As Election Day approaches, several state and county debates took place in the Roaring Fork Valley this week. On Wednesday Aspen held its traditional “Squirm Night” for Pitkin County commissioner and sheriff candidates. And on Thursday, Glenwood Springs held its “Issues and Answers Night” for various state and county seats.
This story, a collaboration between Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism, is the first in a two-part series looking at the impacts of COVID-19 across six Western Slope counties. Challenges for health care providers included dealing with a transient community, staffing issues and public angst.
This story, a collaboration between Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism, is the first in a two-part series looking at the impacts of COVID-19 across six Western Slope counties, including Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, Mesa, Delta, and Gunnison. Challenges for health care providers included dealing with a transient community, staffing issues and public angst
The first two cases of the omicron variant have been detected in Pitkin and Garfield counties in the last week and COVID-19 cases are on the rise as the Roaring Fork Valley heads into peak holiday season.
Arizona PBS By Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio
July 22, 2021
High-mountain snowmelt is collected in the Lost Man Reservoir, then channeled into a trans-mountain diversion by way of this canal. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water in Lost Man Canal passes underneath State Route 82 on Independence Pass. It’s a small part of a huge plumbing system that carries high-mountain snowmelt and rainfall through Colorado’s mountains to its populated cities on the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)
Water from the Roaring Fork River and high-mountain reservoirs combine before passing through this diversion tunnel. It will pass through two more reservoirs and the Arkansas River on its way to the Front Range. (Photo by Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio)