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Alicia Thompson, Jeff Glasser and Wade Spann share their stories of service and sacrifice with reporter Alycin Bektesh.

The Carbondale Board of Trustees is scheduled to review a draft Climate Action Plan tomorrow night.

Garfield County’s Board of Commissioners agreed Monday to pay Xcel Energy just under $325,000 to power up one of their new radio towers.

Rosybelle, the mobile maker space, made her debut this month. She is a bus created on behalf of Carbondale Arts, and she’s ready to provide another venue for arts education to the valley’s youth.

Garfield County commissioners voted Monday to rezone part of a residential neighborhood in Battlement Mesa to allow for an injection well.

City of Aspen voters will elect a mayor and two council seats next month. Some locals are pushing for new blood on council, largely because of the current council’s vote to hold on to water rights to build dams on Castle and Maroon creeks. Elizabeth Stewart-Severy has been following the issue and is here to give us an update.

Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason. The Aspen Skiing Co. shook up the industry this week with its announcement that it was buying two resort companies — Intrawest and Mammoth. SkiCo and KSL to acquire Mammoth Resorts SkiCo: Intrawest purchase does little to Aspen Snowmass operations Aspen Skiing Co: acquisitions of Mammoth, Intrawest vital in today’s ski world Aspen Skiing Co. lays out advantages of proposed Intrawest purchase Skico says don’t expect an Aspen-Steamboat ski pass

The Aspen Skiing Co. announced this week two pending acquisitions that will change the resort industry landscape if they go through. Speaking with News Director Carolyn Sackariason this morning on Valley Roundup are Jason Blevins, staff writer for the Denver Post, Madeleine Osberger, contributing editor of the Aspen Daily News and David Krausse, editor of the Aspen Times. You can hear more of the conversation, which includes Randy Essex, editor and publisher of the Glenwood Post Independent at 3

As the weather heats up, local energy organizations and utilities are offering residents opportunities to make their homes more efficient.

Summer in Snowmass means biking, hiking, sightseeing and soon a climbing wall, zipline and an alpine coaster. The U.S. Forest Service gave initial approval last month for a suite of recreational activities on the Elk Camp side of the ski area. Elizabeth Stewart-Severy spoke with Forest Service mountain sports manager Roger Poirier about the plans.