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The Aspen Skiing Company announced Monday that skiers will get to enjoy last week’s winter storm. Aspen Mountain will reopen for Memorial Day weekend.

The Roaring Fork is on Colorado’s list of impaired rivers. City of Aspen officials are working on a plan to improve the health of the Roaring Fork River.

This week on Curated, an improv troupe masters the art of long form storytelling, a writer and comedian finds humor in Aspen living and a professor from the University of Colorado at Boulder breaks down the behavioral psychology of humor across cultures.

Max Winter is the author of the novel Exes . He is a graduate of UC Irvine’s MFA program, and a recipient of two Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowships in Fiction. He has been published in Day One and Diner Journal . He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son.

If you’re a person suffering from a mental health crisis in Colorado, you could end up in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. Governor John Hickenlooper recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed people on a mental health hold to stay in jail or in a hospital for a longer amount of time than is currently allowed. Christin talks to reporter Wyatt Orme about how this veto highlights the lack of psychiatric care available in rural areas like the Roaring Fork Valley.

Dr. Peter McGraw is a professor in the business department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His most recent research examines what makes things funny. Claire Woodcock spoke with him on the big secret behind humor.

Ballots are in the mail for the Aspen City Council run-off election between Torre and Ward Hauenstein.

Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason. Joining me this week to discuss the week’s news are Aspen Times editor David Krause, Aspen Daily News editor Curtis Wackerle and Carla Jean Whitley, features editor of the Glenwood Post Independent. There’s a chirping crisis in downtown Aspen that city officials are hoping will fly away. City is looking to quell new Main Street ‘chirping’ signals City grapples with fowl sounds on Main Street in Aspen Chirping crosswalk signals on Main Street

On this week's Mountain Edition, hosts Wyatt Orme and Carolyn Sackariason bring you a compilation of the week's news.

Today’s commercial real estate market in downtown Aspen indicates that collecting rent is not a motivator for some landlords. Speaking with News Director Carolyn Sackariason on Valley Roundup this morning are Aspen Daily News Editor Curtis Wackerle and Aspen Times Editor David Krause. You can hear more of the conversation on Valley Roundup at 3:30 p.m. today, which includes Carla Jean Whitley, features editor at the Glenwood Springs Post Independent.