March heat wave fueled worst end-of-winter snowpack on record
Light said she has been hearing from water users about how early they have had to turn their ditches on to irrigate their fields – some the weekend of March 21 – due to the meager snowpack and record-high temperatures.
Denver Water, Xcel enact plan to ease shortages
As part of the agreement, Denver Water will make available to entities on the Western Slope 10% of the water it is able to divert as a result of the call reduction.
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Real time snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin
SNOTEL sites in the Roaring Fork basin show that snowpack has never been this low at this point in the season, breaking the previous record low of 6.1 inches measured on Jan. 29, 1990.
Real-time local streamflow
Aspen Highlands master plan includes gondola to Cloud Nine, summer operations
Highlands’ lift fleet has changed little since a push for upgrades in the ’90s. SkiCo wants to “be in business forever” and can’t do that on essence alone.
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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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La ciudad podría revocar el permiso tras revelarse que los detenidos de ICE permanecen detenidos más de 12 horas en las instalaciones de Glenwood
Un bufete de abogados envía una carta de cese y desistimiento al sheriff del condado de Garfield por una supuesta aplicación ilegal de la ley de inmigración
El director de las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield anuncia su jubilación y anima a la comunidad a proteger la “libertad de lectura”
Las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield no han retirado libros, pero un nuevo liderazgo podría cambiar esto
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