Aspen Public Radio Newscast

On today's newscast: Pitkin County Commissioners voted unanimously yesterday to help Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork buy an apartment building for local workers in West Glenwood; Aspen School District Staff are seeing a massive culture shift at the high school; tomorrow’s first-ever Backcountry Symposium will put the spotlight on outdoor adventure; and more.

On today's newscast: the Roaring Fork Conservancy has released its own voter guide for the November general election; Colorado Lawmakers are adding their support to a high-profile transfer of water rights from the Colorado River; Colorado Parks and Wildlife is trying to capture an elusive wolf pup recently discovered on the Western Slope; and more.

On today's newscast: Former Morning Edition host Eleanor Bennett is rejoining Aspen Public Radio this week, now as the reporter on a joint Social Justice Desk in collaboration with Aspen Journalism; today marks the start of a week full of celebrations surrounding the legendary singer songwriter and beloved Aspenite John Denver; a Colorado emergency task force is helping with search and rescue following Hurricane Helene; and more.

On today's newscast: The city of Aspen is looking at a budget of roughly $175 million — a 13.5% increase over last year; candidates for Colorado Senate District 5 disagree on how the state should intervene with communities struggling to serve new immigrants with shelter; a judge has ruled against an effort to oust Colorado's controversial GOP chair; and more.

On today's newscast: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet’s new bill is proposing new wilderness lands in the Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys; Carbondale’s longest-running community event is coming up this weekend with the 115th annual Potato Days; the man charged with arson in the Alexander Mountain Fire this summer was found with fire-starting materials in his home and thousands of rounds of ammunition; and more.

On today's newscast: The West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition has officially announced the first participant in its buydown program; the Aspen Thrift Shop will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a community party this Saturday; a new federal map shows nearly half of the U.S. could experience a landslide; and more.

On today's newscast: Pitkin County is launching a new program to divert plastics from the landfill; a new summer concert series could draw as many as 16,000 people to Buttermilk Mountain next summer for big-name artists; a federal appeals court is hearing arguments in Colorado today in a lawsuit over two of the largest national monuments in our region; and more.

On today's newscast: Pitkin County Commissioners got an update from Colorado Communities for Climate Action yesterday; Pitkin BOCC weighed in on a slate of ballot measures at the state and local level yesterday — but decided against formalizing opposition to a citizen-backed measure on the airport; a gunman who killed 10 people at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder in 2021 has been found guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder; and more.

On today's newscast: The Basalt Town Council could finalize an agreement this week for Blue Lake Preschool to operate a childcare facility in the Stott’s Mill development; a new noise-abatement program at the Aspen-Pitkin County airport will collect year-round noise emissions data; the pair running for Colorado’s House District 57 — Republican Caleb Waller of Silt and incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Velasco of Glenwood Springs — squared off in the Club 20-hosted debate in Grand Junction; and more.

On today's newscast: There was a bear cub in the Aspen Middle School cafeteria; a new organization focused on public engagement and climate solutions has their next event – about the story of food – this Thursday; Adam Frisch, Democratic candidate in the 3rd Congressional District race, says he’s planning a trip to the US-Mexico border; and more.