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Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioA growing effort to preserve mobile home parks as affordable housing was praised by local leaders at a public forum Aug. 3 at the Aspen Chapel co-hosted by the Aspen Jewish Congregation, Snowmass Chapel and Mountain Voices Project as an example of public-private, cross-sector collaboration that could help solve wider housing challenges. -
Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioA short-term ICE detention facility in west Glenwood Springs could be one step closer to shutting down after the City Council on Thursday voted to sue the property's Florida-based landlord for allegedly violating municipal code by allowing immigration detentions in a commercial zone without a city permit. ICE and its landlord did not respond to previous violation notices or appeal the city’s April decision to revoke its special use permit.
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Garfield County Libraries has appointed Abraham Korah, a former branch library manager and Colorado Mountain College library director, as its new executive director. Korah takes the helm as the district navigates ongoing efforts to censor books, growing library use and a potential mill levy renewal on the November ballot. -
Garfield County’s longtime sheriff, Lou Vallario, is stepping down at the end of this year, and two Republican candidates — Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Lt. Brent Baker and Eagle County Undersheriff Dan Loya — are competing to take over his position in the June 30 primary election. -
As outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing. -
The city’s planning and zoning commission revoked a decades-old permit for a short-term ICE detention facility located at the Midland Center on Tuesday night. The decision could result in a legal battle over whether ICE can continue to operate there. -
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. Democrats in the Colorado legislature are trying to outlaw the practice through different legal means. -
Glenwood Springs officials are recommending that the city’s planning and zoning commission uphold a special use permit for ICE’s short-term holding facility and administrative office ahead of an April 28 hearing, despite data that shows the agency detained people for over 12 hours at the site, in violation of the conditions of its permit. -
The declines were felt across the Mountain West. In Idaho, SNAP participation fell nearly 8%. Nevada saw a drop of more than 14%. In Arizona, participation fell by nearly 34%. New Mexico saw a decrease of about 6%, while Wyoming dropped by more than 11%. -
Data-privacy concerns raised about Glenwood Springs' Automatic License Plate Recognition cameras are widespread across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, an Aspen Journalism analysis found. -
Without qualified interpreters at doctors' offices, non-English speakers can face bad — even fatal — health outcomes. A hospital in rural Colorado is training its existing bilingual staff to address the service gap. -
The Supreme Court Justices said Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.
