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The 18th 5Point Film Festival is kicking off Thursday in Carbondale and runs until Sunday. Interim executive director Aisha Weinhold sat down with reporter Regan Mertz to talk about this year’s festival, changes in the film industry and how 5Point hopes to stay connected to the local Carbondale community.

English in Action hosted its 8th annual Immigrant Voices event this month where speakers from across the region shared their life stories. This year, however, organizers had to consider the political climate.

For the first time in 40 years, many of Planned Parenthood’s patients at the Glenwood Springs clinic will now be able to use their health insurance for abortion care.

Several local parents who lost their kids to accidental fentanyl overdoses are urging Polis to support a bipartisan bill that recently passed the Colorado legislature requiring social media companies to crack down on illegal activity such as drug sales on their platforms, but the governor has indicated he’s likely to veto it due to concerns it could harm freedom, innovation and privacy.

The listing for St. Benedict’s Monastery went under contract March 13 to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed amount. It’s still unclear what will happen to the local monks who still live on-site and what the buyer’s vision is for the land.

Aspen One will begin construction on several infrastructure projects in April at the Snowmass Ski Area. The projects, totaling almost $80 million, will include two lift replacements and reconstruction of the Ullrhof restaurant.

A suspicious item in checked luggage later identified as a heavily modified hairdryer led to the evacuation of the Aspen airport terminal on Sunday, delaying multiple flights as authorities investigated the potential threat.

In 2022, Aspen Film purchased the Isis Theatre since, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the writer and actor strike and the rise of streaming, small theaters have struggled to stay open. Susan Wrubel, executive and artistic director at Aspen Film, sat down with reporter Regan Mertz to talk about the future of the theatre, last week’s ShortsFest and the Sundance Film Festival coming to Colorado.

House District 57’s Elizabeth Velasco is co-sponsoring a new immigration bill that aims to protect immigrants from data privacy concerns when accessing public services.

Rural Public Lands County Council’s Robert Weidner gave an update to Garfield County commissioners on Monday regarding energy development and the Secure Rural Schools tax on the Western Slope.