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Through monologues, songs and shadow puppets, six performers explored what it means to be a woman at the Women’s VOICES theater project last weekend.
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Eleanor Bennett/Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public RadioAs outside investors buy up mobile home parks, a coalition of local residents, nonprofits, governments and private donors are rallying together to inform state laws and regional strategies to preserve these communities as affordable housing. -
Stephen Ellsperman/Middle Colorado Watershed CouncilThe Colorado River Wildfire Collaborative hired a program manager to raise funds for mitigation work between Glenwood Springs and De Beque. That region is one of the most fire-prone in the state, and has lacked the resources to address the risk. -
Regan Mertz/Aspen Public RadioFour Galena Street intersections will receive a new paint job. It is a part of an effort to beautify an area of town undergoing construction, while making pedestrian walkways more visible. -
Courtesy Town of BasaltBasalt is floating a sales tax increase to fund the construction of a multi-million dollar facility that would combine the police department and all Public Works departments into one building.
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On today's newscast: Two Republican candidates are running for Garfield County Sheriff in the June primary; even though ski season wrapped up last month, construction work is just beginning on Aspen Mountain’s new Nell Bell chair lift; and a bipartisan caucus wants to help put an end to the gerrymandering wars. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Kurt Bauschardt/Flickr Creative CommonsAlongside homeowners insurance premiums, costs for multi-family rental property policies and other insurance required in the business are also on the rise. That has big implications for tenants – especially those in subsidized or affordable housing. -
Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said more than 95% of national refuge lands could be open to hunting after proposed expansions, which follow a Trump Administration order from earlier this year that directs agencies to remove barriers to hunting and fishing. -
Eric Thayer/Associated PressThe Mountain West News Bureau’s wildfire reporter Murphy Woodhouse recently spoke at length with Chief Brian Fennessy, the inaugural head of the Department of Interior’s U.S. Wildland Fire Service. A major theme of their conversation was firefighter health and well-being. -
A new Government Accountability Office report finds tribal Head Start programs are struggling with staffing, enrollment, and slow responses from federal officials.
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Hannah Frances JohanssonPublic support for the LGBTQ+ community by corporations has become politically risky, public relations expert says. -
Philip Dulian/AP via DPAThe humpback whale, nicknamed "Timmy" by German media, died following a controversial failed rescue effort. His carcass had been drifting near the Danish shore for two weeks. -
Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty ImagesPope Leo's first encyclical voices his concerns about technology and AI. The pope cautions about the illusions AI bots can create, and how important actual human relationships are. -
John Otis/NPRFar from Colombia's tourist hubs, the Mavecure Mountains rise from the Amazon jungle. Once off-limits during conflict, they now draw adventurous visitors to rare wildlife, sacred sites and vast views.
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The National Transportation Safety Board temporarily pulled its docket system offline after digital images were used to reconstruct cockpit voice recordings of the pilots in a recent crash. -
Soon after winning the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, Ken Paxton attacked Democratic nominee, state Rep. James Talarico as "too low-T for Texas," putting manhood front and center in the race. -
Some lawmakers are speaking out against closed, single-party primaries, which they see as part of a system that limits voter choice and incentivizes elected officials to prioritize party loyalty. -
The tour comes as Myanmar's new government tries to consolidate its political position regionally, while continuing to wage a brutal civil war. -
The judge wrote in his 94-page ruling that it was "crystal clear" that the arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. He also ruled that the center could not wind down its programming and close for two years of renovations – at least for now -
In echoes of past outbreaks, community members are attacking clinics, distrusting doctors and following burial traditions that could lead to more cases of Ebola.
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