KAJX-FM (Aspen, CO)

KAJX (91.5 FM) and KCJX (88.9 FM) are radio stations broadcasting a Variety format. These stations are operated by Roaring Fork Public Radio, Inc., also known as Aspen Public Radio, with KAJX located in Aspen, Colorado, and KCJX in Carbondale, Colorado. The non-commercial station in Aspen is overseen by a board of directors and provides service to the Roaring Fork, Crystal, Fryingpan, and Eagle River valleys in Colorado.

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Main Street’s Berger Cabin added to National Register of Historic Places

2 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Lucy Peterson

Bruce Berger’s Aspen cabin at 835 W. Main Street was added to the National Register of Historic Places this week, capping off a two-year effort to memorialize the structure that is embroiled in the entrance to Aspen debate. Laurel Catto, to whom Berger transferred ownership of the cabin, applied for the National Register of Historic Places designation in 2023.
Tribal leaders and advocates rally against controversial plan to sell public lands in Nevada and Utah

5 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Kaleb M. Roedel

More than a dozen elected officials, tribal leaders and activists held a press conference Thursday in Reno to condemn U.S. Representatives Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah. Those members of Congress introduced the last-minute measure to sell off 10,000 acres near the tourist town of St. George, Utah, and nearly 450,000 acres outside of Reno and Las Vegas.
A dry winter on the Colorado River has big reservoirs on track for trouble

6 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Alex Hager

If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their average snow for this time of year. The low totals could spell trouble for the nation's largest reservoirs, but those dry conditions don't seem to be ringing alarm bells for Colorado River policymakers.
Trans rights bill set to advance in the Colorado Senate, after sponsors address LGBTQ groups’ concerns

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Bente Birkeland

A controversial trans rights bill is expected to come before the full state Senate Monday, after sponsors agreed to changes to allay concerns from prominent LGBTQ groups. A coalition of national LGBTQ legal groups worried the original bill was vulnerable to legal challenges. Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee removed a controversial part of House Bill 1312 dealing with child custody issues.
Wheeler Opera House looks for more high-profile acts, but what does this mean for ticket prices?

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Regan Mertz |Lucy Peterson

During a work session last month, Wheeler Opera House Executive Director Mike Harrington told Aspen City Council that the community wants more high-profile, world-class acts, like Jerry Seinfeld. Harrington said these marquee acts will bolster the Wheeler’s existing programming and international reputation. But at what cost?
Basalt Elementary School Celebrates 30 years of Bilingual Education

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Sarah Tory

On a Wednesday morning in April, a group of kindergarteners at Basalt Elementary School sang a song in Spanish in Ana Quiceno’s classroom, while across the hall, a first grade class was learning how to tell time in English. Thirty years ago, Basalt Elementary became a pioneer for bilingual education in the Roaring Fork Valley. The students, roughly 57% of whom identify as Hispanic or Latino, receive half their instruction in English and half in Spanish.
Carbondale nonprofit ‘a second home’ for growing number of immigrant students, expands Spanish-language services

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Eleanor Bennett

Each day after school, dozens of local students head to the Stepping Stones center along Highway 133 in Carbondale. The nonprofit offers free, bilingual programs such as tutoring, mentorship, outdoor activities, mental health counseling and crisis support to about 400 young people ages 10 to 24 years-old from Aspen to Parachute.
Lift 1 project ‘high priority’ for Aspen Parks

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Lucy Peterson

As the Lift One Corridor Project gets closer to reality, the Aspen Parks and Open Space department is focusing on its responsibilities for the project that has been touted to rejuvenate the western side of Aspen Mountain. Parks and Open Space Director Matt Kuhn told the Aspen City Council on Monday that his department’s financial share for the project would amount to $4.57 million.
Carbondale’s Village Smithy turns 50

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Regan Mertz

A Carbondale staple turned 50 on Monday. The Village Smithy celebrated thousands of employees and millions of meals served over the last five decades during a Cinco de Mayo celebration that welcomed hundreds of locals to the restaurant. The restaurant has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, never ending maintenance issues on the over 120 year old building and, as co-owner Jared Ettelson calls it, the great egg crisis of 2025.
What Trump’s order to defund public media means for NPR and member stations like Aspen Public Radio

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Halle Zander

Editor’s Note: Aspen Public Radio reports on itself as it does any other institution, and no administrative staff reviewed this story before it was published. On Thursday night, President Trump issued an executive order demanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) stop funding NPR and PBS. Trump claimed the outlets are biased and federal funding shouldn’t support them, but CPB argues the President has no authority to demand changes to its operations.