Monday is the grand opening for Basalt’s Roaring Fork Apartments. There are 56 of them, brand new, next to the bus stop on Highway 82 by Stubbies.

An inmate at the Garfield County Jail was found dead in a cell early Thursday morning.

The Aspen Ideas Festival starts Thursday, and there is new art on the campus of the Aspen Institute. Slogans like “End the draft!” and “Vote yes for peace!” are stamped in giant letters on Vietnam-era protest posters in the Paepcke Gallery.

Low river flows and hot weather could be particularly tough on area fish. A local organization is asking boaters and anglers to chip in on a science project aimed at protecting trout.

Eight wildfires now burn in Colorado, and Roaring Fork Valley communities are under fire restrictions because of hot, dry, windy conditions.

In 2016, the world’s largest investment firm issued a report saying that climate change must be a factor in money management. On Wednesday, BlackRock Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand will discuss sustainable investing.

The City of Aspen will be buying real estate downtown as a permanent solution to their ongoing need for office space.

The 2018 AREDAY Summit kicks off today, and it includes conversations about setting aside half of the world for nature.

J. Courtney Sullivan is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Commencement, Maine, The Engagements , and Saints For All Occasions . She is a co-editor, with Courtney Martin, of the essay anthology Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: http://apple.co/1HCVfjA

Heritage Fire culinary festival was Saturday in Snowmass Village. The event featured whole-animal cookery over open fires. There’s also a larger purpose: To spread education about local farmers and sustainably raised meat. Arts and culture reporter Christin Kay took a trip from farm to table, or, in this case, farm to fire pit.