Boebert, among Congress’ top fundraisers, has seen 77% of her itemized contributions come from outside the district. For Frisch, who has raised almost $350,000 from Pitkin County, out-of-district donors made up 60% of itemized contributions.
Category: Local Public Data
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Data dashboard: Construction skews car count data, but July numbers were down
• Construction at the entrance of Aspen plummeted car count readings.
• The Fork ran at 103% of average below Maroon Creek and 49% of average at Stillwater on Oct. 23.
• Air temperature reached up to 67°F in mid-October in Aspen.
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Data dashboard: Aspen’s September precipitation was below average
• A total of 1.3 inches of rain fell at ASE in September, down from a historical average of 1.43 inches.
• ASE recorded above-normal air temperatures so far this month.
• The Fork ran at 108% of average below Maroon Creek and at 94% of average at Stillwater on Oct. 16.
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Data dashboard: Lake Powell’s elevation has gained one foot
• Lake Powell’s elevation reached 3,530.4 ft on Oct. 9, up from 3,539.5 last week.
• The Fork ran at 97% of average below Maroon Creek and 93% of average at Emma on Oct. 9.
• Maximum air temperature went back to below average as it dropped to 58°F on Oct. 1.
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Data dashboard: River levels rose this weekend after recent rainfall
• The Fork ran at 145.5% of average below Maroon Creek and 120% of average near Emma on Oct. 2.
• Lake Powell’s elevation is 4.5 feet from a critical level.
• High air temperature was about five degrees above normal on Sept. 29, while minimum temperature reached 12 degrees above normal.
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Data dashboard: Total summer occupancy at Aspen and Snowmass lodges is down from 2021
• The Fork was flowing at 109% of average below Maroon Creek and at 100% of average at Emma on Sept. 25.
• Lake Powell’s elevation has gained about one inch since last week.
Posted inCOVID-19 Info
Resort communities saw lower COVID-19 death rates than more western rural counties
The impacts of the pandemic have varied widely across the Western Slope, especially between mountain communities with higher infection rates but lower death rates and counties to the west, which saw fewer cases but higher death rates.
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Across the Western Slope, pandemic attitudes and responses varied from county to county
Looking at these past 2½ years, a lot has changed regarding what we know about the virus, variants, testing, vaccines and treatment options. Some of the public health policies put in place didn’t always make sense or they felt wrong to some people in these communities. But in those early days, they felt they were doing the best they could with the information they had.
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Data dashboard: Local streams are flowing closer to normal
• The Fork ran at 103% of average below Maroon Creek and at 97% of average at Emma on Sept. 18.
• Lake Powell’s elevation has lost about one foot since last week.
• Air temperatures are dropping and air quality was mostly clean last week.
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Aspen Journalism wins six awards in annual Colorado Press Association contest
Each of Aspen Journalism’s reporters and editors, as well as two freelance journalists, took home first-place awards.