Courtesy of the Shining Mountains Film Festival
The program, organized by the Aspen Indigenous Foundation, runs Friday through Sunday at the Isis Theatre in Aspen.
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On today’s newscast: Pitkin County is set to increase its financial contribution to the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority by $600,000 in 2025; candidates for the Garfield County District 3 commissioner seat weigh in with their respective takes on affordable housing issues; the Shining Mountains Film Festival, organized by the Aspen Indigenous Foundation, will showcase a total of nine films over three days at the Isis Theatre in Aspen; and more.
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Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe indictment against Vikash Yadav points to a direct link between the Indian government and what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme on American soil. -
Phoenix Police Department/APThe August incident is under investigation by the police department's internal affairs division and is being reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. -
Image courtesy of Prada / Axiom Space/Image courtesy of Prada / Axiom SpaceThe suits will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission, marking humankind’s first return to the moon since 1972. It will see the first woman and the first person of color walk on the moon. -
Manuel Balce Ceneta/APIf the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable.
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An Arizona judge unsealed Gallego divorce filings Wednesday, rejecting efforts to keep the records hidden. Yet the filings did not offer the October surprise the Democratic Senate candidate's rival, Kari Lake, was hoping it would. -
The grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray on 55 counts, including murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. His father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts including second-degree murder. -
In western North Carolina, tubing, rafting and kayaking shops are assessing whether the rivers will be safe enough to open by next Summer following the devastating damage from the remnants of Hurricane Helene. -
Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor, starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. -
Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán has written an intense novel about the kind of deep down rot that lingers, despite the most vigorous scrubbing. -
Yahya Sinwar is widely considered to have been the mastermind behind Hamas’ cross-border assault on Israel a year ago.
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