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Court hearings held on whether to put Belly Up in receivership
Ownership litigation continues between co-founders Goldberg, Gitlitz
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Remembering Cheryl Ann Towning
Feb. 12, 1948 — June 27, 2026
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Local news in brief, July 2
Basalt seeks feedback on land use code update
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Alex Stiff, Chris Vos and Marc Cazorla make up The Record Company. The power trio from Los Angeles plays at Wagner Park at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Chris Vos, Marc Cazorla and Alex Stiff have been playing together as The Record Company for almost 15 years. The band has played Belly Up several times and now returns to Aspen to play Wagner Park Friday at 7 p.m....
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Charles Yang at Ideas Fest
Violinist, composer and singer Charles Yang performs at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Monday afternoon.
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Healthcare Careers: A Pathway to Success for Kansas City Professionals
You can do well while doing good with a career in healthcare—and getting started in one may be easier than many people realize.
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Vail area women’s hockey community mourns loss of fallen firefighter Emily Barker
The Vail-area women’s hockey community is reeling from the loss of wildland firefighter Emily Barker, an Eagle resident who played defense for the Downvalley Divas, one of several Eagle County women’s teams. The Vail area is home to one of the country’s most robust women’s hoc...
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Doyle and Ittner look to Pitkin County District 1 Commissioner seat
John Doyle and Rob Ittner are heading into campaign season for the Nov. 3 election after winning 40.6% and 39.2% of votes, respectively, for the position of District 1 Pitkin County Commissioner, which will replace Commissioner Patti Clapper. According to the unofficial resul...
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Western Slope lawmakers take Colorado River managers to task
Western Slope lawmakers had harsh words for water managers at a state committee hearing last week, questioning whether Colorado has done enough to avoid a lawsuit with its downstream neighbors. Colorado Sen. Dylan Roberts, a District 8 Democrat who represents several Western S...
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Free entrance offered to Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park will join other parks around the nation this week by offering free entrance July 3-5. Beginning in 2026, free entrance on these days will be for American citizens and residents only. Nonresidents will pay the regular entrance fee and any applicabl...
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Victor Marx cuts into Barb Kirkmeyer’s razor-thin lead in Republican primary for Colorado governor
The Republican primary for Colorado governor is teetering on a knife’s edge, with state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer narrowly leading minister Victor Marx by less than a quarter of a percentage point, according to preliminary results as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 1. Marx has steadily b...
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Paige Price returns to Theatre Aspen to direct ‘A Chorus Line’
One singular sensation comes to Aspen, via Theatre Aspen, July 3-25 in the form of “A Chorus Line.” This summer marks the first time Paige Price has returned to Theatre Aspen as a guest artist in the past nine years, since moving on as the executive artistic director at Theat...
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Gasoline spill closes lane on eastbound Colorado Highway 82 in Glenwood Springs
Motorists should expect heavy traffic and delays on eastbound Colorado Highway 82 and Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs due to a gasoline spill, according to an alert from the city of Glenwood Springs. The lane closure is in place on eastbound Highway 82, headed upvalley, fr...
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All fireworks, including sparklers, are illegal in most Colorado mountain communities this Fourth of July
Personal fireworks, including sparklers, are not allowed to be part of the Fourth of July festivities in most Colorado mountain communities this year due to the widespread drought and extreme fire danger. Wildfires are burning across the West, including six major wildfires in ...
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Semi cleared, 10th Street reopened following diesel spill in Glenwood Springs
Update, 5:36 p.m.: A semi has been cleared from Colorado Highway 82 following a large diesel fuel spill in Glenwood Springs, and the intersection at 10th Street has reopened, according to a Facebook post from the Glenwood Springs Police Department. The eastbound and southbound...
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Colorado officials to crack down on impaired driving, boating under the influence this Fourth of July
The Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcements will be upping enforcement of driving under the influence laws during the Fourth of July holiday. Drivers may see saturation patrols, sobriety checkpoints and additional law enforcement officers on duty to crack down on drun...
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Get to know your neighbors at ACES’ Raptor Fair
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the visiting birds of prey will no longer be able to attend due to evacuation from a wildfire. Aspen Center for Environmental Studies is bringing back its Raptor Fair at Hallam Lake on Friday, July 3, showcasing program r...
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Wildfire danger is ‘through the roof’ as Fourth of July travel kicks off busiest time of year for I-70 traffic
One of the busiest travel periods of the year is underway on Colorado’s Interstate 70 corridor as tens of thousands of drivers head to the mountains to celebrate the Fourth of July. With so many people hitting the roads for the holiday, transportation officials are urging trav...
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How the Western Slope voted in Colorado’s primary elections for governor
Colorado’s urban-rural divide was on display in Tuesday’s primary elections for governor. Amid a surge in voter turnout, the bulk of candidates’ votes were largely concentrated either along the populous Front Range corridor, or in smaller western and eastern communities. O...
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Crews continue fighting Willow Fire as area grows and containment remains 0%
The Willow Fire, which started June 28 outside Leadville, has grown to 2,011 acres, and a higher-level incident management team has taken command of the response, according to updates posted by the management team and the Lake County Office of Emergency Management. Southwest A...
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Harris: Inhumane, dangerous and it’s back
M-44 Cyanide Bombs are back, and we must act quickly. M-44s, more descriptively called “cyanide bombs,” are inhumane, spring-loaded traps that are designed to spray sodium cyanide into the faces of unsuspecting wildlife lured by their sweet, scented bait. After reintroducti...
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Rocky Mountain Taco now outside Home Depot
Eagle County’s original taco truck is parked in a new location. The truck that has served guests for more than a decade in Eagle County has been moved to Home Depot in Avon, where it is operating every day starting at 7 a.m. with a full menu that includes breakfast burritos. ...
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Calling all artists for the Vail Art Studio Challenge
Visual artists who live in Eagle County are invited to apply to compete in the Second Annual Vail Art Studio Challenge taking place on Thursday, Aug. 13. This will be a high-energy, live art challenge on the patio of Avanti Vail, located at Golden Peak. Selected artists will have...
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Eagle County advances draft zoning map as part of Land Use Regulation Rewrite
Eagle County is in the process or rewriting its land-use codes, and the Eagle County Planning Commission made a significant step to that end in June, reviewing a draft zoning map from the Eagle County Land Use Regulation Rewrite Advisory Committee. The draft map is a remapping...
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Time Machine: A brief history of July 4 celebrations, or lack thereof, in Eagle County
100 years ago July 2, 1926 On the Saturday before Independence Day, the McCoy community put on its annual celebration, attracting several hundred people from Eagle, Routt and Grand counties, the Eagle Valley Enterprise reported. “The rodeo — riding bucking broncos, calf ...
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Branham: Can we talk to trees — and will they talk back?
Earlier this week, the question about our capacity to talk to the forest landed in the Washington Post, where climate columnist Michael Coren spotlighted my book “Heartwood” in his Climate Coach newsletter. Can we talk to trees? The short answer? Yes. How? Through interocept...
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“This has become a national fight”: More resources ordered as Aspen Acres fire in Pueblo, Custer counties expands, scorching 35,000 acres
The Aspen Acres fire is roughly 2 miles from Bishop Castle, a popular roadside attraction in Custer County, and 7 miles from the unincorporated community of Wetmore...
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Nicholas Ward exhibits first solo show in Aspen
Roaring Fork Valley artist Nicholas Ward will present his first-ever solo show in Aspen, “Between the Real,” along with an opening reception from 6 to 10 p.m. July 2 at Aspen Collective. The gallery is located at 213 Mill St. Community members are invited to attend, meet the a...
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Colorado mountain towns must tighten taps, but water shortages could have been much worse
Western Slope growers cut their own water use and that, plus careful planning before the drought really showed itself, is lessening the pain
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A reader’s take on SkiCo’s recent confessions
Tom Martin — (Re: “SkiCo execs paint uncertain future, describe reinvestment as at risk,” June 28, Aspen Daily News) Aspen One...
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GarCo gives superwealthy a $10M tax-dodger handout
PJ Breslin — One week into fire season and the West is ablaze. Our mostly volunteer firefighting forces are hard at work.
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Writers on the Range: West to inherit more abandoned oil wells
Here’s a true story about the West: An oil company leases some public land, drills a well, pumps the oil and posts a $10,000 bond...
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Raab: Curating a crisis of identity
Aspen One executives Dave Tanner and Geoff Buchheister have been meeting with local elected officials in recent weeks, trying...
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The Cost of Cutting Funding to US Scientific Research
Cuts to federal science agencies don’t save money, says one good government group. These cuts lower economic growth and push costs onto communities and families, while making Americans less secure and less healthy....
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How Playing A Quick Puzzle Can Improve Your Workday
A quick puzzle can be a simple way to reset, refocus, and recharge during the workday.
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Baker pulls away in unofficial Garfield County sheriff results
Brent Baker holds a wide lead over Dan Loya in the Republican primary for Garfield County sheriff, according to unofficial election results from the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. As of 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, Baker had 4,961 votes, or 67.6%, while Loya had 2,378 vo...
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Ittner, Doyle will advance to Nov.3 election
After three rounds of election returns Tuesday night, John Doyle and Rob Ittner emerged as the top two candidates in the Democratic primary for the District 1 seat on the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners, advancing to the November general election. Former Aspen Mayor T...
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Kirkmeyer carries slight edge over Marx in Republican primary for governor, as race remains too close to call
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, a longtime Colorado politician with decades of experience in state and local government, has a slight lead over her two Republican opponents in the GOP primary for Colorado governor. Results as of Wednesday at 7 a.m. show Kirkmeyer leading nonprof...
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Phil Weiser wins Democratic primary for Colorado governor
Phil Weiser, who has served as Colorado’s attorney general since 2019, beat three-term U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election for governor. The Associated Press called the race around 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday. Preliminary results as of Wednesday morning ...
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Colorado lawmakers celebrate Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold birthright citizenship
Colorado Democratic lawmakers are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship, rejecting one of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders from the president’s first day in office. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the order with a ...
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Anderson leading Boston in Eagle County Sheriff’s Office Democratic Primary voting
Vail Police Sgt. Rebecca Anderson was decisively leading 5th Judicial District chief district attorney’s investigator Jason Boston after the final round of preliminary, unofficial election results was recorded Tuesday at 11:48 p.m. The two Democrats were vying for their party’s ...
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Dwayne Romero beats fellow Aspenite Alex Kelloff in 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary
Romero had 55.2% of the vote to Kelloff’s 44.8% when the Associated Press called the race for Romero at 8:01 p.m.
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Hickenlooper wins Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary election
Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper took the victory in Colorado’s Democratic Senate primary race against state Sen. Julie Gonzales. The Associated Press called the win at 7:36 p.m. Tuesday. Unofficial results from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office show Hickenlooper l...
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Kelley Anne Dennison wins GOP race for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District
Estes Park massage therapist Kelley Anne Dennison has won the Republican primary in a race to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District. The Associated Press called the win at 7:57 p.m. Tuesday. Unofficial results show Dennison leading with 58% of the vote over her oppon...
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Incumbent Rep. Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, a first-term Republican congressman, beat his GOP primary opponent, Ron Hanks, in his bid to hold onto his Western Slope congressional seat. The Associated Press called the race shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Preliminary results from the Colorado Se...
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Dwayne Romero declares victory
At an election watch party held Tuesday evening at Rock Island Oyster Bar & Grill in Snowmass Village, Dwayne Romero declares victory in the Democratic primary for U.S. House District 3....
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Army veteran Dwayne Romero wins Democratic primary for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Dwayne Romero, an Aspen-area resident and Army veteran with decades of local political experience, won the Democratic nomination for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race for Romero around 8 p.m. on Tues...
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First returns in BOCC race show Ittner, Doyle leading over Torre
Romero well ahead of Kelloff in Democratic primary for CD3
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The three candidates for the Pitkin County District 1 commissioner seat are John Doyle, Rob Ittner and Torre.
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Pickleball proposal draws criticism in Eagle
Back in May, Eagle County approached the Eagle Town Council to propose a partnership with the town to transform land disturbed by a recently completed geothermal energy project into the town’s first public pickleball courts. The site, located east of Eagle Town Park on county-...
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VVMTA’s Adopt A Trail program celebrates ten years of community stewardship in Eagle County
When Jamie Malin learned about what goes on behind the scenes to take care of a natural trail, he never saw them the same way and began dreaming of a way to bring a trail restoration program to the Vail Valley. In 2016, Malin, alongside Lee Rimel, launched the Adopt A Trail Pr...
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Aspen Mountain to host highest elevation Daybreaker event ever
Aspen Snowmass and Daybreaker are bringing the renowned sober morning dance party and community gathering to new heights — 11,212 feet to be exact — on Aspen Mountain Friday, July 3, for the highest elevation Daybreaker ever experienced. For Geoff Buchheister, CEO of Aspen Ski...
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Former Aspen Daily News owners sued over alleged ‘secret’ buyout renegotiation
Greg Adler has filed a lawsuit against former Aspen Daily News owners David Cook and Spencer McKnight, alleging they secretly renegotiated payments owed to his son, Gabriel, under a 2024 buyout agreement while bypassing contractual notice requirements. According to the lawsuit...
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Pitkin County reports ‘surprising’ number of bat exposures in past week
As of Tuesday, Emergency Response and Epidemiology Program Administrator for Pitkin County Carlyn Porter has sent a total of six bats to Denver to get tested for rabies, with five negative, one pending and one more bat reported and awaiting capture. Of those, the five that te...
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What to know about evacuating Snowmass in case of a wildfire
What is Snowmass Village’s evacuation plan if a wildfire were to threaten the town? There’s a complicated answer, according to Chief of Snowmass Village Police Brian Olson. Snowmass is fully surrounded by forests and shrubland, and much of that vegetation is moderately to ...
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Road work brings delays, detours to Rifle
Drivers in and around Rifle should expect lane closures, delays and detours this week as resurfacing work continues on Interstate 70 and several city road projects move forward. The City of Rifle provided updates via Facebook on Monday regarding I-70 travel impacts tied to res...
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Ticket sales begin for Changemaker Series at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House
Inside presale tickets for the Changemaker Speaker Series at the Wheeler Opera House are available as of June 30, with public tickets set to go on sale online starting July 2. The Changemaker Speaker Series is a touring program of notable and esteemed thought leaders, which de...
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Documentary exploring legacy of sustainability leader set for Silverthorne screening
A Colorado-made documentary honoring Eagle County sustainability advocate Adam Palmer will screen in Silverthorne on Thursday, July 2. “The Casual Enormity of Adam Palmer” will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Silverthorne Pavilion. The film explores Palmer’s life and work as an...
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