Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: New mental health fund aims to make it easier to access therapy in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, Eating more mushrooms could save us a lot of water, Why a group of Colorado midwives are suing state regulators, and Local performers return to Wheeler Opera House for Roaring Fork Rising.
Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: Estimated 6,000 gallons of oil spill on Highway 6 after passenger train, tanker collision, New mental health fund aims to make it easier to access therapy in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, A mobile history project aims to bring Indigenous Colorado history to the forefront, A mobile trailer offers hands-on fire safety practice, Recent rain and snow help, but don’t change ‘overall story’ for wildfire risk, Immigrant students share memories from home in new mural at Carbondale Middle School, and Civics knowledge in the U.S. is declining. Could civics bees help?
Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: Glenwood Springs revokes ICE facility permit; dispute could result in legal battle, Carbondale aims to ease the housing squeeze with streamlined ADU regulations, and the Aspen Institute honors Maria Reva’s exploration of pre- and post-war life in her new novel.
Glenwood Springs’ planning commission voted 5–1 to revoke a decades-old permit for an ICE short-term detention facility after evidence showed repeated violations of a 12-hour holding limit since 2011. Prior to the key P&Z meeting, Glenwood staff recommend upholding ICE facility’s permit.
The decision followed community complaints and data analysis revealing a pattern of overlong detentions.
Officials warned the facility may not immediately close, citing possible federal preemption and legal challenges.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement data analysis by Aspen Journalism of an ICE detention facility in Glenwood Springs found at least 17 over-limit detentions since 2011, prompting scrutiny and an April 28 hearing held by the city’s planning commission to decide whether to revoke the facility’s special use permit after multiple detainees were found to have been held there for more than 12 hours.
Ahead of the hearing, Glenwood Springs officials have recommended upholding the special use permit for an ICE detention facility despite data showing repeated violations of its 12-hour holding limit. Instead of revoking the special use permit, they suggested requiring ICE and the GSA to provide “quarterly reporting of the number of detainees that have been processed at the facility and the amount of time that each detainee is held in order to determine compliance.”
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Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: The power of storytelling, Carbondale Police adopt AI report-drafting software, with guardrails,
Colorado gets closer to funding wildlife crossings, while Roaring Fork projects gain traction, Garfield County, Glenwood Springs at odds over South Bridge land use application, and Former students, local nonprofit bring Folklórico back to the Roaring Fork Valley.
Stories from Aspen Public Radio this week: Highlands ski patroller maintains passion for the job, despite climate and financial challenges, a Colorado hospital profits from resolving language barriers, Law enforcement from Aspen to Silt considers changes to street-camera surveillance in response to immigration concerns, River users may notice changes at North Star this summer, and Artists draw attention to global conflict while visiting CMC.
Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: RESULTS: Basalt, Carbondale and Parachute municipal elections, A closer look: Basalt, Carbondale and Parachute municipal elections, Wildfires burn more living trees in low snowpack years, study finds,
Aspen sees big returns from state’s most extensive compost policy, and Get to know the Roaring Fork Valley’s under appreciated landscape.
Carbondale Arts’s 15th annual fashion show brought attendees to a night at the carnival, complete with the usual aerial performers, dance numbers and model walks. But new leadership introduced different components to this year’s show.
Stories from the Aspen Public Radio news team this week: Federal judge finds Trump violated free speech with order to defund NPR and PBS, A longtime ski patroller reflects on a challenging winter, Aspen Highlands closes weeks early due to poor snow conditions, March heat wave is “particularly alarming,” but not our new normal, yet, Snowmass wraps up a ski season plagued by low snowpack on Sunday, Carbondale trustee candidates talk development, housing and water use, and The Project Shop offers space for community members to share ideas and information.
People come to the Roaring Fork Valley from all over the world; some stay and decide to make it home. A handful of these immigrants shared stories of success, adventure, growth and validation in Basalt earlier this month as part of English in Action’s 9th annual Immigrant Voices event. Read the full story at aspenpublicradio.org.
Aspen Public Radio and co-plaintiffs win federal case against Trump Administration, proclaiming a win for the First Amendment. Read the full story at aspenpublicradio.org.
