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Aspen gas line sabotage continues to perplex investigators
In more than two decades with the Aspen Police Department, Sgt. Rick Magnuson has been involved in only two other cases that rise to the level of the gas line...
Pitkin County moving to Level Red restrictions, closing indoor dining as COVID-19 surges
With the highest incidence rate of COVID-19 in Colorado, Pitkin County will close indoor dining at restaurants Sunday and move fully into Level Red restrictions.
Instagrammer David Lesh may be temporarily banned from forests
The U.S. District Attorney's Office will ask that the Instagrammer "be restrained from going on Forest Service lands" for the duration of the federal case filed against him.
Manâs aggressive cough toward woman on Aspen trail prompts misdemeanor charge
After an older woman asked the man to step aside on the trail, the man got in her face and coughed.
Basalt¶¶Òőap new whitewater park has a pricetag in the millions
The price tag so far for the whitewater park on the Roaring Fork River in Basalt is nearly $3.5 million, according to numbers released Thursday by Pitkin County.
Pitkin County building bathroom to become all-inclusive, building places “for all people”
Pitkin County officials are planning to convert a menâs bathroom in the newly built county building on Main Street into an âall-accommodatingâ bathroom for transgender and other residents, an official...
Former Aspen city councilor, Skico executive Derek Johnson pleads guilty to stealing, faces 4-12 years in prison
A former Aspen city councilman, mayoral candidate and Aspen Skiing Co. executive pleaded guilty Monday to systematically stealing from his bosses for years.
Maroon Bells âgetting a break from impacts of people,â closing winter gates
The Maroon Bells, which has seen garbage, trashed bathrooms and illegal fire rings, will close its winter gates to county roads.
Pitkin County Sheriff: Cord used in jail suicide “shouldnât have been there”
The extension cord used by a Woody Creek woman to hang herself in the Pitkin County Jail was left over from a previous inmate and should not have been in...
Pitkin County Jail inmate died by suicide Sunday night, sheriff says
A Woody Creek woman who recently had been found incompetent to stand trial after a long history of theft and drunken driving died by suicide Sunday nigh inside the Pitkin...