The Western Slope electric utility sourced enough renewable power in March to match total member demand, but it still occasionally leaned on fossil fuels. By 2030, it hopes to eliminate those climate-warming sources entirely.
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The county claims the city filed an incomplete land use application, but Glenwood says it doesn’t need to file one at all.
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A new museum exhibition, titled “Aspen in Excess: The 1980s,” pays homage to the women of Aspen who shaped the town's shifting culture in the '80s. It opens at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum on June 16.
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Director Ruth Katz talks about this year’s lineup of topics and speakers, including the pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan. During the closing session, Chan will discuss her initiative to use AI-powered technology to cure or prevent all diseases by the end of the century.
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Meghan Umber will succeed Alan Fletcher as president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Umber will bring two decades of experience at the Los Angeles Philharmonic to the Roaring Fork Valley.
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On today's newscast: The two Democratic candidates for Eagle County Sheriff agree that the agency lacks structure, but they differ on how to address the issue; a legal dispute is escalating between the City of Ouray and the town’s only sworn police officer; and nearly 170,000 ballots have been returned for Colorado’s primary election so far. Tune in for these stories and more.
Regional News
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The Public Lands Integrity Act would classify public lands sales as “erroneous” under special rules for budget reconciliation bills, making them ineligible to pass with a simple majority vote.
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Pressure to defund renewable energy projects is coming from the Trump administration and from grassroots groups.
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Both in the United States and around the world, fire seasons in 2025 were relatively light. Yet the loss of lives and property hit historic highs, raising questions about whether acres burned is the best metric to assess devastation caused by wildfires, according to a recent analysis.
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Utah’s congressional delegation attempted to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the management plan for nearly 2 million acres of the Southern Utah monument. They have now run up against a 60 day time limit for the procedural maneuver.
NPR News
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The Trump administration wants to jumpstart student loan repayment, with federal student loan debt approaching $2 trillion.
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Here is the text of the memorandum of understanding that was signed Wednesday by President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as Pakistan's prime minister.
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Ukraine launched a new wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday, amounting to one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.
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We asked half a dozen skin care experts: Which products do you really need to keep your skin healthy and attractive? Here's what they said.
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Three brothers say their mother and father died after losing access to their HIV medications. Now the boys are figuring out how to navigate life.
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The court ruled that the law used to prosecute a marijuana user violated his Second Amendment right to bear arms and is unconstitutionally vague.
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In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
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MIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea."
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Director Michael Sarnoski's film about the legendary hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor is about the stories we tell ourselves.
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The Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony will be a star-studded event. The center's museum highlights the legacy of the former president, but it is not a traditional presidential library.
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