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Rugby returns to Wagner
Gents, Ladies play dramatic matches against Vail on Sunday
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A unique car rides past Hotel Jerome during Saturday’s Fourth of July parade in Aspen.
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Kids blow bubbles and wave flags while sitting in a raft on Thunder River Adventures’ float during Saturday’s Fourth of July parade in Aspen.
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Local residents ride a float as it moves along Main Street during Saturday’s Fourth of July parade in Aspen.
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The cast of “Guys and Dolls,” from left: Michael James Scott, Ryan Vasquez, Julie Benko, Christopher Sieber and Bonnie Milligan. Theatre Aspen’s production, in partnership with the Aspen Music Festival and School, will be held July 13-14 in the Klein…...
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Chris Campbell converts on a penalty kick from about 45 meters to give the Gentlemen of Aspen a 37-36 lead with just a couple of minutes to play against Vail on Sunday at Wagner Park. The kick gave Aspen the…...
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Anna Toney kicks a conversion attempt after scoring a try for the Ladies of Aspen against Vail at Wagner Park on Sunday. The Ladies fell 22-15 in their first official match of their first official season....
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Dan Schroder fights off would-be tacklers from Vail in the Gentlemen of Aspen’s 37-36 win at Wagner Park on Sunday.
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Moon Mondays: Tradwife or rad-wife?
I require tons of time by myself. Solitude is where I recharge. Sometimes when my significant other is chatting away (if you know him, you know), I get cranky because he’s interrupting my deepest inner contemplations. My finger is firmly pressing down on the introvert side of...
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Battlement Trail Fire 99% contained
The Battlement Trail Fire, which prompted evacuations near the Battlement Mesa Golf Course on Sunday, is now 99% contained. The fire started at about 4:45 p.m. Sunday, and burned 20.8 acres, according to an update from the Grand Valley Fire Protection District. Fire crews will...
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Aspen Words’ Book Ball features National Book Award Winner Jonathan Franzen
This year, Aspen Words’ Book Ball features National Book Award Winner Jonathan Franzen in conversation with Book Critic Ron Charles on July 10 at Aspen Meadows Resort. The event raises money to support free and accessible community events, such as the Aspen Literary Festival, pro...
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Select Intersect Aspen galleries, artists to donate 15% of sales
Intersect Aspen Art + Design, which runs July 28 to Aug. 1, is deepening their partnership with Aspen Community Foundation with the launch of a new initiative, “Art for ACF.” The initiative invites participating galleries to support the Roaring Fork Valley through the sale of...
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Fourth of July parade winners announced
Downtown Aspen was packed with thousands of residents and visitors on Saturday during Aspen’s annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade, which featured local nonprofits, businesses, community organizations and patriotic displays showcasing the creativity and hometown pride of As...
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Aspen Ambulance District implements new life-saving program
The Aspen Ambulance District finished installing a life-saving blood donation set-up in their command vehicle on Thursday, allowing for blood transfusions to be done in the field going forward. Chief of EMS at Aspen Ambulance District Gabe Muephing said this will be instrumen...
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Damage assessment teams begin work in Aspen Acres fire zone as weather gives firefighters an edge
Weather conditions will likely give firefighters working to contain the massive Aspen Acres fire an edge again Sunday. “Yesterday was our first day without red flag warnings and we have no red flag warnings for today,” Operations Section Chief Brad Washa, of Alaska Complex Inc...
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Libertine returns to Aspen with exclusive residency at The Little Nell
Libertine is returning to Aspen with an exclusive residency at The Little Nell from July 29 through Aug. 4, coinciding with Aspen Art Week and offering an intimate and elevated shopping experience for visitors and locals alike. Libertine will be located inside the property’s b...
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McKeller: Be warned
Do not make the same costly mistake I did! If you park in the Clark’s Market parking lot in Aspen longer than 90 minutes, your car will be booted by Roaring Fork’s Security, and it will cost you $160 to get the boot removed! Apparently, there are two signs on opposite cor...
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With new austere emergency care training, Eagle County emergency providers can save lives in any scenario
Eagle County Paramedic Services is expanding the width of paramedic abilities to be ready for any emergency, especially in the outdoors. The paramedics team recently hosted austere emergency care training for 11 of its paramedics to learn to respond to prolonged medical emerge...
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Sights from Aspen’s Independence Day celebration
Olympian Alex Ferreira led old-fashioned Fourth of July parade across town
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Local leaders reflect on 250 years of democracy
Electeds put the legacy of the Declaration of the Independence in their own words
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Parade floats travel down Galena Street during Saturday’s Fourth of July parade in Aspen, greeting what was estimated to be tens of thousands of people....
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A vintage Aspen Fire Protection District truck cruises down Main Street in Aspen’s Fourth of July parade on Saturday.
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The Blazing Adventures float grills hot dogs before passing them out to the crowd during the parade.
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Olympic freeski halfpipe gold medalist Alex Ferreira, center, served as the grand marshal in the Fourth of July parade in Aspen on Saturday.
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Vertical dance company Bandaloop performs dangling from the Wheeler Opera House on Saturday.
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Murphy McBride tosses a bag at balloons to win a prize at the carnival in Wagner Park on Friday afternoon.
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The Record Company performs a free community concert in Wagner Park on Friday night, part of Aspen’s Fourth of July celebration. The concert was produced by Belly Up....
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Parade-goers watch an Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules head off to its next destination after performing a flyover ahead of the Fourth of July parade in Aspen on Saturday. The plane was also scheduled to pass over Vail, Granby, Crested…...
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Column | Villalobos: Rehabilitation centers and support systems in Colorado are available to everyone
“Oftentimes, mental health issues and substance use disorders go hand in hand. It’s a fact that more adults in Eagle County are heavy drinkers than their peers in Colorado and the nation, and the percent of heavy drinkers is increasing, according to the 2019 Vail Health Community...
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Soni and Balentine: To honor America’s 250th, protect its wild places
The 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding is the perfect occasion to remember our responsibility not just to each other...
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Reader learns Clark’s parking lesson the hard way
Susan McKeller — Do not make the same costly mistake I did! If you park in the Aspen Clark’s Market parking lot for longer than 90 minutes...
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We have to accept private jet traffic
Barry Vaughan — Susan Taylor’s piece raises interesting issues and deserves a response. As to the misalignment of Aspen and Pitkin County’s desire...
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Remembering Charles ‘Chuck’ Lohmiller
June 9, 1944 — June 10, 2026
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Remembering Christopher James Sheehan
Jan. 6, 1946 — May 7, 2026
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PHOTOS: Aspen celebrates America’s 250th birthday with annual Fourth of July parade
Aspen locals and visitors alike came together on Saturday to celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July parade through the downtown core. Lasting about 90 minutes, it included dozens of local organizations and no shortage of entertainment as t...
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Bridging Bionics gala raises necessary funds to change lives
On Dec. 27, 2024, a skiing accident left New Mexico-resident Ulrich John paralyzed. He had been a professional skier and was simply giving his son a ski lesson on a green run when he suddenly lost his balance. Last March, he participated in Bridging Bionics’ newest initiative, th...
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MOMIX presents Botanica at Aspen District Theater
MOMIX, a company of dancer-illusionists, presents Botanica at Aspen District Theater. The exceptionally innovative company explores the human body “to investigate non-human worlds,” artistic director Moses Pendleton said. Its latest performance, Botanica, emerges from the...
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Aspen Ideas asks: Should rivers have rights?
Should rivers have rights? This was the question posed by Chuck Sams, the director of Indigenous Programs at the Yale Center for Environmental Justice and the former director of the U.S. National Park Service, and Michael Livermore, a professor of law at the University of Virg...
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FOR SUN 07.05 Obit Photo Charles Chuck Lohmiller
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Aspen Public Radio to broadcast Sunday Aspen Festival Orchestra concerts
Aspen Public Radio is partnering with the Aspen Music Festival and School for the fourth year to broadcast the 4 p.m. Sunday Aspen Festival Orchestra concerts live each week throughout the greater Roaring Fork Valley. Broadcasts begin Sunday, July 5. “This iconic Festival i...
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ACRA releases most recent visitor profile study
The Aspen Chamber Resort Association has released the results of its most recent visitor profile study, which was conducted March of this year. The survey collected data and insights on 2025 visitor demographics, travel behaviors, spending patterns and satisfaction levels, ac...
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Artistic director of Vail Dance Festival and others discuss: what will music sound like in 250 years?
Damian Woetzel, artistic director of Vail Dance Festival, spoke on a panel at Aspen Ideas Festival on June 29, along with Charles Yang and Caroline Shaw, about music — and what it might sound like in 250 years, in alignment with Aspen Ideas’ theme: Declarations of Independence: P...
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Aspen Acres fire grows 8,000 acres overnight, hundreds more firefighters arrive in southern Colorado
Colorado’s largest active wildfire consumed more than 8,000 acres overnight as hundreds more firefighters arrived in Pueblo and Custer counties to try to slow the fire’s spread. The Aspen Acres fire roared across another 13 square miles late Friday night and early Saturday mor...
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Lead with Love: For the love of the trees
I wake up each day with anticipation. Will the sky be brilliant, sparkling Colorado blue? The sky I remember stirring awe within me when I first came to visit Fort Lewis College in Colorado with my dad in 1993. We marveled at its consistent beauty. It was striking. The blue, blue...
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Willoughby: A patriotic wartime on July 4
This week, we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. The contrast in Aspen’s Fourth of July celebrations between 1917 and 1918 surrounding WWI are worth pondering when thinking about celebrating patriotism. WWI had been ongoing for over two and a half years...
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Aspen Acres fire grows to 87,000 acres as firefighting force expands on Fourth of July holiday
The fire southwest of Pueblo is now the 8th largest fire by acreage in Colorado history. Snyder fire on Western Slope is 95% contained, as other fires see modest growth....
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Most visitors say airport closure won’t impact decision to return next summer
Some worry about ‘inconveniences’ of other modes of arrival,’ ACRA survey says
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‘Climate resiliency’ goals help Nordic skiing adapt to shorter, warmer, drier winters
Pitkin County OST Board adopts 2026 version of management plan
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Belly Up Aspen hearing concludes after three days
Attorneys debate intent, benefit and risk of bringing in receiver
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Visitors mill about Wagner Park near the Grand Tasting tents during the 2026 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
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A stretch of thin snow on the Owl Creek Trail in Snowmass Village was still enough to cross-country ski on Jan. 17, 2025, when some routes had plenty of coverage and others were nearly melted out. The Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Council…...
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A section of the Owl Creek Trail in Snowmass Village, photographed on Feb. 28, illustrates how much slope aspect and sun exposure can affect snow coverage. A new management plan for the Aspen/Snowmass Nordic trails includes ideas for additional shady…...
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The facade of the Belly Up Aspen building is pictured on Friday.
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What goes around
Kaitlyn and Brock Hamlin enjoy a ride on the merry-go-round at the Fourth of July carnival in Rio Grande Park on Friday afternoon. The carnival continues today from noon to 8 p.m....
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Aspen One’s actions contradict its recent rhetoric
Susan Sullivan — (Re: “Raab: Curating a crisis of identity,” July 1, Aspen Daily News and “Marolt: If the airport is our main...
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Trump’s ‘transparency’ only benefits himself
JM Jesse — The White House continually proclaims that Donald Trump is the “most transparent president in history.” That is true...
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Trump qualifies as ‘vandal in chief’
Craig Chisesi — President Trump has intimated that “vandals” are responsible for the recent cesspool problems with the Lincoln...
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Margo: Aspen is ‘so fire’ — like literally
“I say let’s get the heck out of here,” I told Ryan’s parents as a mountain of black smoke billowed over downtown Basalt, dark...
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Grueter: Please stay away from the matches today
The United States’ birthday looks a little different this year. There are many reasons. What we call a 250-year-old nation...
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