Poverty

In 1999, the local chapter of Habitat International was formed in the Roaring Fork Valley. The founders of our local chapter had great instincts, and…

Child poverty levels declined in back to back years for the first time in more than a decade, according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign. Garfield and…

About one in ten kids in Pitkin County are living in poverty. That’s according to a statewide study discussed in Aspen last week. Officials with the…

Good afternoon, it’s Mountain Edition. A Snowmass Town councilman faces a felony charge after allegedly trashing a jail cell.Aspenites will probably vote…

The Great Recession may be in the rearview mirror, but it left poverty in its wake. Pitkin County’s Health and Human Services Department reports more…

Welcome to Valley Roundup, a review of the top news stories in the Roaring Fork Valley in the past week. A couple that lives in a penthouse in downtown…

A non profit in the Mid-valley is ramping up for growing season. This will be the second year Growing Food Forward uses gardening to help feed the…

A book that looks at environmental crises, immigration and social inequality in the Roaring Fork Valley is being taught in college classrooms across the…

Men are making more money than women working in the Roaring Fork Valley. But, the differences vary depending on the county. A new report shows a woman…