Aspen News
parks
With wild berry season around the corner in the Roaring Fork Valley, locals and visitors can soon discover a plethora of wild treats while in nature. There are over 10 varieties of edible wild berries that grow in the Roaring Fork Valley, according to Aspen Center for Environ...
safety
You’ve had this moment. The hygienist finishes your cleaning, glances at her notes and says it almost as an afterthought: “Just a little bleeding back here. Nothing to worry about.” You nod. You forget about it before you’ve left your parking spot. That sentence may be the mos...
government
John Doyle has a proven record of presenting practical solutions to solve our valley’s transit and housing issues, and he prioritizes our natural environment in all decisions. He is a public servant who listens, does his homework and consistently puts the community’s best interes...
safety
Andy Fisher, deputy chief of Aspen Fire Protection District, presented to the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority board on Wednesday, June 17, about wildfire hardening procedures for APCHA-owned building complexes, urging hardening against ember showers and vegetation removal a...
News
Presentations to elected officials focus on downward industry trends, valley’s housing and traffic problems
Local
Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Geoff Buchheister celebrates the opening of Coney Glade lift at Snowmass resort in 2024.
Local
Skier visits to Aspen/Snowmass have been declining for three years in a row, say Aspen Skiing Co. executives. Last year, with record-low snow, they dropped by 21.5%....
business
The Aspen Skiing Co.’s Shop employee housing in Snowmass is planning an expansion.
Local
The Aspen Skiing Co. touts its massive investments in infrastructure at Snowmass Ski Area, but says future investments are at risk.
business
The Aspen Skiing Co. is spending $43 million on a new Ullrhof restaurant at Snowmass, scheduled to open next ski season.
News
The proposed EJ Crossing affordable housing project sits along Highway 82 in El Jebel next to the Blue Lake subdivision.
government
From left, Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Geoff Buchheister, Aspen One CEO Dave Tanner, and Aspen One Vice President of Sustainability Chris Miller present to the Snowmass Village Town Council and mayor on June 15....
government
Patrick Hunter — Leaders of Aspen One recently held a meeting with the Aspen City Council. The ski company leaders said they need support from the community......
News
Allen Jones — I went to my friend Bill Dinsmoor’s last birthday party. Bill was happy that day and laughing a lot...
Local
Much like the entrance to Aspen, affordable housing, the airport modernization project and a host of other popular topics today, the creation of the pedestrian mall in the downtown core was hotly debated for years before becoming reality. Created in 1976, this summer marks the...
Local
We think Maroon Bells and Maroon Lake are two of our greatest treasures. The geology that produced them also provided Aspen’s other great treasure: silver deposits. Looking back over time, you can see how the definition of treasure has changed. The first photo of Maroon Bells...
Local
Grammy-nominated British soul and R&B act The James Hunter Six will debut in Aspen. The ensemble will perform two jazz cafe performances at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, July 3, at the Paul JAS Center, located at 422 E. Cooper St. The British rhythm-and-soul and R&B ensemble...
Local
M.S. Rau has extended its mini exhibition, “From Court to Cocktail,” through July 6, in consideration of Aspen’s Fourth of July weekend celebration. It showcases dining items from the 16th century and beyond, including a sterling silver coffeepot handmade by Paul Revere himself. ...
schools
The 2026 Salida Aspen Concerts series will celebrate 50 years of music, community and summer traditions with six Saturday evening performances at 7 p.m. July 11 through Aug. 15 at Salida High School Auditorium. The world-class musical acts are presented in a partnership with ...
government
A report on the Regional Housing Needs Assessment for the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys was presented during a joint meeting between Aspen City Council and the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners last week, the first step in a process to identify current afforda...
Local
‘Life, Optimized’ — What We Gain (and Lose) When AI Takes Over With Joanna Stern, Manoush Zomorodi, Jenn White, and Fanny Elahi From L to R: Jenn White, Manoush Zomorodi, Joanna Stern and Fanny Elahi.Daniel Bayer/Courtesy photo I walked into “Life, Optimized” expecting...
schools
Six Eagle County athletes competed at Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Oregon from June 18-22. Hayward Field played host to the USATF U20 championships alongside Nike Outdoor Nationals, which annually attracts hundreds of the top middle and high school track athletes. Participan...
parks
Adam Palmer’s legacy is remembered in pieces of Eagle County — in the trails, the ice, in the waves and in the energy that powers people’s homes. On Thursday, June 25, Palmer was remembered by his beloved community, as locals attended a sold-out screening of “The Casual Enormity ...
News
Have you heard about insurance cancellations because your roof is 10–15 years old? Why invest in an expensive roof replacement when you can now affordably refurbish your existing roof with advanced nanotechnology — and gain even better extreme weather protection than many bran...
Local
Comedian Seth Meyers will emcee Aspen ceremony
News
City officials discuss how to appropriately replace aging walkways
Local
Aspen Ideas Festival opens with hope for better days
Local
The 72-year-old blues guitar legend Robert Cray and his band will play the Wheeler Opera House at 5:30 p.m. today as part of the JAS June Experience.
News
Robert Cray has won five Grammys and is regarded as one of the main artists that brought the blues back to the mainstream in the 1980s.
Local
Jacquelyn Francis is founder and executive director of the Aspen-based Climate Curve (formerly Global Warming Mitigation Project). The nonprofit will hand out Keeling Curve awards to ambitious projects aiming to address climate change during a Wednesday event in Aspen....
Local
Seth Meyers attends the Chanel Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner at Tribeca Grill on June 8 in New York. Meyers will host the Climate Curve Awards in Aspen on Wednesday....
Local
Bricks on the Cooper Avenue pedestrian mall in front of the former Bidwell Building are in need of repair. The city of Aspen is running out of its historic brick reserves and is trying to decide next steps for the…...
Local
Journalists David Brooks and Fareed Zakaria kick off the 22nd annual Aspen Ideas Festival with a discussion about America’s future on Thursday evening....
News
I was away from Food & Wine this year, the first time in ages. But, I had my own little Food ‘n’ Wine moment in London over said weekend where I was visiting my family, as I met up with a gal who’d been working the Jägermeister promotion at Shaun White’s Snow League event in Laax...
News
Nine months after PNC Financial Services Group announced it would be acquiring Colorado-based FirstBank — one of its many efforts toward westward expansion — the bank faced droves of inquiries from Western Slope customers encountering challenges with their new accounts. PNC Ba...
News
Where have all the cowgirls gone? Someone said a while back there were no real cowgirls left in the area. My reply was that one needed to get off the asphalt, go down a dusty road and take a look around. You probably won’t find them in town showing off a brand-new hat and spo...
News
Something’s been brewing in El Jebel. Now, after years in the making, Circadian Coffee Co soft-launched on Friday, offering convenience coupled with an assortment of coffee options, from blended drinks to lattes with homemade syrups, along with local food menu items. How di...
News
Previous columns on Dr. Michael Greger’s “Daily Dozen” have noted that plant foods with intense color are loaded with antioxidants and other micronutrients. The same applies to foods with intense flavor: herbs and spices. Many of these have been used for centuries by various c...
schools
Dr. Mark Gladwin, the dean of University of Maryland School of Medicine and the vice president of Medical Affairs, is slated to speak with Aspen Center for Environmental Studies from 6 to 7 p.m. July 2 on the worsening health impacts in the face of human-driven climate change. ...
Local
Intersect Aspen Art + Design Fair will be hosting the Aspen premiere of “Time and Other Materials” in partnership with Aspen Film at 6:30 p.m. July 30 at the Isis Theatre. Filmmaker Amie Knox will attend, alongside the five Colorado artists featured in the film, according to ...
library
Roaring Fork Transportation Authority and the U.S. Forest Service have partnered to allow free access to Maroon Bells for library card holders in Pitkin, Basalt and Garfield counties (Glenwood location) on a first-come, first-served basis. The program is aimed at providing ac...
safety
Aspen’s recently adopted wildfire resilience code is slightly increasing the costs of new developments and some renovations that include square footage expansion, according to contractors and architects. Bonnie Muhigirwa, Aspen’s chief building official, noted that while the c...
parks
Public land advocates are speaking out after the U.S. Department of Interior launched a broad review of its policies that protect remote and undeveloped places recognized under federal law as “wilderness.” The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and ...
safety
Avon Town Manager Eric Heil on Friday made the decision to cancel Avon’s fireworks display for the Salute to the USA event. “This decision is based on the designation of Stage 2 Fire Restrictions by the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office and the lack of any rain in the forecast o...
News
High Country fishing is officially on the menu now, which provides some of the most spectacular views and beautiful fish you will find anywhere. Some anglers tire of busy rivers here in the valley during July and August, and hiking up to higher altitude waters offers a nice respi...
News
Colorado is well known for its sunshine, with 245 to 285 sunny days each year. With all that sunshine comes blue skies and plenty of ultraviolet light, or UV. At Colorado’s high altitude, UV exposure is estimated to be 20% to 30% higher than at sea level. That matters because ...
government
City should enforce its own codes After the City of Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning board voted to revoke a permit for the operation of an ICE detention facility in Suite 210 in the commercial center at 100 Midland Avenue, I assumed City Council would follow the law and s...
News
Airport-travel decline not as sharp as retail, occupancy decreases
government
P&Z finding of nonconformance officially overruled in 5-0 vote
News
Markovitz brings 6 years of ECE experience with Eagle County
government
The redevelopment of Phillips Mobile Home Park — a plan eight years in the making — will now begin after the Pitkin Board of County Commissioners voted to overrule the Planning and Zoning Commission’s finding of nonconformance....
News
A sage plant fills the spot of a missing light post on the Mill Street pedestrian mall on Tuesday.
parks
Rapidgrass will be the headlining musical act at Saturday’s Basalt River Jams, a free festival featuring food trucks, beverages, river activities and live music set for noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday at Basalt River Park. Activities include tubing, kayak…...
Local
Passengers wait for their luggage at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Tuesday. Local tourism stakeholders and workers are hoping for a strong summer season to offset the decline in visitation and sales that occurred during the winter-spring ski season....
Local
Aspen Public Radio’s newsroom in 2025 included, from left, Eleanor Bennett, Regan Mertz, Halle Zander, Sarah Tory and Michael Fanelli. The team received awards in April and May for work done in 2025....
safety
The smoke that blanketed Colorado mountain skies for much of the week has dissipated, but officials are warning that high winds this weekend will increase the wildfire danger amid widespread drought. The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings across the Western...
