This life is crazy: full of beauty and wonder, but with a dark and dirty underside. The enactment of Project 2025 has us sliding down a hill as steep as any slope on Aspen Mountain, right toward fascism. Before the Heritage Foundation took hold of our government by the short hairs, the old rats-in-a-cage analogy […]
August 2025
Posted inEducation
PEAK learning comes to Marble Charter School
Known for its welcoming community and premiere outdoor education, Marble Charter School (MCS) is reimagining the transformative education years with the launch of PEAK, its innovative and newly developed middle school program. Beginning this school year, the PEAK (Project-based, Experiential, Action-Oriented and Knowledge) curriculum will capitalize on expertise from community leaders and Marble’s awe-inspiring location […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Local organizers aim to resurrect design conference in Aspen
Over two decades after the International Design Conference in Aspen, a group of Aspenites are bringing a new design-centered event back to the Roaring Fork Valley. The inaugural Aspen Design Conference (ADC) runs later this month from Friday, Aug. 29 to Sunday, Aug. 31. A multifaceted schedule offers options from guided engagements with nature to […]
Posted inColumns
Nutritionally Speaking: Superfoods — What are they and why are they called ‘super?’
By Ricki McKenna There are many “superfoods” considered chock full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and other nutrients considered good for almost every human. However, there are also people who have sensitivities and allergies to some of them. So, are they for everyone? My logical answer is “maybe,” then come the reasons or at least the […]
Posted inColumns
Money Juice: Seeing through your money dysmorphia
I know this to be true: If you were talking to someone with triple your income and they were lamenting how they’re living paycheck to paycheck, you would scoff, roll your inner eyeballs and think, “If I was making that much, I wouldn’t be living paycheck to paycheck.” You are both people in this story; […]
Posted inObituaries
Nancy Jeremy Davis Kish
May 25, 1946 – July 27, 2025 After a long illness, and with family nearby, Nancypeacefully returned home to God from her final earthly home at Sopris Lodge in Carbondale. She will be remembered as a beautiful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend who walked the earth with style and grace, always trying to […]
Posted inNonprofits
The Giving Network awards $675,000 to organizations supporting families, mental health and basic needs
This Sol del Valle article has been translated for English readers. The Giving Network is an initiative organized by the Aspen Community Foundation, whose mission is to bring together philanthropists from the Roaring Fork Valley to jointly learn about the community’s most urgent needs and collectively fund nonprofit organizations. Since its creation in 2016, it […]
Posted inFiction
Works in Progress – Aug. 14, 2025
Country CousinsFred Malo Jr. Carbondale Not having the foresight to get married and raise children, I got exactly what I deserved. I’ve become a 76-year-old with no immediate family. What I do have is a bevy of first cousins on or near the Camas Prairie in north central Idaho. Each year I travel to the […]
Posted inLetters
Letters – Aug. 14 , 2025
APR gratitudeThe staff at Aspen Public Radio would like to thank everyone who made a gift during our summer membership drive! We started the week at $0 and by midnight on Friday had secured $25,055 in financial support from you, with donations continuing to come in … because listeners know this year is different. Last […]
Posted inBreaking News
Carbondale Report: New pedestrian crossing — and a major detour — coming to 133
Beginning Monday, Aug. 18, work will begin on a Highway 133 pedestrian crossing with a detour simultaneously rerouting north and southbound traffic for about a month. The new crossing, located at Nieslanik Avenue — from the Dollar Tree to FirstBank, approximately — was unanimously approved during the regular Board of Trustees meeting on Aug. 12. […]