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Aspen Public Radio published a story on April 1 about a ski patroller leaving the profession. Some of her coworkers spoke out in defense of the career choice.
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Halle Zander/Aspen Public RadioThe Aspen Education Association requested a 12% base salary increase for teachers. The Aspen School District offered an 8.5% increase. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioArtnauts 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. -
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.
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On today's newscast: Aspen has a new art gallery in town; much of the water used by data centers is not being reported publicly; and ski resorts that operate on public lands may soon have more flexibility to adapt to a changing climate under a new federal rule. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Brittany Peterson/Associated PressSki areas with special-use permits must be primarily focused on skiing and other snow sports. But in a final rule, the U.S. Forest Service said that focus will no longer be determined by revenue, which could help ski areas to adapt business to a changing climate. -
Dominic Gentilcore/Adobe StockWind and solar power are rapidly expanding across the Mountain West, with some states now generating a significant share of their electricity from renewable sources, according to a new report from Climate Central, a nonpartisan research group. -
Illustration: Ryan Vellinga/Images: APPresident Trump’s $1.5 trillion dollar proposed budget says the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is “unnecessary” because states can help prevent utility shutoffs. Millions rely on this help to pay their bills during extreme cold and heat surges. -
McKenzie Lange/CPR NewsRepublican Rep. Brandi Bradley of Littleton called for the entire 650+ page budget bill to be read aloud, a roughly 15-hour ordeal that halted proceedings in the House this week.
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Jacquelyn Martin/APThe Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders, for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. -
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/APThe Trump administration has said that enforcement of the FACE Act by the Biden DOJ represents "the prototypical example" of the weaponization of the law against conservatives. -
Frederic J. Brown/Getty ImagesAn Ohio man was convicted of cybercrimes involving obscene AI-generated images of women and children. But experts warn of the difficulties in going after such cases. -
Brandon Bell/Getty Images North AmericaWith Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments.
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Drug overdose deaths are plummeting in the U.S. in ways never seen before. Experts worry new, toxic "synthetic" street drugs could derail the recovery. -
Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands. The process often raises more questions for patients than it can answer. -
An Israeli whose parents were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and a Palestinian whose brother died from injuries in Israeli custody say they've become like brothers. Their new book is The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land. -
The prime minister announced new tax cuts to try to end the crisis that began after the U.S.-Israel war on Iran led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The government could face a no-confidence vote over its response to the fuel protests. -
Websites like youraislopbores.me have become playgrounds for people looking for light relief in a bot-heavy world. -
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