Air Quality

Wildfires throughout the Mountain West have caused significant air quality problems this summer, even for communities miles away from the fires. CU Boulder’s Joost de Gouw says that’s because of how particles in the smoke interact with the atmosphere.

Today's newscast explores the latest COVID-19 snapshot for the Roaring Fork Valley, an upcoming public forum for the Aspen School District’s Board of Education candidates, an update on the Wheeler Opera House exterior renovation, and more.

Monitoring over the last decade has shown that air quality in the Roaring Fork Valley has been good overall, but that’s changing as the human-caused climate crisis intensifies the size and frequency of wildfires across the West.

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission holds its first rulemaking hearing on May 20 and 21 to address greenhouse gas, or GHG, reporting and the…

As fires burn in Colorado and across the west, Roaring Fork communities have frequently been under health advisories for air quality because of smoke.…

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted last week to increase testing for methane emissions from oil and gas development. The new rules apply…

Winds pushed smoke from several wildfires in Utah, Arizona and California into the Roaring Fork Valley Thursday. The smoke is likely to stick around…

It’s an idyllic scene out of a ski resort ad: After a long day skiing, return home and warm your bones by the roaring fire. Donnie Lee, general manager at…

Aspen businessman and geologist Todd Mitchell was reappointed to Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission last week. Mitchell has worked extensively in…

Now that cold temperatures have settled into the valley, motorists are letting their engines run longer. Carbondale has its eyes on this issue. In Aspen,…