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The unofficial kick-off to election season in Aspen is “lottery day,” when the order in which candidates names will appear on the ballot is determined.

New oil and gas drilling operations would have to be built further away from schools than they are now. That's according to a bill that advanced in the House on Wednesday. Democrats backed it after a seven-hour hearing in a packed room at the Capitol.

A state bill that would require oil and gas drilling operations to sit farther away from school property has cleared its first hurdle.

In 2014, the Town of Carbondale wanted to know if they were paying their employees enough. They hired HR-consulting firm, Mountain States Employers Council, who determined they were not.

Melissa Febos is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart and Abandon Me . Her work has been widely anthologized and appears in publications including T in House, Granta, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Glamour, Guernica, Post Road, Salon , and The New York Times . She serves on the Board of Directors of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, the PEN America Membership Committee, and co-curated the Manhattan reading and music series, Mixer, for nine years. She curates literary

Welcome to Valley Roundup. I’m Carolyn Sackariason .

It’s becoming routine for elected officials in Pitkin County to go out of their way to send a message to visiting family members of the president.

Real estate sales fell 30 percent in Aspen and Snowmass in 2016, but overall was still a $1.45 billion industry.

Currently, there are a handful of proposed developments in the Basalt area. The mid-valley is a desirable place to live, and the demand for housing has sparked fierce debates. Aspen Public Radio’s Wyatt Orme recently attended a meeting for The Tree Farm development, which is currently under review by Eagle County. He discussed the meeting, along the broader context of increased housing and business development in the mid-valley, with producer Christin Kay.

The Grand Traverse backcountry ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen begins Friday at midnight. Two-person teams will make the overnight, 40-mile trek over the Elk Mountains, with the fastest teams sliding to the base of Aspen Mountain around 7 a.m.