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Parachute held a candidate forum March 10, 2026. The upcoming mayoral race is the town’s first contested election in a decade.
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Halle Zander/Aspen Public RadioCommissioners narrowly agreed to advance a substantially reduced request for a wildlife crossing study. The board will consider final approval of the funding on March 25. -
This voter guide includes up-to-date information about registering to vote, polling locations and what’s on the municipal ballots in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys. -
Aspen Daily News fileThe Aspen City Council wants to take a new look at its development regulations in hopes of finding a way to nudge stalled projects along and minimize the amount of vacant buildings around town. -
Michael Fanelli/Aspen Public RadioA federal grant that funds the program will expire at the end of September, forcing the program to reduce its operations unless the county can find alternative sources of funding.
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On today's newscast: The two candidates running for mayor in Parachute offered their perspectives on the most important issue facing the town at a forum last week; REI Union workers are fighting for their first contract; and reliable high-speed internet is still out of reach for many tribal communities. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Mike McMillan/U.S. Forest ServiceHighschoolers across six BIE-run schools in South Dakota, Oklahoma, Montana and New Mexico are already participating, including Northwest High School in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation. -
The heat wave comes in the midst of an already challenging winter for the Rocky Mountains, compounding months of warm and dry conditions.
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Rachel Cohen/KUNCThe city used to auction off surplus animals to ranchers. But six years ago, it started donating them to tribes instead. More than 170 animals have been gifted so far. -
NOAA/nClimGrid-MonthlySome cities nearing 100 degrees
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Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty ImagesThe three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools. -
Barackatullah Popal/APAfghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has dismissed the accusation. -
Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesIn a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee. -
Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThe court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.
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The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job. -
On Monday Cuba was plunged into an island-wide blackout affecting 11 million people after a "complete disconnection" of its electrical system, officials said, amid a worsening fuel shortage. -
Anti-vaccine activists rally supporters to try to keep the momentum going on changing federal vaccine policies. This comes even as the White House tries to tamp down attention to the unpopular issue ahead of the midterm elections, and a powerful federal advisory committee plans to meet to consider even more moves. -
U.S. gasoline prices are up nearly 80 cents from a month ago, while diesel prices have shot up even more. Diesel is now just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA, up $1.34 from last month. -
A mix of decorated veterans and rising stars won 24 medals for Team USA, 13 of them gold. The last one arrived Sunday, when the U.S. sled hockey team beat Canada to win its fifth straight gold medal. -
Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue re-imagines the story of the American West — and the Apache fight for survival — in an epic that's both defiantly challenging and, at times, magical.
Join NPR’s Peter Sagal, host of Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, to judge this year’s storytellers on Monday, March 30, at the historic Wheeler Opera House for what’s sure to be another memorable night of oral storytelling!
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