Colorado News

Climber and BASE jumper Steph Davis will speak with renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner at the Aspen Institute on Wednesday night for a talk called “Mountain vs. Human Nature: Sustaining Alpinism as a Way of Life.”

Colorado author Erika Wurth has written novels, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. Her latest book, White Horse, is a piece of literary horror that explores themes of loss and identity through the lens of a protagonist who, like Wurth, is an urban Indian.

With Republicans set to take control of the House in January, Democrats are racing to introduce immigration legislation that would protect the so-called Dreamers, people enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

John Irving's latest book, “The Last Chairlift,” contains plenty of familiar Irving themes, as well as a story of skiing, ghosts and Aspen’s Hotel Jerome.

A gunman killed five people and injured 18 others at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs, Colo. The district attorney's office said the investigation is ongoing.

The deadly shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub left many people wondering whether the gunman was motivated by hate. Here's what investigators usually look for to make that determination.

The world’s population reached eight billion this week, just as the 27th annual U.N. climate summit was wrapping up in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Aspen Public Radio talked with local residents who have been attending COP27 over the last two weeks.

America Recycles Week runs through November 18. This year's week of awareness comes on the heels of electoral wins for a nationwide smattering of ballot initiatives on recycling. One of those successful initiatives was Denver's Ordinance 306, also known as The Waste No More Measure. It will expand curbside recycling and composting in Denver, from single family residences to multi-family housing, apartment buildings, and to businesses that produce food.

November 11 was Veteran’s Day, a federal holiday set aside to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Many combat veterans still struggle with the trauma of their war experiences. There’s a large sculpture project taking shape in Boulder County that is helping veterans heal through art.