Aspen Journalism wins six awards in 2024 Better News Media Contest
Aspen Journalism received six awards for fourteen stories in the Colorado Press Association’s 2024 Better News Media Contest.| Aspen Journalism
The preferred alternative is projected to have a negligible impact on congestion, and in some cases makes it worse. “If that’s all we do, we’re stuck with an hour and seven minutes from Brush Creek to the S-curve basically, and that is not a happy picture,” said John Bennett, a former Aspen mayor and a coalition co-founder. The post Carrots won’t cut upper-valley congestion without sticks appeared first on Aspen Journalism.| Aspen Journalism
Aspen Journalism received six awards for fourteen stories in the Colorado Press Association’s 2024 Better News Media Contest.| Aspen Journalism
Firefighter helicopter Steve Cohen said that in his 25-year career, he has seen firsthand fires steadily increasing in size. It wasn’t that long ago, he said, that “we’d never heard of a 100,000-acre fire.”| Aspen Journalism
Ruth Katz outlined this year’s six underlying themes: “decoding the brain, audacious science, investing in health, food for thought, uncommon allies, and pop health,” adding that “good ideas involve much more than biomedical breakthroughs and possessing a good insurance card.” The post Better ideas wrestle a brave new world appeared first on Aspen Journalism.| Aspen Journalism
Decenas de personas se reunieron en Glenwood Springs el 7 de agosto para celebrar la inauguración de Benedict Apartments, una residencia para adultos mayores de 55 años valorada en $23 millones. Catholic Charities está detrás del nuevo edificio, que lleva el nombre de los difuntos filántropos de Aspen Fritz y Fabi Benedict, quienes donaron alrededor de $2.1 millones en fondos para viviendas asequibles a la organización sin fines de lucro en la década de 1990. The post Se inaugura una n...| Aspen Journalism
Aspen school district gets two grants to explore a potential geothermal well field. Some hope for an even-deeper dive.| Aspen Journalism
The recovery program works to reestablish healthy populations of four species of fish that are listed under the ESA by adding water to the river, restoring habitat, growing hatchery fish and controlling nonnative predator fish.| Aspen Journalism
Streamflows on the Western Slope have plummeted over the last month, sending water managers scrambling to boost flows for endangered fish and ranking it among the driest years in recent history.| Aspen Journalism
Given the moment's urgency, the Forest Conservancy is seeing record levels of staffing, recruitment, total hours and in-kind value. Through Aug. 17, volunteers with Forest Conservancy have worked more than 8,800 service hours, which Johnson said represents an in-kind contribution value of more than $340,000, or the equivalent of 10 to 12 seasonal employees. The post Volunteers report uptick in illegal campfire rings appeared first on Aspen Journalism.| Aspen Journalism
At the request of LRE, scientists will pick a day this fall to take water quality samples and flow measurements at points along the entire length of the creek to better understand the sources of contamination. The post ‘You need to have a fair bit of data’ appeared first on Aspen Journalism.| Aspen Journalism
“Seniors are just such an important part of our community. Many of them are still working … and as we have costs rising so significantly, incomes don't always keep up and it's usually those on fixed incomes or limited income mobility that gets squeezed out first.” The post New affordable senior housing opens as region confronts aging demographics, rising costs appeared first on Aspen Journalism.| Aspen Journalism
“It’s amazing that the local community, Basalt, Carbondale and Aspen [and more], came together like this and contributed this staggering amount of money,” he said. “But they can’t keep doing it.”| Aspen Journalism
Aspen Journalism's nonprofit newsroom reporting on water, environment, social justice, history and data from Aspen to Marble to upper Colorado River Basin.| Aspen Journalism
Officials from Colorado laid out the proposal, which they are calling a supply-driven approach, that sets the amount of water released from Lake Powell.| Aspen Journalism
