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On today's newscast: Garfield County opts into Prop 123 funds for affordable housing, House District 57 candidates share their stances on gun control, Aspen School District bus drivers report an increase in traffic violations, city-funded public art makes up a chunk of the Red Brick’s budget in Aspen, and more.
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Tito Puente Jr. shares his father’s musical legacy with a new ...
May 10, 2024 · Tito Puente was a legend of Latin jazz, salsa and mambo music — and a six-time Grammy Award winner. His legacy lives on in his son, who’s performing at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on Sunday.
The fallout from the Sublette County wolf incident – local tension …
May 24, 2024 · By now, you’ve probably heard about the man who brought a wolf into a bar in Daniel, Wyoming. The state fined Cody Roberts $250 dollars in March for possessing a live wolf in Sublette County, as originally reported by KHOL. Photos and videos show the wolf’s mouth taped shut and later muzzled at a local bar, with Roberts posing with it. He later killed the wolf.
What it was like to witness the first wolves released in Colorado, …
Dec 21, 2023 · The first group of gray wolves was released in Colorado this week after voters narrowly approved a statewide ballot initiative in 2020 to reintroduce the species.. The ballot measure broadly pitted environmentalists, who were in favor of reintroducing the species that once played a critical role in the ecosystem, against ranchers and hunters who were concerned about the loss of livestock and ...
'I Want To Challenge Your Comfort:' Hundreds ... - Aspen Public …
Jun 8, 2020 · “I know that I have had very surface level interactions with many of you, but only because your white privilege and your biases were on the surface,” said local resident Sájari Simmons to the crowd at Saturday’s protest in Aspen.";s:3:"
Moving the runway at Aspen’s airport could conclude a decades …
Apr 16, 2024 · The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport has been embroiled in controversy for decades over whether it should expand the width of the runway. Opponents are concerned that a wider runway means bigger planes and more traffic in and out of Aspen, but a recent decision from Pitkin County commissioners to rebuild the runway 80 feet to the west might force the expansion.
Aspen Fire Department Honors First Responders On ... - Aspen …
Sep 11, 2020 · The Aspen Fire Department is holding a virtual memorial service on GrassRoots TV to mark the 19th anniversary of 9/11. Aspen Fire Chief Rick Balentine is the lead organizer and will be speaking as part of the program, along with Aspen Mayor Torre, local veteran Lt. Col. Dick Merritt, Rabbi Mendel Mintz, artist Patricia Blanchet Bradley and many others.
Highway 82 mudslide part of heavy monsoon August for western …
Aug 26, 2024 · Forecasters say August has been wetter than usual, with the Roaring Fork Valley and Western Colorado receiving 200% of normal precipitation for the month. But it’s not clear that human-caused climate change will create a wetter monsoon season every year, and how it impacts flooding events.