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Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioDozens of people showed up last week in Glenwood Springs to celebrate the $23 million Benedict Apartments for adults older than 55. Catholic Charities is behind the new building named for late Aspen philanthropists Fritz and Fabi Benedict, who donated about $2.1 million in affordable housing funds to the nonprofit in the 1990s. -
Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioWith two Roaring Fork Valley mobile home parks under contract, partners are moving through a 45-day due diligence period for inspections. Aspen-Basalt and Mountain Valley mobile home parks have raised approximately $14 million toward their $20 million goal for the collective $42 million asking price.
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This comes amid Trump administration cuts to special services on the 988 hotline. -
As protests against federal immigration crackdowns spread across the country this week, local residents were participating in a community discussion about how to support immigrant communities in Aspen on Tuesday. Protesters in Glenwood Springs on Wednesday also spoke out against an increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. -
Immigration attorneys in the Roaring Fork Valley are spreading awareness about a recent rise in scams and extortion targeting immigrants. An increase in federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration this year has resulted in heightened fear and insecurity for many immigrants, which can make people more vulnerable to scams. -
As demonstrations swirled around the Capitol five years ago, state lawmakers came together on a sweeping package of reforms that are still playing out. -
Native American tribes, including one from Nevada, want the U.S. government to explain how it funded boarding schools for Indigenous children -
Immigrant advocates and attorneys saw an uptick in community reports of ICE activity last week in the Roaring Fork Valley and I-70 mountain corridor. -
Millions of people in the U.S. experience domestic and sexual violence each year, including children and teens. To try to prevent this from happening, Basalt-based nonprofit Response is partnering with K-12 schools from Aspen to Carbondale to teach students about consent and healthy relationships in the age of smartphones and social media. -
The Stepping Stones center offers free, bilingual youth-development programs and services to about 400 students from Aspen to Parachute. The nonprofit has also become a second home for many, including a growing number of students from immigrant families, and the organization has responded by offering more Spanish-language services. -
The override effort failed when the House of Representatives laid over the vote to override the veto until May 9, which is after the legislative session ends. -
Thousands gathered in communities across Colorado on Saturday as part of the national Hands Off! series of protests.
