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In Colorado's North Fork Valley, thirty volunteers drive long roads and set aside the weight of their days to sing classical music together. Director Brent Helleckson reflects on what draws people to do something hard — and why it keeps bringing them back.

A new study from Western Colorado University found that winters with low snowpack tend to yield wildfire seasons that destroy more live biomass. The findings don't bode well for Colorado forests this summer, but the worst outcomes can still be avoided.

Since October 2023, Aspen has required restaurants to compost, keeping thousands of tons of organic material out of the landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

NPR and three public radio stations in Colorado, including Aspen Public Radio, sued the Trump administration in May for First Amendment violations stemming from an executive order that demanded federal agencies strip the company of its federal funding. A federal judge ruled it was "unlawful and unenforceable."

The unseasonal warmth that broke longstanding temperature records across the West last week was a hit to Colorado's already low snowpack. Climate change drove the heat wave, but scientists say it's still an outlier in today's world.

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.

Compañeros, an immigrant advocacy group in Durango, says it has received multiple reports of increased immigration enforcement across La Plata County.

The heat wave comes in the midst of an already challenging winter for the Rocky Mountains, compounding months of warm and dry conditions.

The Western Slope utility is instituting a demand charge to cover rising infrastructure costs and encourage users to stagger their electricity use throughout the day.

Care and Share, a food bank nonprofit in southern Colorado, helps rural communities like Silver Cliff address food insecurity by bringing the grocery store to residents.