Update Friday, November 22nd: The Delta County Independent reports  Quintero sent messages to a 14 year old boy from New Castle. The messages were “sent from Glenwood Apostolic, an account that has since been closed.” 

Welcome to Valley Roundup, a review of the week’s top news stories in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.  

Andy Stone and Carolyn Sackariason join us to discuss the opening of ski season and with it the need to get reacquainted with the slopes

Also accusations of animal cruelty at the Krabloonik dog sledding operation in Snowmass are now on the record.

We talk today with a reporter in Ouray who is covering the mining accident this week that left two miners dead.

And on the Download with Rob St. Mary - the web looks back at JFK, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley

The recent mining accident near Ouray was one of the worst in recent Colorado history. Two miners died and nearly two dozen were injured at the Revenue-Virginius mine, of Star Mine Operations.  More details about what happened are starting to come out. Aspen Public Radio’s Elise Thatcher talks with reporter Samantha Wright, who’s covering the accident for the Telluride Watch newspapers.

At least one former resident of the Roaring Fork Valley has played a part in the dramatic fracking boom in the last decade. He’s one of several characters examined in a book exploring how fracking started… and there’s an odd connection to restaurants and even the OJ Simpson trial.

Federal agents on the Front Range today are raiding medical marijuana dispensaries and grow operations with the help of local authorities. We’ll have the latest.

A new method for handling criminals is ramping up in Pitkin County. Instead of incarceration, a new wellness program is being tried for people who fit the bill.

As the Greater Sage Grouse’s habitat disappears across the West, federal officials are deciding how strongly to protect some of its Colorado habitat. Local stakeholders are watching closely.

College students around the country are getting an inside glimpse into the social workings of the Roaring Fork Valley...through a book called “The Slums of Aspen.”

A Wall Street Journal reporter explores the early movers and shakers in developing fracking - one of them is a former Aspen resident.

Finally, the fastest distance Nordic skier in the U-S grew up in Aspen. We profile Noah Hoffman in the Road to Sochi series.