
Mixed reaction from A-Basin skiers about sale of "local" mountain
While the sale of Arapahoe Basin to Alterra Mountain Company hasn't even happened yet, it's caused an uproar within the mountain communities.
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He was dragged away from the state for college at the University of Missouri where he got a bachelors in Broadcast Journalism (and a minor in atmospheric science), then made his TV reporting debut in southern Oregon where he covered wildfires for the first time as a professional.
Spencer finally returned to the Centennial State in Colorado Springs, working for CBS Colorado's sister station KKTV as a multi-media journalist. He spent 4 years covering anything from firefighters hiking the Manitou Incline to more wildfires to bomb cyclones to a new doughnut shop on top of Pikes Peak. He became engrossed in a community search for a young boy who was eventually found murdered by his own stepmother.
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• What keeps you in Colorado? The lack of bugs, the skyline, the people I love.
• Who would play you in a movie? Nervous lawyer who's late to a meeting.
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While the sale of Arapahoe Basin to Alterra Mountain Company hasn't even happened yet, it's caused an uproar within the mountain communities.
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