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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Air traffic overhaul obstacles

2 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Joel Rose

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.
Idahoan tapped to oversee U.S. Forest Service gets smooth confirmation hearing

2 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | James Dawson

An Idaho businessman tapped to become the new leader of the U.S. Forest Service faced little questioning over his past land disputes with the agency during his confirmation hearing. Michael Boren, who co-founded the multi-billion dollar investment firm Clearwater Analytics, has sparred with the Forest Service in recent years over his ranch in central Idaho. The property is within the protected Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Colorado communities have spent millions of dollars on whitewater parks. Are they worthwhile?

4 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Heather Sackett |Alex Hager

There’s an old catchphrase that Colorado kayak park proponents used in the early 2000s to sell the idea that keeping water in streams mattered just as much as water for big farms or new housing developments: “The greater the flow, the greater the dough.”“You would have thought it was an Economics 101 class,” said Glenn Porzak, a Boulder attorney who worked on behalf of the city of Golden and the towns of Breckenridge and Vail to secure the state’s first water rights for recreation.
Colorado has unique protections for river recreation, but do they have enough legal muscle?

5 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Alex Hager |Heather Sackett

David Hajoglou sat on the rocks next to a rushing stretch of river in Golden, Colorado. As he scouted a kayak route through the riffles and waves, he thought back to the first time he visited this spot, the Clear Creek Whitewater Park, nearly 20 years ago. “Boy howdy, did it kick my butt,” he said. “I swam a few times.
A gazillionaire becomes conflicted in Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Bob Mondello

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is known for movies that are whimsical, artificial, jewel-box-like and, to his fans, very funny. They are also pointed critiques, whether he is spoofing 1930s decadence in "Grand Budapest Hotel" or family dysfunction in "The Royal Tenenbaums." Anderson's latest comedy is "The Phoenician Scheme." Critic Bob Mondello says it is about a gazillionaire who becomes slightly conflicted about making one last financial killing. BOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: We begin on a low-altitude flight.
Las escuelas colaboran con Response para enseñar sobre el consentimiento y prevenir la violencia sexual

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Eleanor Bennett

You can find an English-language version of this story here. Durante la clase, los estudiantes también aprendieron sobre recursos como , una plataforma de denuncia anónima para estudiantes de Colorado que están preocupados por su seguridad o la de otros, y Take It Down , un servicio gratuito que puede ayudar a las personas a eliminar imágenes sexualmente explícitas de sí mismas compartidas en línea.
Advocates and attorneys see uptick in community reports of ICE activity, but caution the spread of misinformation

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Eleanor Bennett

Last week, some immigrant advocacy groups and local attorneys saw an uptick in community reports of federal immigration enforcement actions in the Roaring Fork Valley and I-70 mountain corridor. Aspen Public Radio’s All Things Considered anchor Halle Zander spoke with Social Justice Reporter Eleanor Bennett about the latest reports and her conversations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), local law enforcement agencies, immigration attorneys, and advocacy groups.
Federal dollars come through for cleaning Bridger-Teton forest toilets

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Caitlin Tan

It was starting to look like more than 150 toilets on the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) weren't going to be pumped or cleaned this year. But as of this month, it's no longer a concern. For the past couple years, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has had an agreement with the nonprofit Friends of the Bridger-Teton to use federal dollars to get . Basically, the nonprofit has more contracting flexibility and can get the job done cheaper than the federal government can.
Utah craft beer likes to flirt with global flavors. Tariffs will cramp their style

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Saige Miller

Salt Lake City's Kiitos Brewing prides itself on its one-of-a-kind beers. "We recently became the second brewery in the history of humankind to make a 100% Fonio beer," said Andrew Dasenbrock, president and CEO of . Fonio is a resilient, drought-resistant wheat grown in West Africa. And brews made with it don't look like other beers. There is no resemblance to a brown hue. Instead, the Fonio beer is nearly translucent with a distinctive taste, with hints of lychee and white grape.
Letter carriers rally to keep the USPS public

1 week ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Jordan Uplinger

A little over 20 U.S. Postal Service workers from Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona gathered on a street corner near the University of Wyoming this week to tell the Trump administration: Hands off the USPS. "We wanted to get the word out in Laramie that we need help protecting the Postal Service," said Renee Eberhardt, state president of the Wyoming State Association of Letter Carriers. The union represents city delivery letter carriers employed by the USPS.