In 1995, Tom Sherlock and his wife packed up a car and a U-Haul, left the East Coast and headed west for what they thought would be a single ski season. What followed was years of hands-on work, a reputation built project by project and eventually a construction company shape...
Aspen Ideas: Health opened June 22 with remarks from experts, including two-minute big-idea summaries from seven health industry professionals. Since artificial intelligence is such an all-encompassing and rapidly expanding force, at least half of the big ideas revolved around AI...
Galena Street between Hopkins Ave and Cooper Ave will be closed from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on June 27 for Mall Fest 50. Mall Fest 50 is an art parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Aspen Pedestrian Mall. The free event will feature art from local artists, costumes and perf...
“B.B. King Leads Off First Weekend Of Summer” headlined the Aspen Daily News June 24, 1995. “The Jazz Aspen Snowmass musical festival, which runs through Sunday, continues tonight with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson and featuring 1995 Grammy-winner Herbie Hancock...
Read in English | Traducido por Rossana Longo Better Dos demócratas compiten entre sí en las elecciones primarias demócratas para el 3er Distrito Congresional de Colorado el próximo 30 de junio: el empresario Alex Kelloff y Dwayne Romero, exintegrante del Concejo Municipal de Asp...
Following the city of Aspen’s launch of its biennial community survey earlier this month with mailed participation invitations to randomly selected households, all community members are now invited to answer a variety of questions surrounding quality of life in Aspen and their le...
KOTA! Releases “MORE,” the 2026 Self-Love Anthem We All Need — Out Now
Mountain Valley thankful for community support We are very thankful these days at Mountain Valley Developmental Services. First, we received a generous grant from the Defiance Thrift Store — a partner in many ways for many years. Secondly, we have started a new program w...
Local railroad debate steams into Supreme Court
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Aspen Historical Society hosts exhibit on ’80s
Community survey open until July 20
Tank cars, often used to transport oil, line a rail track near Parachute in June.
Anna Battista and Karen Thacker of Aspen’s Melville family seek to raise awareness about the impact of organ donation as Anna awaits a kidney transplant....
Susan Gomes’ deceased husband, Pepper Gomes, received the gift of life in the form of a kidney donation from Craig Melville in 2014. Melville wants to encourage others to consider paying it forward through a kidney donation....
Anna Battista, 34, is on dialysis awaiting a kidney donation. She is the granddaughter of legendary Aspen innkeepers Marian and Ralph Melville.
The grand opening for the exhibit “Aspen in Excess: The 1980s… Small Town, Global Hotspot!” happens Wednesday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum....
Visitors checked out the exhibit “Aspen in Excess: The 1980s… Small Town, Global Hotspot!” at the Wheeler/Stallard Museum. The show, put on by the Aspen Historical Society, opened June 16 and the grand opening is Wednesday from 4 to 7:30…...
Pitkin County Sheriff Michael Buglione will enter Stage 2 Fire Restrictions at 12:01 a.m. Friday, June 26, which was announced at a joint Aspen City Council and Board of County Commissioners meeting on Monday. This follows Pitkin County’s move into Stage 1 on June 10. Accor...
Glenwood Springs City Council voted 4-3 Thursday to authorize the city to acquire property interests needed for the South Bridge project, including through eminent domain if negotiations fail. Mayor Marco Dehm, Mayor Pro Tem Erin Zalinski and Councilors Mitchell Weimer and Sum...
Following Aspen City Council’s work session June 1 that featured an update on Cozy Point Ranch projects, staff were asked to provide more information on the current Cozy Point expenses and a summary of all the Open Space parcels beyond city limits that the city owns or has played...
Eagle Valley Community Foundation, an Eagle County nonprofit, recognized Vail Mountain School as its 2025 Volunteer Group of the Year. The award recognized the school’s outstanding commitment to service, experiential learning and the meaningful connections it built across the...
Colorado could continue to see hazy skies this week as wildfire activity in the West picks up. Smoke from three large wildfires burning in Utah and Nevada pushed across the Western Slope over the weekend, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environmen...
Colorado lawmakers could be looking at a smaller budget gap in 2027 when they return for their annual legislative session, according to a recent update from state economists. The forecast, presented on June 18 to lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee, is welcome news for le...
Community members, elected officials and local conservation leaders joined together Thursday at Aspen One’s Buttermilk Lodge for a local “Here & Now Tour: Building Local Resilience to Climate Disasters,” part of a statewide listening engagement initiative aimed at strengthening C...
Nearly 600 runners and walkers gathered Sunday morning at Bethel Plaza in Glenwood Springs for the 50th running of the Strawberry Shortcut races, a milestone year for one of Strawberry Days’ longtime traditions. The anniversary race brought familiar faces back to Glenwood Spri...
The first in a series of six panel and craft talks open to the public at Summer Words took place on June 22. While writers walked away with technical information about pitching books, the overall takeaway was: Despite societal changes — ranging from the popularity of video games ...
Colorado’s Bike Month is here, and Bike to Work Day is rapidly approaching. In celebration, BikeThere! Returns on Wednesday, June 24. BikeThere! is an annual celebration of biking across, between, and within our communities in the Colorado River and Roaring Fork valleys. Why “...
The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) presented to Rifle City Council on Wednesday, June 17 to keep the Hogback bus route running from New Castle to Silt and Rifle. RFTA CEO Kurt Ravenschlag spoke during Wednesday’s work session about the proposal, which would prov...
For 129 years, Strawberry Days has brought Glenwood Springs together for a weekend of art, music, food and summer tradition. This year’s festival featured artists from across Colorado and around the country, offering visitors the chance to support independent makers while finding...
Impacts from Colorado’s extreme drought conditions are hitting several state parks in the state’s northwest corner. Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced emergency water conservation measures and boating restrictions at both Sylvan Lake State Park in Eagle County and Rifle Ga...
Join RFOV, the U.S. Forest Service and Wilderness Workshop for a day of trail improvements and targeted weed removal in the iconic Maroon Bells Scenic Area on Saturday, June 27! We had such a great time at our 30th Anniversary project here that we’re bringing it back for 2026. ...
The cup sits on the table, blank, pale and serene, able to become anything. With a few strokes of color, it’s become a meadow, green dotted with multihues of flora, or a fish with an open mouth, teeth lining the rim. Aaron Frakes and Shelly Haddon started Hodge Pottery in Janu...
Investigators have determined the June 10 structure and wildland fire near Willow Creek Circle and Government Creek in Rifle was human-caused, though the specific ignition source has not been identified. Colorado River Fire Rescue and the Rifle Police Department are asking for...
Impacts from Colorado’s extreme drought conditions are hitting several state parks in the state’s northwest corner. Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced emergency water conservation measures and boating restrictions at both Sylvan Lake State Park in Eagle County and Rifle Ga...
Thomas Klein Jr. was confirmed Wednesday evening during Rifle City Council’s meeting as the city’s next chief of police. Klein will return to the role he previously held from 2017 to 2021, bringing more than 30 years of law enforcement and municipal leadership experience bac...
A “haircut” on the new airport terminal square footage by the BOCC? Seems like it might be more of a mohawk cut. Sardine seating. Views of big houses. Can’t get off the plane — not enough gates. Isn’t that how we describe our current airport? Voters and the community spec...
The long days and pleasantly warm evenings are a reminder that summer is officially here. We are all excited to get outside and enjoy everything summer in Aspen has to offer, but rising temperatures are also a good reminder that our pets have different tolerances for heat than we...
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Passengers crowd the terminal of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Saturday, when gusty winds were a culprit in some flight delays. Airlines are leaning toward more early-bird departures to take advantage of the morning’s calmer skies, and generally park planes…...
For the new design of the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport terminal, adding gates above the recommended total of six must be approved by county resolution or ordinance following public hearings and input. Last week at a Board of County Commissioners meeting,…...
The former Movieland 7 theater lot in Basalt, which closed in January after decades of operation, is the subject of an application to be developed into a Residence Inn by Marriott franchise....
In this screenshot, Ben Moss, left, presents to the Basalt Planning and Zoning Commission regarding a proposed hotel on the property of the former Movieland 7 theater during the body’s meeting on Tuesday....
Stephanie Honig is founder of the non-alcoholic wine brand Missing Thorn, born from the expertise of Napa Valley’s finest winemakers. The wine was poured at the Grand Tasting tent at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen....
The Food & Wine Classic wrapped up its 43rd showing in Aspen on Sunday with a last round of seminars and one final grand tasting. Despite next summer’s closure of the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport for a major modernization project, organizers have confirmed the event will return...
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” Or … is it? Summer in Aspen totally overwhelms me. It’s the best and the worst. As my great-grandmother used to say, “Damnit to hell,” there’s just too much going on. Forced choices in a river of “I want to do it all.” These are acutely f...
If there’s a diner in Heaven … Mere minutes into the “Short Orders, Big Flavor: Recipes from Max & Helen’s, LA’s Hottest Diner” seminar in the bowels of the St. Regis, it became blatantly obvious Nancy Silverton was the real star of the show. Chef Nancy Silverton, right, l...
Everyone from town officials to toddlers joined together on Wednesday to break ground on the new Little Red Schoolhouse expansion project in Snowmass Village. Snowmass Mayor Alyssa Shenk said that she hopes this will provide more childcare opportunities to Snowmass residents, ...
Summer is off to a hot start in the Colorado mountains as soaring temperatures, a lack of precipitation and wind are worsening already severe drought conditions and exacerbating wildfire concerns. Across most of the mountain region, June has featured near-record temperatures a...
El Nino has officially arrived, bringing what could be one of the strongest El Nino summers the Northern Hemisphere has seen in decades. El Nino conditions — characterized by above-average sea surface temperatures across the central to eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean — have ...
A month ago, Erinn Hoban was in the ICU. On Saturday, the Eagle cyclist conquered the grueling 50-mile Little Bighorn route in a time of 4 hours, 44 minutes and 12 seconds — using a singlespeed bike. “It was hard,” the 46-year-old said after navigating Bighorn Gravel’s second...
Aspen Women’s Golf Association from June 17LOW GROSS1st: Karin Hathaway 842nd: Virginia Newton 863rd: Heather Kroeger 884th: Amy Thompson 91LOW NET1st: Heidi Burkemper 742nd: Lucy Morgan 743rd: Irene Greiser 754th: Kathryn Henderson 78 Aspen Men’s Golf Association from June 18...
The Aspen Times recently reported that the Bureau of Land Management has once again opened the door to the use of M-44 sodium cyanide devices on public lands (“Federal cyanide traps return to BLM lands, including Pitkin County,” June 14). I believe these devices should be bann...
I’m sure many of us can attest to hearing our own conscience more than ever in recent times with what has felt like a hostile takeover of our governing bodies and human morals, that voice of ours feeling overwhelmed by the ability to have an individual impact. Here to remind ...
Aspen Public Radio is continuing its longstanding tradition of airing select live sessions from Aspen Ideas: Health and Aspen Ideas beginning June 23. Community members and visitors are invited to tune in on 91.5 FM in Aspen and 88.9 FM throughout the rest of the Roaring For...
The Food & Wine Classic continued Saturday with its biggest day in Aspen. The annual event concludes Sunday afternoon. A patron goes in for the big bite while visiting the Verlasso Salmon table during the grand tasting at the Food & Wine Classic on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at ...
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I’m not drinking enough rosé these days. By that I mean, of the wines I have been drinking lately, there is not enough delightfully dry, bra…
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