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Roaring Fork Valley freeskiers Alex Ferreira and Hanna Faulhaber take to the Olympic stage on Wednesday night in Colorado (Thursday morning in Beijing) for the halfpipe qualifiers at the Genting Snow Park. Here’s how to watch the competitions.

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A whole other world awaits anglers looking to cast their flies in the saltwater, writes Scott Spooner this week in “On the Fly.”

A whole other world awaits anglers looking to cast their flies in the saltwater, writes Scott Spooner this week in “On the Fly.”

GasBuddy, which monitors gas prices and forecasts trends nationwide, says surges this spring could drive the national average price per gallon above $4. The price at the pumps could be even more painful in the Roaring Fork Valley.

As mines close, they leave behind a troubling legacy: leaking methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas, about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. In November, over 100 countries committed to taking the problem more seriously, pledging to cut methane emissions 30 percent by 2030. North Fork Valley entrepreneur Chris Caskey is already a step ahead, using his business, Delta Brick and Climate Company, to address methane emissions while tackling other environmental problems. For Rocky Mountain Com...

As mines close, they leave behind a troubling legacy: leaking methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas, about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. In November, over 100 countries committed to taking the problem more seriously, pledging to cut methane emissions 30 percent by 2030. North Fork Valley entrepreneur Chris Caskey is already a step ahead, using his business, Delta Brick and Climate Company, to address methane emissions while tackling other environmental problems. For Rocky Mountain Com...

It’s not every day you pick up a national magazine and find a story about your family. A necessary part of the story, anyway.

Cows at the Sustainable Settings milking facility. Aspen Times file Brook LeVan with horses at Sustainable Settings near Carbondale. Aspen Times file Rose LeVan milking a cow at Sustainable Settings. Aspen Times file Grower Michael Long at Sustanable Settings in 2018. Aspen Times file In the dusty root cellar of an 1893 farmhouse south of Carbondale near Mount Sopris, Brook LeVan is showing me a cow horn stuffed with manure. The horn has been buried in a raised bed here in the subterranean stor...

Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District’s board of directors voted Wednesday to open discussions with Eagle County to see if a privately funded indoor sportsplex can be pursued at the popular midvalley site. The board voted 5-0 to open preliminary discussions with county officials to determine if a formal application should be put in motion. “This is an opportunity that our community could really benefit from,” said board member Leroy Duroux, a former Basalt mayor. “We have to figur...