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Doyle: BOCC candidate Doyle touts his understanding of the environment
I am a skier and an artist. Skiing is why so many of us come here and, like me, stay. Skiing led me to move into a cabin on the back...
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Reporters’ Notebook: Day 2 of the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
Delight in the bubbly at ‘Films and Fizz’ What better time to have champagne than morning? With help from the crowd, wine personality and sommelier Amanda McCrossin, right, leads a seminar connecting wine with certain films as part of the Food & Wine Classic on Saturday, J...
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Durango cyclist edges Eagle rider in battle of former Fort Lewis College teammates at Bighorn Gravel
Sam Brown and Henry Nelson know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Nelson can climb. Brown can descend. Nelson is from Kansas and lives in Durango. Brown — born and raised in Eagle County — knows the Bighorn Gravel course like the back of his hand. On Wednesday, the former Fo...
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Aspen’s e-bike only business expands fleet, moves locations
Aspen’s Best E-Bikes, one of Aspen’s only e-bike exclusive rentals and sales businesses, has officially moved to its new location — 409 South Hunter Street. The business, which began as a small operation in 2022, has now grown to a fleet of about 60 e-bikes. The fleet’s expans...
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Willoughby: Coal, hoppers and clinkers
Home heating at 8,000 feet is vital for survival. Innovations for efficiency, convenience and cost were implemented. The last phases were employed when I was a child. In early decades, home heat was fueled by wood and coal. Homes had fireplaces and stoves, including kitchen s...
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Eagle County volunteer event bridges the food gap for neighbors in need
On June 18, the Vail Edwards Rotary Club took on local food insecurity with a meal packaging event through Meals for Hope, a nonprofit playing a role in eradicating hunger nationally. From 8:30 a.m to noon, volunteers packaged meals at the Vail Health Behavioral Health Campus...
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Summers in Colorado’s mountains are getting warmer, exacerbating drought and wildfire risk
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...
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Outfitted: Campsite Comfort
Summer camping in the mountains is all fun and games until you realize the campsite still needs a little strategy. The days can be hot and dusty, the nights can still get chilly, and the afternoon forecast has a charming little habit of throwing in wind or rain right when you’re ...
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Reporters’ Notebook: Day 1 of the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
Medium-Rare Moments: Bobby Flay serves up steak secrets A plated steak dish showcasing a classic sear and precise doneness.Madison Osberger-Low/The Aspen Times The 42nd annual Food & Wine Classic opened on a sizzling note with a seminar led by Bobby Flay, who brought his si...
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BOCC District 1 candidates discuss key Aspen issues
The Pitkin County Board of County Commission District 1 election is set for June 30, with three Aspen candidates vying for the position. The candidates include former Mayor Torre, current Aspen City Council Mayor Pro Tem John Doyle and former Pitkin county commissioner Rob Itt...
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Celeb chef Andrew Zimmern returns with a mission beyond the plate
A familiar face at the Food & Wine Classic, Andrew Zimmern returns to Aspen as one of the event’s marquee culinary personalities — a true celeb chef fans have grown to know. The four-time James Beard Award winner and Emmy-Award winning celebrity chef is a global food advocate ...
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What can humans learn from beavers when it comes to drought-proofing the landscape?
Amid a field of “zombie willows” in the Kawuneeche Valley within Rocky Mountain National Park, researchers and water providers are taking lessons from nature’s ecosystem engineers to build drought resilience and restore wetlands. “This valley was once a really significant wet...
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Foodstuff: Midday meal
Prospect at Hotel Jerome continues to cater to a variety of different tastes and timetables, with a summer weekend brunch newly on offer. This comes just in time to nurse any potential Food & Wine Classic in Aspen hangover you might be pushing through. The 11:45 a.m. start time a...
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Perfectly fluffed eggs with a side of family
Los Angeles diner Max & Helen’s featured today at Food & Wine
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22 notices of violation sent to homeowners following 2025 affidavits
19 came back into APCHA compliance
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Nancy Silverton was a Best New Chef for Food & Wine in 1990. She is an iconic figure in the restaurant business as a TV personality, restaurateur and recent James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award winner....
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Mason Royal and his wife Lily Rosenthal Royal are head chef and creative director, respectively, of Max & Helen’s Diner in Los Angeles. They will appear at the Food & Wine seminar “Short Orders, Big Flavor: Recipes from Max &…...
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The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority asked homeowners to provide additional documentation for the 2025 biennial affidavit.
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John Herrigel, owner and founder of The Maine Oyster Company, shucks oysters with one hand during one of Friday’s Grand Tastings at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen....
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Mariela Camacho, chef-owner of Comadre Panadería in Austin, Texas, displays her gansito snack cakes during one of Friday’s Grand Tastings at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. Camacho was recognized as one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs…...
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Christina Helmer, global brand ambassador for Don Fulano Tequila, pours a sample of blanco tequila during one of Friday’s Grand Tastings at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen....
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Vote Romero for congress, he’s the real deal
Betsy Furth — (Re: “Marolt: When it comes to elections, judge a book by its cover,” June 18, Aspen Daily News) I totally agree...
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PHOTOS: Seminars, grand tastings get Food & Wine Classic going full swing
The Food & Wine Classic got going full swing on Friday in Aspen with seminars featuring celebrity chefs spread across town and the return of the ever-popular grand tastings to Wagner Park. It’ll be rinse and repeat on Saturday before the Classic concludes with a lighter day on Su...
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Saddle Sore: History lives on
A lovely afternoon, blue sky overhead, a light breeze stirring the leaves, and I had a meeting scheduled with Amy Honey, vice-president of Education and Programming at the Aspen Historical Society. We had a Sunday history outreach program coming up that needed a little attention ...
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Multi-year, $4.9 million Hanging Lake Trail restoration project completed
From Native Americans to gun-slinging gamblers to visitors from around the world, Hanging Lake, with its turquoise waters and waterfalls, has rested high in Glenwood Canyon for centuries. Now, after years of uncertainty, restoration work has positioned the world-famous trail to e...
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Helicopter operations to close Aspen gondola, hiking trails on Monday
Helicopter operations have been scheduled for Monday, June 22, on Aspen Mountain in order to continue the construction of the new Nell Bell chairlift, set to debut this coming winter season. Flight operations will run from 7 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m., according to a ...
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10th Mountain Lacrosse wins varsity boys division at 31st annual Vail Lacrosse Tournament
The 10th Mountain Lacrosse boys lacrosse team won the varsity division at the 31st annual Vail Lacrosse Tournament on Thursday. The three-day event, which attracted around 120 of the top youth teams in the country to Eagle County, featured boys and girls divisions in fourth throu...
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Food & Wine Classic: All in the food family with Phil Rosenthal
Editor’s note: A version of this story appears in The Aspen Times annual Food & Wine magazine. Pick up a copy now for more on the festival. It seems everybody loves Phil. That would be Phil Rosenthal, host of the hit streaming food and travel series “Somebody Feed Phil” an...
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Ski Country Amateur Radio Club to participate in National Field Day
Since 1933, clubs and amateur radio enthusiasts throughout North America have come together to set up temporary transmitting stations in public to demonstrate the science behind ham radio and how it still remains important nearly a century later. The National Field Day event ...
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Mountain Mayhem: Louis Vuitton’s Savoir Rêver comes to Aspen
I recently had the chance to experience “Louis Vuitton Presents Savoir Rêver Aspen, a Journey Through the House’s Most Exclusive Métiers and Artisanal Savoir-Faire,” hosted at Dunbar Ranch up Independence Pass. Several of us were part of the first group for a special preview, cha...
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Colorado destinations see higher booking pace for Fourth of July weekend
Colorado resort destinations are seeing higher bookings for Independence Day weekend than last year, even as falling consumer confidence slows discretionary spending. As counties in Colorado’s Western Slope implement stricter fire restrictions amid an uptick in wildfire activi...
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Opinion | Romer: We need a better immigration system
Eagle County often feels timeless, from the mountains to the rivers to the trails. But the truth is our community is always in motion, shaped by people who show up ready to work, raise families and build lives. And if we want to thrive in the years ahead, we must face a hard real...
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Eagle County farmers markets offer more than produce
Farmers market season is back with all the markets now operating throughout the Vail Valley. Whether you’re looking for fresh produce to make dinner with or a unique gift for you or someone else, the farmers markets offer so much more than produce. Here’s a look at our area marke...
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Luxe List: Food & Wine and fashion
Food & Wine always signals the unofficial start of the blink-and-you-miss-it summer in Aspen. Wagner Park becomes the center of the action with wine, spirits and — if you look really hard — some food. Yes, this event is for those more focused on libations than labels, but tha...
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On the Fly: New hatches are here on local rivers and happening now
If you’re tired of the same-ole hatches, we have started seeing pale morning dun mayflies on the Fryingpan — which vary from pink, blood red and yellow from sizes 14 down to 18. The golden stoneflies are thick this year down closer to Basalt, and we are seeing caddis hatch on the...
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Friday letters: Paradise Creek Fire response, Baker support and more
Grateful to our community I was just one of thousands forced off the interstate or stuck on it June 9 due to the Paradise Creek Fire near South Canyon exit. I was stuck at the West Glenwood exit for seven hours. I was lucky enough to watch the rafters and kayakers on the river...
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Bruell column: Let’s elect leaders who will serve us, not billionaires
Whether we consider ourselves conservative, moderate or progressive, we all want leaders who make decisions based on what’s best for the people they were elected to serve. We want a government that protects our freedoms, including our freedom to make a good living and care for ou...
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Feinsinger column: Unprocessed whole grains are important for optimal health
This is another column in a series on Dr. Michael Greger’s daily dozen — foods we should eat every day. Dr. Greger’s favorite grains are barley groats, buckwheat, yellow corn tortillas, millet, oat groats, popcorn, quinoa, rye groats, sorghum, teff, whole-wheat pasta and wild ric...
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PHOTOS: Celeb chefs abound at Aspen Food & Wine Classic opening ceremony
A few hours after the Aspen Chamber Resort Association’s unofficial kickoff luncheon on Thursday, the Food & Wine Classic truly got underway with its opening ceremony at St. Regis Aspen. A private affair, the event brought out some of the biggest names in the world of celebrity c...
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Community remembers ‘the Colonel’
Dick Merritt was known for devotion to family, service to others
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Sterling closed while liquor license in limbo
Bear Den owners requested separation of shared license with nightclub
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Glenwood Springs celebrates 129th annual Strawberry Days Festival
3-day event features parade, family fest, race and more
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Tommy Emmanuel brings 1-man guitar orchestra to the Wheeler
Reknowned fingerstyle guitarist will break in venue's updated sound system
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Summer season kickoff
Aspen chef Emily Oyer raises two ears of corn above a cooking demonstration table during the Aspen Chamber Resort Association’s annual Hotel Jerome luncheon to kick off Food & Wine weekend and the summer tourism season. Corn accompanied the main…...
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Dick Merritt worked for many years at Aspen Highlands as a ski instructor, ski patroller, safety manager and as the mountain’s vice president.
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From left, Heather Merritt Gentry, Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Merritt and Matthew Merritt celebrate a U.S. Marine Corps birthday in 2010.
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The Sterling Aspen is closed temporarily while it seeks a new liquor license.
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On the trail again
Hikers reach the top of Hanging Lake Trail in Glenwood Canyon on Thursday, following the ribbon-cutting ceremony on a $4.9 million reconstruction and restoration project after the Grizzly Creek Fire in 2020 and subsequent debris flows and flooding in 2021.…...
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Garfield County seeks court ruling on Glenwood Springs’ South Bridge project
Garfield County is asking a district court judge to determine whether the city of Glenwood Springs must comply with the county’s 1041 regulations before moving forward with the South Bridge project. The Garfield County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to direct staff to ...
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Longtime volunteer helps keep Strawberry Days rolling
Before the music starts, before the crowds fill Two Rivers Park and before the beer tent becomes one of the busiest gathering spots at Strawberry Days, Rolf Hermanson is usually somewhere nearby, helping make sure the festival is ready. Hermanson moved to Glenwood Springs in 1...
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Popular Colorado mountain destinations, including most-visited national forest, to enter Stage 1 restrictions
The entire White River National Forest will enter Stage 1 fire restrictions on Friday, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. The White River National Forest is the most visited national forest in the United States, drawing nearly 18 million visitors annuall...
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Redstone art festival returns with plein air painting across Crystal River Valley
By the time the paintings are hung on the walls at Joy and Wylde Redstone Gallery, much of the work will already have happened outside. It will have happened along the Crystal River, on Redstone Boulevard, in Marble and anywhere else an artist can find the right mix of light, ...
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Super PACs, corporate money and a New York billionaire: A look at fundraising and spending in the Colorado governor’s race
Millions of dollars from wealthy donors have poured into the race for Colorado governor, much of which has been channeled into an advertising blitz in the lead-up to the June 30 primaries. In the Democratic race, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has set a new fundraising...
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Garfield County Commissioners approve $35,000 grant for Valley Meals and More
The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners approved a $35,000 grant on Monday to keep county funding flowing to Valley Meals and More through 2026. The funding will help sustain meal deliveries for older adults at the greatest nutritional risk while broader discussions ...
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Garfield County Libraries schedule for June 22-28
Monday Parachute:The Fossil Files: Dinosaur Egg Engineering at 2 p.m. Rifle:Baby & Me Bilingual Storytime at 10:30 a.m./Hora de cuentos bilingüe para bebés y sus cuidadores a las 10:30 de la mañana. Silt:Summer Fun at the Silt Library at 2 p.m. Glenwood Springs:Buil...
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A&E Lineup for June 19-29
Note: for a complete list of calendar events from around Garfield County and the Roaring Fork Valley, go to http://www.postindependent.com/entertainment/community-calendar/. Alice Feagan Book Tour Stop in Glenwood Springs What: Vail Valley children’s book author Alice Feaga...