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The Pitkin County jail has been back to housing inmates ever since their return from Eagle County last June thanks to the quick and thoughtful action of Sheriff Michael Buglione. Now he looks to house his deputies in-county, as well.

Buglione explains motorcycle patrol, blue jeans and evolving position on jail

Joe DiSalvo sat behind his disheveled office desk, masked up and coming off COVID-19 and other illnesses. Badges of those Pitkin County sheriffs who preceded him, a bag of peanut M&Ms, a jar of pickled...

Michael Buglione is the presumptive winner of the race for Pitkin County Sheriff with a 400-vote lead on incumbent sheriff Joe DiSalvo. Staff are preparing for the transition.

Pitkin County sheriff-elect Michael Buglione on Wednesday credited his election victory to grassroots campaigning, hard work, and handshakes. He topped incumbent Joe DiSalvo by scoring 52.23% of the votes cast in Tuesday’s elections, according to...

In this election, voters narrowed the field in the Pitkin County Sheriff race and selected Democratic challengers to Republican incumbents in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District and state House of Representatives' District 57.

Bob Braudis passed away of natural causes at his home Friday. He was 77. Braudis helped reshape the way law enforcement operates in Pitkin County. For many, he was a larger-than-life symbol of Aspen itself.

Bob Braudis passed away of natural causes at his home Friday. He was 77. Braudis helped reshape the way law enforcement operates in Pitkin County. For many, he was a larger-than-life symbol of Aspen itself.

Bob Braudis, the former Pitkin County sheriff with a pacifist approach toward life and law enforcement, died Friday at his Aspen residence.

Bob Braudis, the former Pitkin County sheriff with a pacifist approach toward life and law enforcement, died Friday at his Aspen residence.