Historic photo of the original Valley View Hospital building

This week, Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs broke ground on its new cancer center. This is the old building that's coming down -- it is the remaining portion of the original hospital building built in 1954.

The new Calaway & Young Cancer Center is scheduled to open in mid-2012. It'll include nearly 30,000 square feet of dedicated space for cancer treatment.

Valley View Hospital has been treating cancer for years, but this new space will allow patients in the Roaring Fork Valley to receive radiation treatment locally. Before, they had to drive to Grand Junction or Edwards for treatment weekly, even daily at times.

Click here for an Aspen Public Radio story about the groundbreaking.

Aspen Public Radio & KDNK Produce "The Issue" Together

Aspen Public Radio's Kristina Tabor and KDNK's Mat Katz teamed up for the weekly podcast, "The Issue." Today's topic: Congressman Salazar's recent decision to draft legislation that could protect the land known as Thompson Divide near Carbondale.

Also, check out news director Mitzi Rapkin's report on the plan.

Aspen City Council and Aspen Art Museum

Last week, Aspen Public Radio reported that some people who are against the new Aspen Art museum were considering filing recall papers against everyone in city council except Steve Skadron (because they say he supports their view). What do you think of this? What are recalls for?