July 2020

After over four months of shut downs and stay at home orders, the virus certainly hasn’t run out of gas. And the Fourth of July weekend won’t be like it was in 2019. The governor’s office just announced that Garfield County will not move into the next Protect Our Neighbors phase as cases are on […]

News agencies across the world, from the BBC to The New York Times, have reported that the United States is likely to see an “avalanche of evictions” in the coming months. Will this national crisis permeate the figurative bubble cloaking the Roaring Fork Valley? According to experts, like the coronavirus, it is unlikely we’ll be […]

Major headway was made in the effort to conserve the Coffman Ranch last month when Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) awarded a $2.5 million grant to Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) to help purchase and conserve the 141-acre property.  This grant marks a significant step in an otherwise unfinished race. The project needs a total of […]

Darrell Munsell initially moved to the Crystal Valley with his wife, Jane, in 1997 to retire, but he quickly caught the research bug and has expanded knowledge of local history tenfold.  Munsell grew up in Hays, Kansas and graduated from Fort Hays State University with BA and MA degrees — with a stint with the […]

What does the future of higher education look like? Especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with nationwide protests against systemic racism? The Aspen Institute has strived to answer those questions with a recent online presentations “The Future of Higher Education: How Universities are Responding to COVID-19.”  The discussion was the first of 11 […]

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” So spoke the ancient Greek philosopher Plato over 2000 years ago.  Today, music is firmly ingrained in the Roaring Fork Valley culture with much of the credit going to the Aspen Music Festival and Schoof (AMFS) […]