Housing costs complicate hiring of Basalt town manager
The Basalt Town Council wants Ryan Mahoney as its next manager. Mahoney wants to be in Basalt. The challenge is the high cost of living in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Aspen business produces cannabis-infused buffalo jerky sold throughout Colorado
Todd Gardner's free-range bison jerky infused with cannabis oil extracted from marijuana grown in the Roaring Fork Valley is the only edible marijuana product made in the Aspen area.
Pennsylvania man sues after he loses toes on Aspen snowmobile trip
A Pennsylvania man who lost his toes to frostbite after being stranded overnight in the backcountry has filed a federal lawsuit that accuses an Aspen doctor of negligence and an...
Man who died after 30-foot fall at Snowmass parking garage ran to his death, police say
The 24-year-old man who fell to his death at a Snowmass Village parking garage last month was under the influence of drugs and alcohol, officials have confirmed, and was seen...
Heroin laced with elephant tranquilizer 100 times more powerful than fentanyl found at scene of deaths in Eagle County
The tranquilizer found in pills at the scene of two deaths in Eagle County is 10,000 times more powerful than morphine.
Concerns about Trump administration spur Thompson Divide oil and gas lease lawsuit
Questions about whether the Trump administration will defend a recent decision canceling oil and gas leases in Thompson Divide led Pitkin County and a local nonprofit to sue the federal...
Aspen considers raising legal age for tobacco, e-cigs to 21
The Aspen City Council will hear a presentation Monday night that considers raising the city's legal age to buy tobacco products and electronic nicotine devices from 18 to 21.
Aspen Mountain extends ski season one week, new closing April 23
Aspen Skiing Co. announced today Aspen Mountain will close April 23 rather than April 16, as originally scheduled.
Forest Service to test camping limits in Aspen wilderness
The White River National Forest Supervisor's office has unveiled a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Overnight Visitors Use Management Plan. The Environmental Assessment proposes implementing a camping permit system.
New Aspen area dental bus provides care to poor residents
But as of March 6, the approximately 4,500 Pitkin County residents below the poverty level have a dental care option at the El Jebel Community Center parking lot. That's where...