Aspen Words has made public the faculty lineup for the 2018 Summer Words writing conference and literary festival.

The Aspen Community Foundation was awarded $1.4 million from the state of Colorado’s Department of Higher Education.

Dry weather statewide means many ski areas have limited terrain. Skiers and riders who want more might be looking into backcountry options. Right now, avalanche danger is low, but that could change with the next snowfall.

TIME magazine’s Person of the Year for 2017 is the #metoo movement. The honor goes to the people behind the movement – "The Silence Breakers" – men and women who have come forward publicly with allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

The Garfield County Coroner’s office wants more money for autopsies and for the forensic pathologists who do them.

The national nonprofit Artspace was in Carbondale last week to help the town look into creating affordable living and work spaces for artists and arts organizations.

The Wheeler Opera House will introduce a new member, and a new alternate, for the board in January.

Jennifer Egan is the author of several novels and a short story collection. Her book, A Visit From the Goon Squad , won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times book prize. Also a journalist, she has written frequently in the N ew York Times Magazine . Her newest novel is Manhattan Beach.

This week, National Monuments take a hit , a trail along the Crystal River becomes a dividing line, an effort continues to turn private land into a public amenity and how a federal tax overhaul would affect the valley . Joining host Alycin Bektesh are Jason Auslander of the Aspen Times, Amy Hadden Marsh of KDNK , and Bill Kight , columnist with the Glenwood Post Independent.

Aspen Mayor Steve Skadron spent last week representing Aspen’s sustainability goals at two separate conferences, first in Chicago and then in Dusseldorf, Germany.