Halle Zander

Luz Galaviz, a third-grade teacher in Rifle, normally can’t travel abroad due to her immigration status. But after securing advance parole in May, she flew to Mexico City for a leadership conference with Glenwood Springs nonprofit Voces Unidas, despite concerns that she may not be allowed back into the U.S.

Garfield County Commissioner John Martin has served in the District 2 seat on the Board of County Commissioners since 1996. Republican Perry Will and Democrat Caitlin Carey, both of New Castle, are vying to be his replacement.

In 2023, Alan Muñoz helped launch the Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program with Voces Unidas in Mexico City. Before this year’s program in May, Muñoz traveled to Mexico early to see his family in Calvillo Aguascalientes, many of whom he had never met.

Before this summer, Miguel González, an apprentice electrician who grew up in the Colorado River Valley, only knew stereotypes of his home country. However, a travel permit that allowed him to fly internationally as a DACA recipient in May gave him a vision of real Mexico and helped him fulfill an application requirement for his green card. This is the second story in a three-part series documenting the journeys of DACA recipients in Mexico.

Transportation infrastructure, housing and education are top of mind for the Democratic and Republican candidates vying to represent all of parts of Montrose, Delta, Hinsdale, Gunnison, Pitkin, Garfield, and Eagle Counties in the Colorado State Senate.

Ballot question 200 asks Pitkin County voters to change the Home Rule Charter and strip county commissioners of their sole authority to expand or relocate the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport’s runway. But ballot question 1C, also on the 2024 ballot, reaffirms the Pitkin County commissioners’ ability to approve and implement a new runway layout. Aspen Daily News and Aspen Public Radio reporter Josie Taris explains the different consequences of these contradictory measures.

A partial password leak at the secretary of state’s office and fraudulent ballots submitted in Mesa County have put some voters on edge about election security in Colorado. To ease concerns, Pitkin County Clerk Ingrid Grueter led Reporter Halle Zander on a press tour of Aspen’s ballot processing center, explaining how they maintain election integrity.

Alan Muñoz welcomes participants to the second Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program in Mexico City on May 28, 2024.

Garfield County's dispatch center received a “swatting” call at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning that falsely claimed someone with a shotgun was outside Rifle High School, sending the campus into lockdown.

Twenty-six organizations signed a petition requesting Colorado Parks and Wildlife adopt a new rule to halt additional wolf reintroductions until the agency could establish mitigation programs. Representatives behind the effort urged the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to support their request at Thursday’s board meeting.