All week the Aspen Public Radio News team is bringing you candidate interviews, and breaking down the local and state ballot measures that you will be voting on. Get informed, and then mail in your ballot.

Two candidates are vying to represent District 57 in the state house. Bob Rankin is the Republican incumbent.

On Thursday night, Aspen Public Radio, in partnership with GrassRoots TV, The Aspen Times and Aspen Daily News, held a debate with the two candidates for the Eagle County Commissioner seat.

All week the Aspen Public Radio News team is bringing you candidate interviews, and breaking down the local and state ballot measures that you will be voting on. Get informed, and then mail in your ballot.

Art is creative and personal, yes, but often art is business, as well. Navigating the legal issues that come with that is a necessary, but sometimes daunting, part of life for creatives. Last week, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts brought creative law expert Dave Ratner to Carbondale for a workshop for local artists and lawyers.

At the foot of Aspen Mountain, just off the Ajax Trail, several towering Douglas fir trees have turned brown-red and dropped their needles. They look like red ghosts in the evergreen forest.

All week the Aspen Public Radio News team is bringing you candidate debates and breaking down the ballot measures that YOU will be voting on. Get informed, then mail in your ballot.

Garfield County Libraries refunded $139,000 last year and they’re looking at an even bigger loss this year. That’s because Colorado’s TABOR amendment limits the amount that government districts like the libraries can grow. Garfield County ballot issue 6A would remove the state limit and allow the library district to keep all the revenue it collects.

All week the Aspen Public Radio News team is bringing you candidate debates, and breaking down the ballot measures that YOU will be voting on. Get informed, and then mail in your ballot.

This fall, Colorado Mountain College is asking voters to approve a measure that would help stabilize its funding.