Aspen News
News
The 2026 legislative session left a bitter taste among those of us who spent 120 days with lawmakers under the gold dome advocating for policies to improve the lives of working folks. For Latino advocacy organizations like mine, Voces Unidas Action Fund , the session was largely ...
government
Get out the vote As the November elections approach, we are reminded that democracy depends on active participation. Voting is one of the most important ways citizens can make their voices heard and help shape the future of our country. But civic engagement should not stop at cas...
News
Residents have long opposed extraction facility near Glenwood
schools
Students will be able to charge Chromebooks with renewable energy
News
A 2023 rockslide that buried the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry, pictured on Thursday remains to be cleaned up. Rocky Mountain Industrials, which owns the quarry, has applied for permits to expand the facility....
schools
Aspen High School rising juniors Maya Khan-Farooqi and Ines Cantineaux discuss their Eco-charge project in May.
schools
The solar panel on Aspen High School’s science wing is pictured here. AHS rising juniors Maya Khan-Farooqi and Ines Cantineaux are finalizing a project to harness solar energy with the panel to power some outlets at the high school....
schools
Green outlet covers indicate what outlets at Aspen High School are powered using solar energy.
Local
Emily Chaplin is one of 13 local artists in the Roaring Fork Valley whose work will be displayed as part of a local exhibition hosted by Christie’s International Real Estate Aspen Snowmass. It begins today and runs through Aug. 2....
Local
The Olivia Daane painting “Heartbeat Butterfly” is part of her show at the offices at Christie’s International Real Estate Aspen Snowmass. Daane kicks off a local artist exhibition today. A different local artist will be featured daily through Aug. 2....
parks
A bull moose rests alongside the Roaring Fork River east of North Star Nature Preserve one afternoon last week.
safety
Robert McDonough — The proposed Woody Creek racetrack expansion is out of scale with our community. The proposed...
Local
Michael Fishman — I’ve spent 35 years coming to the Roaring Fork Valley, and the last two years raising my family here...
News
Amy Behrhorst — Imagine the traffic the racetrack expansion would generate. Beyond the members’ regular cars...
News
They say that even the most spectacular people need to put their pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us. But not Katie Lee.
safety
Update, 6:29 a.m. Wednesday: Eastbound Interstate 70 has reopened between mile markers 97 and 105, with traffic limited to the left lane, according to the Garfield County Emergency Communications Authority. Westbound I-70 remains closed through the area. Highway 6 was open in bot...
library
Update, 4:31 p.m. Wednesday: The left lanes of Interstate 70 are open in both directions between Silt and New Castle, according to a Facebook post from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. The Colorado Department of Transportation is asking drivers to travel below the posted spe...
safety
Mountain Rescue Aspen successfully rescued an overdue hiker from Maroon Peak on Thursday night into Friday morning. According to a press release, the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center received a satellite text message at approximately 7:39 p.m., reporting an overdu...
government
Elevated Snowmass, led by Hotelier Stephane De Baets, presented a Sketch Plan to the Snowmass Village Town Council and Planning Commission during a joint work session on Monday, outlining the updated vision for the redevelopment of the Viewline, Snowmass Conference Center and Wil...
News
The Western Slope is barreling toward another week of showers and thunderstorms — this time, with warnings of flash floods and mudslides. After witnessing an early onset of monsoon season , forecasters are expecting monsoonal moisture to continue developing across the West this w...
safety
Firefighters over the weekend were able to contain four wildfires ignited by lightning in the White River National Forest, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The four fires — the Boiler Creek Fire in the Rifle Ranger District, the Bear Wallow Fire also in the Rifle Ranger Dist...
safety
Interstate 70 is closed in both directions between Silt and New Castle due to flooding, according to the Garfield County Emergency Communications Authority. The closure stretches from mile marker 97 to mile marker 105. Standing water and mud have also been reported on Highway 6. ...
safety
Update, 11:22 p.m. Monday: Interstate 70 reopened in both directions between Silt and New Castle around 11:22 p.m. Monday after flooding forced a closure, according to the Garfield County Emergency Communications Authority. The interstate had been closed between mile markers 97 a...
News
A donation of 38,000 pounds of fresh potatoes is helping Lift-Up feed families and strengthen partnerships with organizations across the Western Slope. Sharing Excess, a national nonprofit that rescues surplus food and redirects it to communities in need, delivered 21 pallets of ...
safety
On average, it takes five to seven minutes for Eagle County Paramedics to arrive on the scene of an emergency, according to Starting Hearts Director of Business Development, Jackie Christiansen. For cardiac arrest victims, brain damage starts on minute four, she said. That’s why ...
business
For 20 years, Los Angeles–based BODYTRAFFIC has brought bold artistry, technical mastery and innovative contemporary dance to stages nationwide. Now, after 20 years, BODYTRAFFIC is closing as a company. Its performance on July 22 at Aspen District Theater will be its second-to-la...
safety
As wildfires burn across the state, Colorado Search and Rescue state coordinator Trevin Montano thinks there are a few things that anyone recreating in the mountains this summer should know. Montano, a volunteer search-and-rescue member who also works as a wildland firefighter, k...
safety
Years of drought, rising temperatures and increasing fuel loads have left Garfield County and the Middle Colorado River watershed among the most vulnerable areas in Colorado to wildfire risk. The Middle Colorado Watershed Council (MCWC), through its Colorado River Wildfire Collab...
Local
It’s not news that Augustin Hadelich played an immaculate, astonishing Barber Violin Concerto on Sunday’s Aspen Festival Orchestra program, then topped it off with an encore of his own sweet yet complex arrangement of Schumann’s “Traumerei.” Hadelich channels the essence of music...
schools
The 2026 Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program has added its youngest member this summer — Tiara Abraham, a 20-year-old soprano prodigy. Abraham’s path to Aspen has been a swift ascent. A California native, she began college-level coursework at age 7 and finished high school ...
parks
Children raced across the playground, residents tested the pickleball courts and families gathered beneath shaded shelters Friday as Rifle celebrated the grand opening of Birch Park, a project roughly two decades in the making. City officials, funding partners and community membe...
News
When Lizzy Schofield first became a ski patroller at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in 2013, she was one of just two women on a staff of 30. On July 16, Schofield became A-Basin’s new patrol director and the first woman to ever hold the position. She still works with only one other dire...
Local
A much-loved fantastical tale is taking center stage in Aspen this week: Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS will present Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for a second night at 7 p.m. July 22 at the Wheeler Opera House, 320 E. Hyman Ave., following its premiere at 7 p...
safety
Eagle County fire resources responded to a small wildfire Sunday night in Grand County near the Trough Road on the Eagle County-Grand County border. The fire prompted evacuation orders for homes in that area in Grand County, with Kremmling Fire Protection District, Grand County S...
safety
Brooke Stott has been the fire marshall for Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Authority since April, and she has plans for expanding the fire department’s capabilities in her new role — particularly with wildfire management and public education. Stott was formerly the deputy fire marshall...
parks
The Roaring Fork Valley’s summer race season hit another level on Saturday with one of the area’s most prominent foot races, the Audi Power of Four Trail Run . Produced by Aspen Skiing Company, there were 50k, 25k and 10k race options. In the featured 50-kilometer run — that’s ju...
News
Embrace Western culture with the Spirit of the West events happening July 19–26 at The Westin Riverfront Resort and Spa in Avon in celebration of the Eagle County Fair & Rodeo Week. Royal Breakfast & Signing at Colletta – July 19 from 9–11 a.m. Meet members of the Eagle County Fa...
Local
The raceway that was built by Bugsy Barnyard, Doctor Baxter and others 50+ years ago is just fine. It has given local enthusiasts and others an opportunity to test their driving and biking skills through the years. However, the proposal before you at this time is completely out o...
Local
The proposed Woody Creek Racetrack expansion is out of scale with our community: The proposed development is larger than the Hotel Jerome and St. Regis combined. It is 2.5 times larger than the proposed Aspen Airport terminal. It is significantly larger than the 175,000 square-fe...
safety
Rifle police are investigating an early-morning burglary at Timberline Sporting Goods in which four handguns were stolen Monday. A resident reported hearing breaking glass near East 26th Street and Colorado Highway 13 at about 5:12 a.m., according to a Rifle Police Department new...
safety
With several recent fires burning across Colorado, it has been a sobering summer for all of us. Combined with this year’s drought, the heightened wildfire risk has many residents thinking about emergency preparedness. While most families have thought about what they would do if a...
safety
A home along South Pine Drive burned to its foundation in the Aspen Acres fire is shown in this July 10, 2026 photo. A private aerial imagery company has estimated 780 structures have been lost across Pueblo and Custer counties in the fire, including a number of homes in Beulah a...
safety
Although the Aspen Acres fire is burning around 150 miles away from Summit County, firefighters from Summit Fire & EMS and the Red, White & Blue Fire Protection District have been on the scene, working to contain what is now the seventh largest fire in Colorado’s history . The cr...
safety
The Fishhook Fire’s footprint has been adjusted to 340 acres and is 8% contained as of Monday morning, according to an update from the Southwest Area Management Team 1, which took over command of the fire response early Friday. The modified size, down slightly from the 347 acres ...
business
Prom dresses, tiaras and plenty of opening-night energy filled Thunder River Theatre Company on Thursday as SoL Theatre Company kicked off its run of “The Prom.” Some audience members dressed for the occasion, arriving in prom gowns and tiaras before posing for photos on the set ...
News
Stories in this list received the most page views on postindependent.com from July 13-July 20. 1. Anticipated rain for Colorado’s mountains has forecasters starting to say ‘the monsoon is here’ Lightning crackles over Buffalo Mountain as a thunderstorm passes through Summit Count...
safety
If placed on ballot, measure would nearly double city property taxes
safety
At a Thursday worksession, Glenwood Springs City Manager Steve Boyd talks to city council members about a potential new property tax to fund fire and emergency medical services....
safety
The Glenwood Springs Fire Department and its EMS services cover about 16,000 residents over 72 square miles.
business
Founded in 2007, Bodytraffic is known for its stunning performers, diverse technical mastery and dynamic repertoire. The Los Angeles-based dance company will perform on Wednesday at the Aspen District Theatre as part of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s summer season....
government
Rifle City Council on Wednesday approved joining a temporary funding framework intended to keep the Hogback bus route operating while western Garfield County communities pursue a long-term transportation solution. Over the past year, citizens of the county have brought up the ...
