A historically bad snowpack and record high temps, and the post-2026 management of the river – and how they are intersecting.
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The Roundup | How to prop up Powell, a Cloud Nine gondola and ICE oversight
Stories that showcase the challenges facing our community including questions of local governance, development and accountability.
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The Roundup | Shaping the landscapes we depend on
A high-stakes stalemate, ICE access, Harvest housing, fracking with nukes, Schweitzer’s legacy.
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The Roundup | The needs of the locality
Recently at Aspen Journalism, we published a story about the last Mass at St. Benedict’s Monastery that captured the moment in all of its context and complexity. This day has been a long time coming — preordained, if you will, back in 2022, when the Trappist order responsible for the monastery voted that it would […]
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The Runoff | The biggest water stories of 2025
Welcome to The Runoff, where Aspen Journalism’s Water Desk provides insider news and water-related updates you won’t read anywhere else under The Briefing and additional context and updates on the most recent reporting from our water desk under The Recap. In 2025, the Water Desk brought readers authoritative reporting on water quality issues in the […]
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St. Benedict’s Monastery sale a pivot point for land stewardship and cultural heritage
This week, the sale of St. Benedict’s Monastery — where for nearly 70 years Trappist monks had been living lives of work and prayer, caring for their 3,700 acres of the Capitol Creek Valley while welcoming the community for religious services and spiritual renewal — made national news. Kaya Williams, an Aspen Journalism freelancer who […]
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The Roundup | Deciding what the future will look like
This newsroom often publishes stories that reflect crossroads — not only for our communities, but for the future of the Western Slope, our mountains, rivers and towns. Paul Andersen’s reporting on public‑land transfers in “Cutting up the Commons” reminds us that history continues to shape the future. By uncovering decades of land giveaways and mining […]
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The Roundup | A deadline with no deal, protecting peak flows
Plus, breaking down the issues and donors in a contested board race for Roaring Fork Schools.
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The Roundup | Wildfire risk, stream access debates, local ICE detentions
Wilderness watersheds and wildfire risk. Murky legal territory around river access. Increasing immigration enforcement netting more people without criminal records. In this edition of The Roundup, we bring you a trio of in-depth features all unique in the topics they cover, but united in their fidelity to analyzing complex issues of deep cultural, economic and […]
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The Roundup | Sustaining the lifelines we share
Across the Roaring Fork Valley, change is testing the systems and values that define our communities. Recent reporting from Aspen Journalism featured in this edition of The Roundup touches on themes ranging from insurance-company-hired fire crews protecting homes in the face of wildfire to the loss of another high-level leader at the White River National […]