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Food aid groups in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys say the suspension of federal benefits will exacerbate the region’s growing hunger crisis. The Colorado legislature is trying to bolster funding at food banks to account for an expected increase in demand.

As school board races in Colorado and across the country become more politicized, clear partisan divides have emerged between the four candidates vying for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District board in the November election.

Anderson Ranch Arts Center will cap off its fall Latine community arts programming with a Day of the Dead event this weekend. The arts center will also continue its fall lecture series throughout November.

Major fire mitigation projects have been completed throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, but many insurers don’t know about those initiatives. A new portal could identify which neighborhoods have invested in wildfire prevention.

Eagle County and the town of Basalt ask voters to bump taxes on visitors by 2%. The questions come just a few months after the town voted to impose a hefty fee on short-term rentals.

When kids do not have a mentor in their lives, studies show it leads to poor development and difficulty overcoming challenges. The Buddy Program is pairing students with older peers and community members to try to provide students with the mentors they need.

Longtime Aspenite and community supporter Gideon Isaac Kaufman, 77, died Sunday in a solo bicycle crash on Castle Creek Road, officials said.

Nine candidates are running for the five-member board to oversee the estimated $12 million in annual sales tax revenue, if 7A passes.

The department says the money is necessary to meet growing demand for fire and emergency services amid falling revenue. It would also go toward housing to make their volunteer-supported operations sustainable.

The $70 million debt issuance would help fund the rental complex.