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CNN’s Jim Sciutto, left, moderates a panel on the Iran war at the 2026 Aspen Security Forum on Thursday. He is joined by Robert Greenway, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, Karim Sadjadpour and Roxana Saberi....
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Council kicking can down the road on housing
Ziska Childs — (Re: “Guths withdraw request to expand home’s livable area,” July 16, Aspen Daily News) By doggedly quoting code...
Luxe List: Haute topics — this week in Aspen fashion
Somehow, it’s the middle of July, and I feel like summer is just beginning, but also it’s half over? It’s disorienting. With the nonstop pace of an Aspen summer comes launches, beginnings, endings and a plethora of trunk shows. Here are some of the top fashion events and news tha...
Aspen plans Cemetery Lane pedestrian improvements
City will update bus stop, crosswalk
CPW implements voluntary fishing closures
Roaring Fork, Colorado among rivers with restrictions
Soaking up the summer sun
A marmot sits on a rock after taking a drink from a nearby creek at the top of Independence Pass on Friday.
Ride with a view
The Silver Queen Gondola reaches the top of Aspen Mountain on Saturday afternoon.
Letter writer got facts wrong about Rifle airport
Jim Wingers — Mr. Chisesi’s letter about the Rifle versus Aspen airports had a few misleading non-facts. The Garfield County airport is four miles from Rifle......
Future of racetrack deserves careful consideration
Rob Ittner — What kind of Pitkin County future are we building? I am not opposed to the historic racetrack continuing to operate...
A&E lineup for July 17-27
Note: for a complete list of calendar events from around Garfield County and the Roaring Fork Valley, go to http://www.postindependent.com/entertainment/community-calendar/. Try Scuba Diving What: Trident Veteran Adaptive Program (TVAP) is holding a free event for veterans,...
Vail Resorts responds to tough times with new Epic Experience plan to increase overall quality
From Vail to Aspen, these are turbulent times for the ski industry in Colorado and beyond. Yes, last ski season was epically bad. Still, plenty of people managed to have a very good time on snow despite the historically scant snowpack at Vail and Beaver Creek. And issues of...
Next Week in Music: Fairies, lovers and magic on the opera stage
It’s been about a decade since Dame Jane Glover has conducted Britten’s brilliant and endlessly fascinating “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the opera based on Shakespeare’s endearing comedy. In rehearsing it for next week’s two performances in the Wheeler Opera House here in Aspen, ...
Wing: The stronger the bond
Our local growers work tirelessly, braving unpredictable weather and grueling seasons to keep our community’s kitchens stocked with thoughtfully-produced food. They spend their lives feeding us — and now, we have a unique opportunity to return the favor. As vice president of t...
John Phelan speaks on his 13 months as Navy secretary at Aspen Security Forum
John Phelan, a part-time Aspenite, spent 13 months as the 79th secretary of the Navy under President Donald Trump, from March 2025 to April 2026. On Wednesday, at the Aspen Security Forum, Phelan sat down for a 20-minute one-on-one interview in the Doerr-Hosier Center on the A...
A&E Arts and Entertainment Agenda, July 17-23
Marea’s Mahj Squad and Marea Aspen Mahjong Social Saturdays, July 18 Marea.Altamarea Group/Courtesy photo Marea at The Snow Lodge will host Mahj Squad alongside Marea Aspen Mahjong Social Saturdays from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a social hour beginning at 5 p.m. July 18 and ...
Aspen Dance Connection performs at TACAW, featuring Colorado choreographers
Aspen Dance Connection’s show, “Emergence,” will feature seven different dances from five well-established Colorado choreographers at 7:30 p.m. July 17 at TACAW. “There’s so much talent in Colorado; they’re exceptional,” ADC director Fran Page said. The choreographers — C...
Branham: Solastalgia — Homesick for home
There is a word for the great ache of witnessing environmental change to a place you love. Solastalgia. Solace, derived from the Latin sōlācium, meaning comfort, and -algia, from the Greek algos, meaning pain. Lately, when I stand at the edge of the Roaring Fork River looking in,...
Local golf results: Aspen men’s and women’s associations from July 8-9
Aspen Women’s Golf Association from July 8LOW GROSS1st: Katie “POP” Korn 852nd: Hallie McQueeny 863rd: Mar Mar Cunningham 874th: Peggy Sontag 90LOW NET1st: Sara Fioretti 692nd: Karen Kribs 693rd: Heidi Burkemper 72 Laurie Danks 72 Aspen Men’s Golf Association from July 9LOW GR...
Aspen Grove Fine Arts features a new solo exhibition by contemporary artist Ashley Collins
Aspen Grove Fine Arts is showcasing contemporary artist Ashley Collins’ latest solo exhibition, “Horsepower.” Her new mixed-media works expand upon her exploration of human strength through equine imagery. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 17, with a reception at 5 p.m. and...
Ittner: What kind of Pitkin County are we building?
The future of the Woody Creek Racetrack deserves careful consideration. What kind of Pitkin County are we building? I am not opposed to the historic racetrack continuing to operate. I am opposed to using that history as justification for turning the property into a much larger...
Aspen Security Forum discusses range of global challenges
“So, there sure is a lot to talk about,” said Nicholas Burns, the former U.S. ambassador to China as he opened the 2026 Aspen Security Forum on Tuesday at the Aspen Institute. “We are facing a set of challenges that are as daunting as any I remember in my own career over 40-plus ...
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Aspen Arts Club gives local artists a place to create
Aspen anticipates slight growth in taxable sales for 2027
Increases expected despite 8-month airport closure
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Rae Lampe in her new studio space at 315 E. Hyman Ave. She joins seven other local artists as part of the Aspen Arts Club. The artists are receiving free studio space for the next six months as part of…...
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The city of Aspen anticipates a softening of taxable sales next year but ultimately anticipates a slight increase overall, despite the anticipated eight-month closure of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport....
Housing Matters: A new tool for APCHA homeowners facing rising insurance costs
If you are a property owner in Pitkin County, it’s hard to ignore the recent changes to your insurance premiums. We’ve all heard...
Parasite causing ‘explosive diarrhea’ not concerning for Pitkin County
Amid concerns around a national cyclospora outbreak causing explosive diarrhea, Pitkin County Public Health is reassuring residents and visitors that this parasite is nothing new and nothing to be worried about. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported...
Winnerman: Let’s properly work together
I am writing this as the wife of the man who was the first member at the Raceway in the early 1990’s, when a man with a big dream named Arden Weatherford bought the Woody Creek Raceway from several doctors in town who, after racing through Aspen on city streets, actually built th...
Christie’s International Real Estate hosts local art exhibition in Aspen
Christie’s International Real Estate Aspen Snowmass will host its “Local Artist Exhibition,” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays from July 21 through Aug. 2. The exhibition is free and open to the public, located at 520 E. Durant Avenue, Suite 205. The multi-day showcase celebrates ...
Snowmass history: Cenntennial-Bicentennial events
As reported in The Aspen Times June 17, 1976, “Betty Pfister, an airplane and helicopter pilot for many years is now beginning a love affair with balloons. This week she is flying in a balloon over the Swiss Alps. And on July 17 and 18 she is organizing a balloon race in Snowmass...
Printmaking takes center stage at Aspen Chapel Gallery
New exhibition features 11 local artists
Treatment facility upgrades come with $100M pricetag
City of Aspen says work necessary to continue to distribute safe water
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Sandy Johnson’s work is featured in the exhibition “Roaring Fork Printmaking 2” at the Aspen Chapel Gallery. An opening reception is planned for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday....
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Susan Walker is one of 11 valley artists whose work is being shown at the Aspen Chapel Gallery in the exhibition “Roaring Fork Printmaking 2.” An opening reception is planned for 4-7 p.m. Wednesday....
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Aspen Deputy Utilities Director Ryan Loebach gives a tour of the city’s Castle Creek water treatment facility to community members in May.
’Copters and concrete
A helicopter flies above Aspen Mountain last Thursday to fly in concrete infrastructure for Aspen Skiing Co.’s new Nell Bell lift. The mountain was closed for the day as a result....
Regarding Aspen’s airport, we have to follow rules
Dennis O’Meara — (Re: “We have to accept private jet traffic,” July 5, Aspen Daily News) Once again the same old canards...
Vaughan replies to letter writers’ pushback
Barry Vaughan — My last letter (“We have to accept private jet traffic,” July 5, Aspen Daily News) got some vigorous pushback...
Aspen Journalism: When oil and gas trump other uses
Colorado’s Roan Plateau, a favorite backcountry zone for hunters, anglers and hikers because of its high-quality wildlife habitat, is once being proposed for oil and gas development. The Bureau of Land Management, in accordance with direction from the Trump administration’s One B...
Ruedi Hydroelectric Facility anticipated to lose power by August
The city of Aspen’s Ruedi Hydroelectric Facility is anticipated to lose hydroelectric power in early August due to current U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reservoir forecasts and operating conditions. The updated reservoir data indicate that the timing has shifted later than previo...
Aspen gallery debuts rare Heffron Collection
The Harvey Preston Gallery will debut The Heffron Collection with a public opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, presenting legacy works from the collection of Valerie and Paul Heffron. The exhibition will stay on view through Aug. 10, showcasing influential cer...
Review: Weilerstein’s Dvořák cello concerto tops a juicy music festival week
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and her husband, conductor Rafael Payare, are regular visitors to the Aspen Music Festival — Weilerstein literally since birth and Payare more recently. Sunday’s Festival Orchestra program brought them together in performance for the first time here, and...
Red Brick Center for the Arts and ACRA to host Summer Celebration
The Red Brick Center for the Arts and Aspen Chamber Resort Association will be hosting their annual Summer Celebration from 4-6 p.m. July 21 and are inviting residents and visitors to the free event. The Summer Celebration will bring together local artists, nonprofit partners...
Ask a Broker: What does $5M, $10M and $20M buy in Aspen?
For buyers beginning their search in Aspen, one of the first questions is often, “What does my budget actually buy?” While...
In Aspen, the music never stops
Blues, classical, eclectic rock and jazz hit the upper valley Thursday through Saturday
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Marilyn Minter is Anderson Ranch’s 2026 International Artist Honoree. A movie about her work, “Pretty Dirty: The Life and Work of Marilyn Minter,” screens at 6 p.m. today at Aspen Film’s Isis Theater....
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Jes Grew (with the Broccoli Brothers on horns) entertains the crowd at Belly Up Aspen on Thursday evening. Pictured from left at the front of the stage: Randolph Turner, Cameron Williams and Rob “Monkey” Dasaro....
Ireland: What must we give up to stay a ski town?
Uncomfortable truth for us locals: Aspen One is at least partly right about the problematic future of our ski-based economy...
DanceAspen’s gala supports dancers and community outreach programs
For one night only, DanceAspen’s gala at Hotel Jerome transports attendees into the extravagant, gold-and-glamour shine of Studio 54, circa the 1970s. “Dance is meant to bring people together, and few places embodied that more than Studio 54,” said Laurel Winton, DanceAspen’...
How the PARC Act could impact climbing on Independence Pass
Climbers on Independence Pass could benefit from the new Protect America’s Rock Climbing act, which would allow for easier maintenance and installation of fixed anchors, or bolts, on rock walls. The PARC act is aiming to address a decades-long dispute over the use of fixed an...
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Natalie Tsevdos is the environmental health administrator for the city of Aspen.
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An aerial image of Aspen and the smoky haze that shrouded the valley for much of the prior two weeks, taken July 7.
Private jet traffic overwhelming at Aspen airport
Polly Ross — Thank you, Allen Jones, for your excellent letter in response to Barry Vaughan’s letter...
Advocates reignite fight to keep Roan Plateau ‘pristine’ amid boom of BLM oil and gas leasing in Colorado
Just northwest of Rifle, the Roan Plateau rises 3,000 feet above the Colorado River Valley, a towering wall of sandstone cliffs. Once airborne, the mesa unfolds below as a patchwork of waterfalls and streams winding through aspen groves, juniper woodlands, Douglas fir and Gamb...
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Pro pickleball player Collin Johns, left, and Pickle for a Purpose organizer Howard Talenfeld pose at Aspen Meadows in 2024. Johns was the headliner for the inaugural fundraising event last year. This year’s event, on July 21, will feature Andrei…...
Saddle Sore: What’s in a name?
Back when, around the years I’d got back after college, the Aspen Inn Club was a favorite of party folks around town, yours truly no exception. On one particular night, absolutely no agenda in mind, a friendly young girl whose face I’ve long-forgotten but whose mind was as sharp ...
Cacao ceremonies offer a unique way to find connection in Aspen
When you walk into the Bucky Dome at Aspen Meadows Resort, what’s waiting is much more than a cup of hot chocolate. It’s a plant medicine that was offered to warriors before battle and women after birth, a superfood that’s been crafted into an alchemic blend by residents of th...
Buckhorn Public Arts moves into former Gravity Haus offices with new program
Buckhorn Public Arts has launched its new Aspen Arts Club, an artist residency program providing dedicated studio space for local artists, in the former Gravity Haus offices in Aspen’s downtown core. The aim of the Aspen Arts Club is to create what a press release calls “an in...
Gentlemen of Aspen nip Vail Rugby Club with last-minute penalty goal
It wasn’t the result the Vail Rugby Club was hoping for, but no one could deny the team’s heart during its annual Fourth of July weekend rivalry matchup against the Gentlemen of Aspen. After falling behind 24-8 in the first 28 minutes, Vail rallied to take a five-point lead late ...
Rev the Runway returns to Aspen to benefit National Jewish Health
Modern style icon Aerin Lauder and the Lauder Family will be honored at the Rev the Runway Aspen Fashion Show at Doerr-Hosier Center at Aspen Meadows on Thursday, Aug. 6, as the latest fashions from Aspen-area boutiques and luxury cars come together to benefit National Jewish Hea...