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Snowmass patroller Katy Willcox has ski patrolled for a decade. As climate change makes winters increasingly unreliable, she decided that this season will be her last.
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Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Public RadioThe Carbondale-based nonprofit offers free screenprinting on most Saturdays and at some community events. This story is part of our “On the Ground” radio series, which highlights solutions to local and global issues from Roaring Fork and Colorado River valley organizations. -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioNPR and three public radio stations in Colorado, including Aspen Public Radio, sued the Trump administration in May for First Amendment violations stemming from an executive order that demanded federal agencies strip the company of its federal funding. A federal judge ruled it was “unlawful and unenforceable.” -
Aspen Daily News fileAPCHA Executive Director Matthew Gillen told the board during a March 18 meeting that the housing authority is already receiving questions about the upcoming closure. He asked board members whether they would be interested in considering a policy to implement during the closure. -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioCandidates for mayor and Board of Trustees in Carbondale talked about their motivations for running at a candidate forum on March 25.
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On today's newscast: Carbondale’s police department will start using an A-I service to draft police reports; Colorado lawmakers want to make the state a hub for researching a hallucinogenic drug that shows initial promise for treating serious neurological and mental disorders; and in a major shakeup, the U.S. Forest Service is planning to move its headquarters from the nation’s capitol to Utah. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Hart Van Denburg/CPR NewsThe former Mesa County Clerk was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison in 2024. -
Png Studio/Adobe StockNew funding is aimed at helping fossil fuel-dependent communities in the Mountain West navigate a changing energy economy, with one project focused on the Four Corners region. -
Scott FranzThe move is part of a “sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. The plan has been met with concern. -
Halle Zander/Aspen Public RadioThe Supreme Court Justices said Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy regulates speech based on viewpoint, and the lower courts erred by failing to apply sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.
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Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry. -
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThere is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation. -
Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesBondi's departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. President Trump says Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will be acting attorney general. -
Evening Standard/Getty Images/Hulton ArchiveThe Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.
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Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present. -
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down and retire, a U.S. official confirmed to NPR. -
It has been a year since President Trump announced double-digit tariffs on imports from around the world. So far, those levies have not produced the economic boom the president promised. -
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners. -
NASA's Artemis II crew has successfully launched on a mission that will take it around the moon and back to Earth. A key maneuver Thursday night determines whether they embark on their lunar visit. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Grammy-winning artist Brandy about her memoir, "Phases," in which she charts her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood.
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