Editor’s note: A version of this story appears in this year’s edition of the Winter in Aspen/Snowmass magazine. Glide one ski in front of the other, almost pulling your weight up the hill. Don’t stomp...
Some employers across the Roaring Fork Valley compensate workers for their RFTA commute down Colorado Highway 82. But if a worker’s commute is up and down one of an employer’s mountains, does that qualify for...
There is an expression, “working for your turns,” that implies you have climbed or skinned a slope in order to ski or ride it. It has its origins in those who eschew the lifts and...
It’s the first week in November, and things are pretty quiet around here in Aspen. The first storm of the season has coated the mountains with a reported two feet or so of pre-season snow....
After a record-breaking year of property valuations in Pitkin County, the County Board of Equalization finalized its months-long appeals process, resulting in a reduction of $1,332,644,642.60 in the assessed value across appeals filed that were either adjusted or stipulated.
First looks at the 2024 proposed Pitkin County budget forecast a seemingly unprecedented opportunity for spending a surplus of fund dollars on capital projects in the commissioner-prioritized areas: affordable housing, criminal justice, and sustainability/electrification.
Aspen City Council approved a contract with Jacobs for consultant services related to an investigation of the existing Castle Creek Bridge, its replacement and procedural information regarding the National Environmental Policy Ac
An Aspen bus driver's quick thinking and calm cool may have saved a badly injured woman's life and helped law enforcement rescue her 5-year-old son who she said was kidnapped.
Kairos Futura, Utopia Now! Summer Initiative, various locations in Aspen, now through Aug. 27 Kairos Futura is an art and design futurist organization that explores the intersection of art, ecology and social justice. This summer,...