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The town of Snowmass Council contracted a peer review study to explore alternatives to this initial design presented to them for the Draw site affordable housing project....
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The town of Snowmass Council was presented with this redesign of the first version of the Draw site affordable housing project. They chose instead to go with a three-building design....
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The town of Snowmass Council directed staff to move forward with this design for the Draw site affordable housing project. Several council members pushed for a design that reduced the height and mass of the original design....
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Colorado River, public lands reopen as Snyder Fire containment increases
State and federal agencies are starting to reopen public lands, state wildlife areas and a segment of the Colorado River that were closed in light of the Snyder Fire in Mesa County. Stage 2 fire restrictions — banning all open fire or flames, including charcoal grills and woo...
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Colorado joins nearly 2 dozen other states urging U.S. Postal Service to drop plan to restrict mail-in voting
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, alongside lawyers from nearly two dozen other states, is urging the U.S. Postal Service to abandon efforts to fulfill President Donald Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict mail-in voting for the 2026 midterm elections. Trump sig...
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Showers and thunderstorms forecast for Colorado’s high country as wildfires rage across the state
Following several days of hot, dry weather, Colorado’s Western Slope is poised to see a period of rainy skies with possible thunderstorms ahead of what meteorologists expect to be an active monsoon season arriving later this summer. Beginning Tuesday, a wave of energy is expec...
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Holy Cross Energy power outage lasted 14 hours, raised many communications questions
Around 27,000 Holy Cross Energy customers from Vail to parts of the Roaring Fork Valley woke up Wednesday morning with a massive sigh of relief after a 14-hour power outage caused by a lightning strike on an Xcel Energy transmission line to the Eagle River Valley near Wolcott. ...
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Produce Smuggler delivery service offers Aspen access to year-round organic ingredients
Produce Smuggler is bringing something new to the table — quite literally — in the Aspen area. Sourcing weekly from small organic farms in California’s Bay Area, Produce Smuggler offers delivery to Aspen-area families all the way down to Carbondale every Monday, either via cur...
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Aspen Snowmass market experiences slowest first-half since Covid
The Aspen Snowmass market is currently experiencing its slowest first-half since the COVID-19 years of 2020-21 despite record stock market performance, according to the most recent real estate snapshot from Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s Tim Estin. Year-to-date, from Jan. 1 to Jun 3...
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Snowmass shifts design of proposed Draw Site to include multiple buildings
Snowmass Town Council decided to move forward Monday with a new type of design for the Draw Site — going from a single building concept to an ancillary building concept with the aim of breaking up massing and providing a more mountain community feel. Snowmass Housing Director ...
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Snowmass receives update on affordable housing needs
Despite its relatively small size, Snowmass would need to increase affordable housing by 508 units to meet the need for living space in Pitkin County. This is according to Rachel Schindman with Economic and Planning Systems, who presented to Snowmass Town Council Monday on the...
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Aspen Music Festival and School offers free tickets for ages 19 to 35
The Aspen Music Festival and School will continue its popular “Free Fridays for 35 and Under program,” which takes place Fridays at 5:30 p.m. from July 3-Aug. 14 at the Klein Music Tent, 960 N. Third St. The program is aimed at ages 19 to 35, offering free concert tickets to ...
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Basalt’s Ann Korologos Gallery to open ‘Continuum’
Basalt’s Ann Korologos Gallery will open “Continuum” — the gallery’s first in-person event of the year — with a public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Visiting artists from across the region will attend, according to a release. “This exhibition is about continu...
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Aspen Hospitality launches Nell Hotels brand
Aspen’s The Little Nell has become part of a larger Nell Hotels luxury brand, recently launched by Aspen Hospitality, a division of Aspen One. The new brand is “rooted in the spirit, legacy and enduring guest affinity of The Little Nell hotel,” a press release reads. It co...
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Anderson Ranch to celebrate Ranch Week
Anderson Ranch is prepared to host their annual Ranch Week 60th anniversary celebration from July 13 to 18 with a gala, silent and live auction and community picnic. On July 13, the Isis Theatre in Aspen will host a screening of the documentary “Pretty Dirty, the life and time...
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Roy and Whitley: A community that celebrates together
Thank you, Roaring Fork Valley, for showing up in the most colorful, creative and joyful way possible at the Mall Fest 50 Art Parade. From the costumes to the performances to the Silver Queen float that filled the streets, you brought the theme — “What do you LOVE about this plac...
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Pitkin County Healthy Rivers launches new website
Pitkin County Healthy Rivers has launched a new website with a modernized presentation of the organization, its purpose and the projects that serve its mission to protect, defend and enhance the rivers and streams of the Roaring Fork Watershed. The website aims to better serv...
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Beyond the Algorithm: The price of paradise
Scott Poupore has spent more than three decades in the optical business, from trade school in northern Minnesota to Oakley and, eventually, to leading Eye Pieces across Colorado’s mountain towns. Bryan Welker sat down with the Eye Pieces CEO to talk about staff retention, loc...
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Bridging Bionics gala features two dancers in wheelchairs
This year’s Bridging Bionics gala, on Friday, July 10, at Hotel Jerome, features world para dancesport champions Edelyn de Asis and Julius Jun Obero. The two accomplished artists from the Philippines both dance in wheelchairs — a first for the gala; although last year’s performan...
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Snowmass receives update on Childcare Specialty Tax District
Snowmass Town Council received an update Monday on the Childcare Specialty Tax District that was established in November 2025 by the voters in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties to fund early childhood development services through the collection of a 0.25% sales and use tax. ...
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Snowmass Town Council moves to authorize enforcement of Pitkin County fire restrictions
Snowmass Town Council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance Monday to authorize the enforcement of Pitkin County fire restrictions. The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 013-2026 earlier this year, according to a staff report su...
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Owl Creek Road traffic impacts begin this month
Construction on Owl Creek Road and the Owl Creek Trail will begin the week of July 27, creating alternating one-lane traffic and brief delays on Owl Creek Road. This work kicks off the Airport Modernization Project’s first construction phase, preparing the site for the airpor...
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Aspen Acres fire grows to nearly 94,000 acres as forecasters eye chance of rain
Moisture could bring scattered showers to the fire Wednesday, but hot, dry and windy conditions are expected to return by the weekend
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Snowmass history: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Wild Westfest in July 2004 took center stage in Snowmass Village. “Fans of country and Western music will find a lengthy list of down-home performers on the Westfest schedule,” confirmed The Aspen Daily News, “which begins with a charity gala and auction at the Snowmass Confe...
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Eagle County Commissioners to decide on assistance for an open space tax ballot item
Eagle County Commissioners on Tuesday will decide if they want to approve a technical assistance to pursue an open space tax in the county. In a commission meeting on June 7, the Trust for Public Land will look to jumpstart assistance to get an open space property tax into a ...
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Guest column: Where did all the homes go? The supply side of our housing crisis
There’s a question that often comes up when people talk about housing in the Roaring Fork Valley: Do we actually have a supply problem, or just a price problem? We understand the instinct. Prices are the most visible part of the crisis. The median home price in Glenwood Spring...
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Tuesday letters: Ballot delivery concerns, Harvest questions and BikeThere thanks
Voters deserve answers on ballot delays I am writing to request a public explanation from Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jackie Harmon and Glenwood Springs Postmaster Adele L. Lujan concerning what appears to have been a significant delay in the delivery of mail ballots du...
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P&Z hearing won’t be held for racetrack redevelopment application
Woody Creek property sells for $17M, plans not yet approved
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From meteorites to Monets
Fine art, antiques, jewelry on display at new M.S. Rau gallery
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AI and the pixelation of the real
At Aspen Collective, artist grapples with humanity vs. technology
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Aspen Institute hosts free speakers series
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This aerial view shows the Woody Creek racetrack, also known as the Aspen Motorsports Park. The property recently sold for $17 million. The buyers hope to redevelop the racetrack into a members-only racing club....
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M.S. Rau president Andrew Fields is pictured outside of the new gallery in the Aspen Block Building, 307 S. Galena St. It’s the first location outside of M.S. Rau’s flagship space in New Orleans....
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Works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagal, Norman Rockwell and Edward Hopper align the walls at Ms. Rau Gallery at 307 S. Galena St. in Aspen.
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Carbondale artist Nicholas Ward discusses his work with a visitor during last Thursday’s opening of “Between the Real,” his exhibition at Aspen Collective....
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PHOTOS: ACES hosts annual Raptor Fair at Hallam Lake in Aspen
The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies hosted its annual Raptor Fair on Friday at Hallam Lake in Aspen. Unfortunately, due to some of the wildfires in the state, the visiting birds from Nature’s Educators were not able to attend. Despite this, guests were still able to lea...
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Aspen Snowmass offers chance to bid on Nell and Bell chairs
The Bell Mountain and The Little Nell chairlifts, which have carried skiers and snowboarders up Aspen Mountain for nearly 120 combined years, are coming down to make way for the new Nell Bell lift — and heading to auction for a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the public to take one...
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‘Guys and Dolls in Concert’ brings Broadway to Aspen
Every musical begins with a single note, and Aspen Music Festival and School’s collaboration with Theatre Aspen for “Guys and Dolls in Concert” is bringing a full orchestra to the stage for Broadway brilliance at 7:30 p.m. July 13 and 14 in the Michael Klein Music Tent, 960 N. 3r...
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I-70 saw more than 160,000 drivers over the Fourth of July holiday weekend
The Interstate 70 mountain corridor was busy over the Fourth of July weekend, but did not see record-breaking traffic. About 163,500 vehicles passed through the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels from Thursday, July 2, through Sunday, July 5, according to the Colorado Departm...
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Glenwood Springs City Council delays on-demand fare increase
Glenwood Springs City Council members delayed action Thursday on a proposed fare increase for Ride Glenwood On-Demand, saying they wanted more data before deciding how much riders should pay and how the service fits into the city’s broader transportation system. The on-demand ...
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PHOTOS: Independence Day weekend in Glenwood Springs
Although a little smoke and haze were among the visitors who made their way to Garfield County during Independence Day weekend, that didn’t stop locals and other tourists from soaking in the sun and enjoying another Fourth of July at Two Rivers Park, on the Colorado River, at th...
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Miller: Democracy depends on active participation
As the November elections approach, we are reminded that democracy depends on active participation. Voting is one of the most important ways citizens can make their voices heard and help shape the future of our country. But civic engagement should not stop at the casting of our o...
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Where are wildfires creating the most smoke on Colorado’s Western Slope?
Smoke is continuing to waft through the mountains from wildfires burning in Colorado and neighboring states, prompting health advisories due to air quality. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued an air quality health advisory through at least Tues...
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Remembering the Storm King 14
Thirty-two years after 14 wildland firefighters were killed on Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs continues to remember the people whose deaths reshaped the community and wildland firefighting across the country. The South Canyon Fire, better known locally as the Storm King...
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Rifle eyes memorial project, business incubator partnership
Rifle City Council’s work session on Wednesday featured an update on the Veteran’s Memorial Renovation Project and a possible partnership with the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center. Veteran’s Memorial Renovation Project Rifle Public Works Director Brian Prunty provi...
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Garfield County Sheriff’s Office deputy recognized for life-saving efforts
For most people, rushing into the chaos and putting their lives on the line for the sake of others can be hard to imagine. For Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Alex Silverman, it is “part of the job.” Silverman was recently recognized for life-saving actions followin...
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Hickenlooper, Glenwood officials speak out against proposed RMI Quarry expansion
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper joined Glenwood Springs city councilors, Garfield County commissioners and members of the Citizens Alliance on Transfer Trail on Friday to speak out against Rocky Mountain Industrials’ (RMI) latest quarry expansion proposal. Although there haven’t ...
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Voss: Wildlife encounters with pets
I, like many of us, enjoy biking up Maroon Creek Road to take in one of Aspen’s most spectacular landscapes. Over the past few weeks, these rides have felt like a wildlife safari. Nearly every ride has included sightings of foxes, bears, moose or deer enjoying our beautiful backy...
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Delicious American music brightens a great Music Festival opening
The Aspen Music Festival found an exciting way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America over the Independence Day weekend. A first-weekend program explored choices from the American symphonic music realm with exciting, if not the most familiar, pieces de...
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Rifle to welcome Birch Park with ribbon cutting
Rifle will celebrate the grand opening of Birch Park, the city’s newest neighborhood park, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, at 2025 Birch Ave. The celebration will include a brief ceremony followed by complimentary drinks and ice cream. Community me...
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PHOTOS: Rifle dives into Independence Day
The city of Rifle held its Independence Day celebration July 3 at Metro Park and Pool, giving families a chance to enjoy food trucks, a dunk tank, bounce houses, slip ‘n slides and a foam cannon before the Fourth of July holiday. A girl gets closer to the mechanism that will d...
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StoryWalk begins in Rifle at Centennial Park
The Garfield County Libraries and city of Rifle have partnered to bring StoryWalk to Centennial Park, combining literacy, outdoor recreation and family fun. The permanent installation opened Thursday and offers a self-directed learning experience that places the pages of chil...
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AspenOUT hosts virtual adult LGBTQIA+ support group
AspenOUT is inviting community members to its Virtual Adult LGBTQIA+ Support Group, an ongoing online group providing a safe, welcoming and affirming space for LGBTQ+ individuals to connect, discuss and share experiences, facilitated by host Janet Gordon. This online group off...
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Aspen Acres destruction climbs to 263 homes lost in Pueblo, Custer counties
More than 1,300 personnel were assigned to the fire burning southwest of Pueblo as of Monday
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PHOTOS: Aspen rugby clubs host Vail in mountain town scrums at Wagner
The Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Club renewed its mountain town rivalry with Vail on Sunday, surviving for a 37-36 win at Wagner Park. Leading comfortably at halftime, a series of unfortunate plays let Vail take the lead down the stretch in the second half. It was a pair of late p...
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Chacos: Thriving and surviving the family trip
Our two-week family vacation was still in its infancy when I almost ran over my younger brother. We were battling the Caribbean heat, and I was conducting a logistical symphony addressing the needs of 12 distinct personalities spanning multiple generations on a trip that prom...
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Local golf results: Aspen men’s and women’s associations from July 1-2
Aspen Women’s Golf Association from July 1LOW GROSS1st: Heidi Burkemper 792nd: Mar Mar Cunningham 843rd: Denise Wynne 874th: Erin Vogel 89LOW NET1st: Hallie McQueeny 682nd: Laurie Danks 693rd: Clarity Fornell 714th: Sarah Challinor 71 Aspen Men’s Golf Association from July 2LO...
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Colorado buyers gain options as Western Slope housing market rebalances
Colorado’s housing market wrapped up the spring season with more inventory than in previous years, setting up an active summer for buyers — even as economic and political uncertainty continues to drive up prices. Colorado continued its momentum toward a “balanced and sustainab...
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ACRA names Fourth of July parade winners
Thousands line Main Street on Saturday for celebration
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Luck be a Lady, two nights
AMFS and Theatre Aspen team up for ‘Guys and Dolls’
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