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Artnauts is an artist collective that works to draw attention to global issues through the visual arts. Despite originating in Colorado, the group usually shows internationally, and making a stateside appearance is rare.
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Sarah Tory/Aspen Public RadioRangelands cover 50 percent of the earth’s land surface, including much of the Roaring Fork Valley. But these ecosystems — a critical carbon sink — are under threat as climate change worsens. -
Sage Smiley/Aspen Public RadioCarbondale elected its first female mayor in ten years, about 100 people voted in Parachute’s first election in a decade, and New Castle’s town council will have a female majority for the first time since at least 2014. -
The three municipalities held elections for town council member, town trustee and mayoral seats on April 7, 2026. -
Caroline Llanes/Rocky Mountain Community RadioA new study from Western Colorado University found that winters with low snowpack tend to yield wildfire seasons that destroy more live biomass. The findings don’t bode well for Colorado forests this summer, but the worst outcomes can still be avoided.
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On today's newscast: Fewer students are missing class at the Aspen School District this year; a global artist collective has an exhibit at Colorado Mountain College until next month; and Colorado has reached a tentative agreement for the long-promised passenger train from Denver to Northern Colorado. Tune in for these stories and more.
Regional News
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AspenSkiingCompanyA Vail journalist discusses ‘the long-forgotten story of how we broke skiing — by very nearly saving it.’ -
Allison Robbert/APBut win in other states in the midst of legal challenges -
Andy McMillan/U.S. Forest ServiceThe plan would consolidate research leadership — currently dispersed across the country — in Fort Collins, Colo., while closing laboratories in Montana, Utah and Nevada. -
Wyoming Game & Fish DepartmentThe grizzly was previously relocated from Montana to Wyoming to improve genetic connectivity. Now, she has reproduced.
NPR News
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Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines for a non-profit group, and in a short career helped find more than 100.
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Tommy Trenchard for NPRIt's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon. -
DBenitostock/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIn her new book You've Been Pooping All Wrong, Dr. Trisha Pasricha shares habits and practices to make your relationship with your solid waste as smooth as possible -
Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty ImagesIndia's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back.
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The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening. -
In Syria, instability allowed ISIS fighters to flee camps, but many of their families still detainedNPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria. -
With 35 candidates in the race, Peru is set to elect its 9th president in less than a decade. Amid rising corruption and crime, voters are left asking: Can this election finally break the cycle? -
Anthropic announced this week that its new model found security flaws in "every major operating system and web browser." Even before the news, AI models had gotten dramatically better at finding bugs. -
A senior White House official said that an American delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, was meeting with senior Iranian negotiators in Islamabad to discuss an end to the six-week long war. -
The four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission splashed down on Earth, after a successful visit to the moon.
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