Garfield County School District 16
Garfield County School District 16 serves Parachute and Battlement Mesa, where some students struggle to read and write. It's getting more than $400,000 in federal grant funding to bolster those areas.
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Drew Shaw/Aspen Daily NewsColorado water experts and elected officials urged collaboration across industries, borders and political parties as the Western Slope seeks sustainable water systems that will serve future generations. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioEvent organizers said Tuesday that they will focus on the new X Games League events instead. The motorsport only returned in January for one season after a six-year hiatus. -
Hannah Weaver/Aspen Public RadioWomen are using other brands or types of estrogen to avoid menopause symptoms while one local pharmacy works around the clock to fill prescriptions. -
Jason Charme/Aspen Daily NewsThe settlement followed nearly a decade of litigation over building defects. Under its terms, the city plans to purchase two parcels of undeveloped land from Centennial for $7.5 million, funds the HOA will use to complete repairs.
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On today's podcast: The public will now get a chance to weigh in on a proposed Pitkin County-Maroon Bells operational partnership. Water experts say collaboration was key to making it through Colorado's drought this summer. And local food pantries are stepping up after the only grocery store in Parachute closed.
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Kevin J. Beaty/DenveriteRepublican candidate for governor Victor Marx agreed earlier this week to a moderated debate with Democratic candidate Phil Weiser. -
Hanna Merzbach/Wyoming Public MediaThe institutions of western culture continue to introduce visitors, or “dudes,” to the West, taking them horseback riding, rafting, fly fishing and more. -
LP McKay / KSJD NewsPost-fire specialists are assessing soil damage, debris flows and watershed risks after the Ferris Fire, as parts of the burned landscape begin to recover. -
The Colorado River is in crisis. A record drought and new federal rules mean significant water cuts for states in the Lower Basin. But what could those changes mean for the Upper Basin states, including Colorado?
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Graham Tolbert/Psychic HotlineA year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories. -
Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe fall equinox, which arrives Tuesday in the U.S., brings shorter days, and chances to witness alignment between Earth and the sun. It's a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift. -
Karen Cox/Nonesuch RecordsA self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem. -
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesThe Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control.
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Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery. -
German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms. -
While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on. -
The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it. -
United Nations head António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the global body faces deep divisions. -
With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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