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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...
safety
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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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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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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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...
safety
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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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...
parks
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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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...
government
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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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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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...
safety
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...
Local
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...
News
Western Slope growers cut their own water use and that, plus careful planning before the drought really showed itself, is lessening the pain
Local
Tom Martin — (Re: “SkiCo execs paint uncertain future, describe reinvestment as at risk,” June 28, Aspen Daily News) Aspen One...
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PJ Breslin — One week into fire season and the West is ablaze. Our mostly volunteer firefighting forces are hard at work.
business
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...
Local
Aspen One executives Dave Tanner and Geoff Buchheister have been meeting with local elected officials in recent weeks, trying...
business
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....
News
A quick puzzle can be a simple way to reset, refocus, and recharge during the workday.
government
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 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 ...
safety
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 ...
government
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.
government
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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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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Romero well ahead of Kelloff in Democratic primary for CD3
government
The three candidates for the Pitkin County District 1 commissioner seat are John Doyle, Rob Ittner and Torre.
safety
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 ...
government
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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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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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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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...
government
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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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, 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...
parks
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-...
parks
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 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...
Local
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...
safety
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 ...
Local
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...
News
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...
government
As the first priority of elected officials is to keep the public safe, it was suggested to the Board of County Commissioners last Wednesday that they invest in production of Highway 82 motion sensors, powered by solar at the critical elk migratory areas of the Highway 82. These s...
Local
We know Harvest Roaring Fork will soon return with a revised development proposal. We don’t yet know what changes will be presented, and it would be premature to judge a plan none of us has seen. What we can do now is ask an important question: What kind of valley do we want to l...
parks
Aspen will be hosting free amusement rides in Rio Grande park from noon to 8 p.m. on July 3 and 4, including a 65-foot ferris wheel, merry-go-round and other amusement park attractions for Colorado’s 150th and the U.S.’ 250th anniversaries. Andy Curtis, marketing coordinator f...
Local
Aspen’s design world is polished, expensive and exacting. At Matter Planning + Design, the firm founded by Noelle Hernandez and now carried forward with her daughter, Nicole, the work is also more intimate than it may seem. Their elevated designs are crafted around perfecting the...
safety
Between eight and 10 aircraft dropped water and retardant on the flames when conditions allowed crews to fly, but winds are expected to pick up Tuesday afternoon, officials say...
News
Snowmass Village is delivering a lineup of events this July — from patriotic celebrations and nationally recognized comedy acts to world-class endurance races, youth sports tournaments, art programming, live music and more. Visitors and locals are invited to connect, explore a...
Local
“Welcome to the Snowmass Rodeo,” started a column in the Aspen Daily News June 30, 2005. “… The game is called Mutton Bustin’ where kids ages 4-7 years old, 50 pounds or less, wrap their arms around the necks of these little farm animals and hold on tight. It’s a little rodeo...
government
Colorado’s primary Election Day is here as Democratic, Republican, Unity and Libertarian candidates face off to represent their parties in a number of key local, state and federal elections this November. While it’s too late for Coloradans to return their ballots by mail, res...
government
Colorado’s primary Election Day is here as Democratic, Republican, Unity and Libertarian candidates face off to represent their parties in a number of key local, state and federal elections this November. While it’s too late for Coloradans to return their ballots by mail, res...
News
A shout-out for intersection cleanup A couple weeks ago, and I apologize for waiting, but I want to give a big shout-out to the two gentlemen that cleaned up the island at the intersection of Highway 133 and Highway 82. I know it wasn’t CDOT employees. These guys had pulled th...
parks
If the new storage system works, terrain parks at Buttermilk and Snowmass will be built next season using last season’s snow
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Here at YouthZone, we’re comfortable talking about substance use and its harmful impacts on communities. One of the most pressing crises of our generation is the misuse of opioids, including the dangerous pathway from prescription pills to heroin and fentanyl. Over the last de...
safety
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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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...
Local
In the past two decades, 40% of local newspapers nationwide have folded, leaving approximately 50 million Americans with limited or no access to a reliable source of local news, according to a report by Northwestern University. Fewer than 1,000 daily print newspapers still exist ...
