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Courtesy image Aspen Skiing Co.’s proposal to expand Aspen Mountain ski area into the Pandora’s terrain has not reached public hearings in the Pitkin County review process yet, but the debate has already started to sizzle. The Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission voted strictly on a procedural matter Tuesday and did not get into the merits of Skico’s proposal. However, several people submitted letters that framed the issues that are likely to dominate the expansion debate this year. Proponents contended that adding 153 acres of skiing mostly in gladed terrain would add an elemen...

David E. Stapleton stands atop Aspen Mountain in 2019. (Courtesy photo) As a native of Aspen and from a family whose ancestors were some of the first miners to come over Independence Pass, David E. Stapleton had a legacy to follow. He had no trouble doing that, and even elevated it for generations to come. Stapleton died Thursday afternoon from complications due to COVID-19, his sons said. He was 86. After decades of service to the Aspen community, the country with his time in the Army and for local and World Cup ski racers, Stapleton was honored through the years with inductions to halls of ...

David Stapleton Sr. is pictured (back row, middle with tan jacket) on Jan. 18, 2020, during the Aspen Hall of Fame banquet with other past inductees. His cohorts include, front row from left: John Keleher, Dr. Barry Mink, Jack Brendlinger, John Callahan, Katie Bergman, Martha Brendlinger and Carolyn Moore. Back row: Tom Moore, Tony Vagneur, Cherie Gerbaz Oates, John McBride, Stapleton, Lt. Col. Richard Merritt, USMC (Ret.) and Joe Zanin.  

Irish whiskey sales forecast to exceed Scotch in US by 2030 10th December, 2020 by Nicola Carruthers Sales of Irish whiskey in the US are expected to overtake Scotch in the next decade, according to a new report by Drinks Ireland. The value of Irish whiskey exports from Ireland reached €890m (US$1.1 billion) in 2019 The Irish Whiskey 2010-2020: The restoration of the Irish whiskey industry across our shared island report by Drinks Ireland/Irish Whiskey Association (IWA) looked at the sector’s performance over the last 10 years. The US remains by far the largest market for Irish whiskey...

difficult to predict these programs in the way they are. that's probably going to drive more than the issues that i raised first. the policy debate about what we should do with disability policy. now in the past, we have tried a lot of incremental things to improve employment for people with disabilities. and the evidence shows they have not been successful. there was the ada in 1990. the rehab act, there have been important reforms with that. individuals with disability education act. and work incentive improvement act, which had a number of provisions for ssdi and ssi to increase e...