Welcome to Valley Roundup for September 13. 2013, a review of the week’s top news stories in the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.
The water keeps coming along the front range in what some are calling floods of biblical proportions. Three are known dead and thousands are evacuated from Ft Collins to Colorado Springs. We gather up the latest from the flood affected areas.
In the valley this week it was the bus system that led the news as the new rapid transit system is almost two weeks old. There has been some grumbling.
Two Democratic state Senators were thrown out in recall elections this week. It could spell trouble for the party in next year’s legislative races.
Wealth inequality is growing and Mick’s has a take
And on the Download this week…the sounds of deep space
RFTA Upgrade
From the Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159416
Recall Elections
From The Denver Post:
Recreational Pot Rules
From the Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159400
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159424
The Download with Rob St. Mary
The floods – where to get the latest?
http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/front-range-braces-against-widespread-rain-biblical-flooding
https://twitter.com/aspenpubradio
https://www.facebook.com/aspenradio
Twitter announces steps towards IPO
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/09/13/why-twitters-ipo-wont-be-like-facebooks-ipo/
Apple announces iPhone 5S & 5C
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57602264-233/five-disappointing-things-about-the-iphone-5s/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57602372-94/the-real-reasons-apples-64-bit-a7-chip-makes-sense/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/tech/mobile/iphone-fingerprint-privacy/index.html
Phonebloks – the phone you keep & upgrade
Voyager One is now beyond our Solar System
http://www.onthemedia.org/blogs/on-the-media/2013/sep/12/goodbye-voyager/
