the economy, and their livelihoods, take a hit because of the pandemic, the growing Latino population in the region hasn’t had someone from their community holding a countywide governmental office, wildfires have been ferocious this season in the state, and the oil and gas industry employs many people.Our central question while reporting this series was “What Can I Expect From My Government?” We set out to find a diverse group of people who could tell us their answers to that question.Our election series is scheduled for Oct. 20-23. You'll be able to hear the stories during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. All our content will also be available here. Many of the other stories you’ll find here are from our reporting partners. We wanted to provide information about Colorado's key ballot initiatives and races, and also share details about how you can take part in this historic election year.