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Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94. Poitier, winner of the best

NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, who played roles of such dignity and intelligence that he transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, becoming along the way the first

The Colorado River supplies drinking water for some of the West’s biggest cities, but a lot of them lie outside the watershed. Canals, tunnels, and pipelines from the river keep water flowing to their taps. And the infrastructure also puts pressure on the fragile river, especially in dry times.

With its abundant groves of foliage and mountains, Aspen is a popular outdoor recreation destination with hiking trails for all fitness levels.

Localizing these shows into every supported language for Disney Plus' 116 million subscribers worldwide will expose a whole new global audience to authentic local programming from Japan and Asia.

All one need ask a music maven is "Whos won the most Grammy awards in history?" The correct answer is classical arranger and conducto...

Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 99 self-published titles that appear with a list of retailers that are selling the book and a description provided by its author.

Two men from New York died in a plane crash east of Aspen on Saturday afternoon, officials confirmed Sunday night. Searchers located the wreckage and the remains of two passengers near Midway Pass, about 9 miles east of Aspen near the Continental Divide, north of the Lost Man campgrounds, at 5:34 p.m. Sunday evening, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. Pitkin County Chief Deputy Coroner Audra Keith presumably identified the plane’s occupants as Ruben Cohen ...

Relief is on the way for visitors at the Upper Lost Man Trailhead on Independence Pass. A permanent toilet will be installed Tuesday. It was supposed to be completed this week for the busy Fourth of July weekend, but a truck hauling the toilet from Texas broke down, according to Karin Teague, executive director of the Independence Pass Foundation. The nonprofit foundation teamed with the U.S. Forest Service and Aspen Skiing Co. employees’ Environment Foundation to fund the $36,000 needed to f...

A few times a month the staff at The Aspen Times gives out some accolades and the denunciations in our “Roses and Thorns“ missive.