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The fair will explore themes like the environment and social consciousness with a host of panels and collaborations, in addition to a robust slate of exhibitors.
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The haze we’ve been seeing in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys will likely continue for the rest of the week. Public health officials say wildfire smoke traveling long distances has only gotten more common over the past ten years.
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The Global Warming Mitigation Project’s leader Jacquelyn Francis wanted to see if she could get to a conference in Sun Valley without driving or flying. With a combination of e-biking and train riding, she endured scorching temperatures in a heat wave made more likely by climate change.
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Lovendahl has created more than 200 ceramic pieces molded in the shape of an ear and painted in colors that reflect the demographics of the United States. Together, they form a five-foot-by-eight-foot mural at the Red Brick Center for the Arts.
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The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado is proposing new rules to manage big game habitat in areas where there’s a lot of oil and gas development. The rules are designed to limit the impacts of human activity on wildlife.
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The four-day gathering of security experts and world leaders concludes on Friday. This year’s schedule had several changes due to last weekend’s shooting at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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At Tuesday’s work session, Carbondale town trustees discussed how they could refine a short-term rental regulation implemented in 2022. After Carbondale limited which property owners were eligible for short-term rental licenses, the options for tourist accommodations have fallen.
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“Housing the Aspen Idea” is a collaboration between the Aspen Institute, Aspen Center for Physics and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Each nonprofit has their own plans for housing with different occupants in mind; they’re working on a land use application together to consider big-picture impacts and eliminate redundancies.
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Work on the Grizzly Reservoir has been going on since last month, and officials anticipated that there may be some discoloration of the Roaring Fork River. People recreating on the river in the coming days should be extra careful not to ingest any water, and keep their pets dry.
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For every dollar spent in Glenwood Springs, there’s a half cent sales tax that goes to the city’s infrastructure fund, for roads, sidewalks, stormwater, and other improvements. That tax is sunsetting in 2026, and officials are looking at funding options for the future.