The school district is testing the feasibility of a geothermal field to heat and cool its three schools. If successful, it could expand the thermal energy network beyond its campus.

Pitkin County commissioners are weighing whether to support the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act. If passed, it would fund the building and maintenance of wildlife crossings from 2026 to 2031. Some commissioners worry it could distract from other funding requests.

Scott Fitzwilliams took early retirement in 2025 after more than three decades with the U.S. Forest Service. He says the Trump administration's public lands policies amount to a deliberate dismantling of the system.

The $120 million real estate sale has been shrouded in confidentiality, but Kaya Williams has insights into what might happen next to the 3,700-acre property in Old Snowmass. She broke news of the sale for Aspen Journalism and the Aspen Daily News on Dec. 17.

Hoffmann Media Group, a subsidiary of billionaire David Hoffmann's private equity firm, is set to be the new owner of the Aspen Daily News. Newspaper leadership assures readers that the paper will not change, but new investments could bolster its digital services.

The Trump administration's deadline to "review and remove" has passed with shops in the National Park closed for the season.

On December 4, NPR and three Colorado-based public radio stations faced off against the Trump Administration in federal court. After reviewing a transcript of the hearing, First Amendment litigator and scholar Robert Corn-Revere said that NPR's lawsuit appears to have merit.

The Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts began in 1999 with just six students meeting weekly in a small Denver studio and now has grown into a statewide movement spanning 25 years, which includes an annual jazz camp in the foot of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains in Westcliffe, Colorado.

Ronan Donovan spoke on Tuesday as part of the Wheeler Opera House's Changemaker series. He says humans are part of the natural world, and restoring our relationships to animals like wolves will make us happier and healthier.

The Aspen Jewish Congregation has seen a big turnout at its Hanukkah events this week, despite news of an antisemitic attack in Australia that killed 15 people on Sunday.