Western Slope lawmakers take Colorado River managers to task
Roberts’ line of questioning seemed prompted by recent projections that show river flows dipping below a threshold that could trigger litigation.
FROM THE WATER DESK
Colorado River experts say agriculture must make permanent cuts to water use
Feds say new Colorado River plan will be short-term
FROM THE CONNIE HARVEY ENVIRONMENT DESK
‘Where’s our bench?’
All departments/programs at the White River National Forest have seen reductions in the workforce, except the forest leadership team, which has been able to fill positions with Forest Service employees who have left other roles within the agency. Recreation, engineering and specialist roles have been particularly hard-hit.
FROM THE SOCIAL JUSTICE DESK
New head of Garfield County Libraries wants to bring community together and protect the ‘freedom to read’
Two Republicans are vying to become Garfield County’s next sheriff in the June primary
FEATURED HISTORY DESK SERIES
Never far behind, Wheeler’s woes catch up
Aspen mayor and defendant
B. Clark Wheeler, a nimble man in his time
NOTICIAS EN ESPANOL
Dos republicanos compiten por convertirse en el próximo sheriff delcondado de Garfield en las primarias de junio
La iniciativa comunitaria para ayudar a los residentes a adquirir el parque de casas móviles Cavern Springs podría servir de referencia para la estrategia regional, pero siguen existiendo retos

LOCAL SNOW & WATER NEWS
Real-time local streamflow
Real time snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin
Snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin completely melted by May 15, two weeks earlier than last year.
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Community effort to help residents buy Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park could inform regional strategy, but challenges remain
“What we did last year — bringing the local governments, the private businesses and the philanthropic community together — was described as ‘miraculous,’ but I don’t want us to believe that we can’t do it again. We just did something for the first time that now we need to better understand and improve.”
Aspen enacts Stage 3 water shortage
The move also comes with a water rate increase for those who use the most water: Customers in Tier III will see a 50% rate increase and Tier IV will see their rates increase 125%.
THE BILLIONAIRES OF ASPEN
The Aspen 80
There have never been more billionaires in the world—3,028, by Forbes’ count, crossing the 3,000 threshold for the first time in 2025. It stands to reason that there also have never been more billionaires in Aspen, their collective influence shaping the community’s social fabric.
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