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Part of the track for the new alpine coaster going in the Lost Forest at Snowmass. 5,700 feet of track are being installed between the trees on Gunners View and Sandy Park.

Breathtaker alpine coaster at Snowmass set to open Sunday

December 9, 2017 at 8:25 p.m.

Along with Buttermilk opening and more terrain available this weekend at Aspen Mountain and Snowmass, the new Breathtaker alpine coaster at Elk Camp will open Sunday, officials announced Friday.

Disbarred lawyer caught with 72 stolen credit cards ditches court in Aspen

November 8, 2017 at 3:45 p.m.

Cops caught Alan Cohen with 72 credit cards, none with his name on them, a trove of electronics and two boxes of other people's unopened mail.

Under a proposed constitutional amendment, Colorado taxes on a pack of cigarettes could go from 84 cents a pack to $2.59 a pack.

Aspen voters overwhelmingly approve $3 tax on pack of cigarettes

November 8, 2017 at 12:14 a.m.

The cost of a pack of cigarettes and other tobacco products will increase in the new year after Aspen voters overwhelming passed a new tax in Tuesday's election.

Independence Pass closing Monday night because of weather, may not reopen this season

October 30, 2017 at 4:43 p.m.

Independence Pass will close at 7 p.m. Monday because of incoming weather and could remain closed for the rest of the fall and winter.

Colorado AG asks court to dismiss lawsuit that wants “person” status for Colorado River

October 23, 2017 at 9:43 a.m.

Colorado Attorney General's Office asks federal judge to dismiss lawsuit to declare Colorado River a person.

A five-acre illegal marijuana grow was located on the White River National Forest near Redstone on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. More than 2,700 plants were seized.

2,700 plants seized in raid on illegal Colorado marijuana farm on forest land

September 29, 2017 at 3:26 p.m.

Law enforcement officials from multiple agencies raided an illegal Colorado marijuana farm set up on national forest land in the Redstone area.

Aspen Skiing Co. chief Mike Kaplan blames Donald Trump for 30 percent decline in visits from Mexicans

September 25, 2017 at 3:06 p.m.

Aspen Skiing Co. president and CEO Mike Kaplan said the major reason for a 30 percent drop in visitors from Mexico in the 2016-17 ski season was "xenophobia radiating from...

A Roaring Fork Transportation Authority bus exchanges passengers at the Intercept Lot at Highway 82 and Brush Creek Road last March. Ridership topped 5 million for the first time in 2016.

Aspen task force recommends congestion-base pricing, more transit to ease traffic woes

September 12, 2017 at 9:08 a.m.

The upper Roaring Fork Valley should use a carrot-and-stick approach to improve transit mobility between Aspen and Basalt, according to a new task force.

Former Pitkin County sheriff鈥檚 official arrested for felony assault

September 3, 2017 at 10:53 p.m.

The former director of operations at the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office was charged with felony assault last week in Blue Lake after a dispute over an unleashed dog, according to...

Mother: Daughter died of “acute altitude sickness” on Aspen trail

September 6, 2017 at 8:26 a.m.

The 20-year-old woman who died late Aug. 17 or early Aug. 18 hiking on the Conundrum Creek Trail suffered from 鈥渁cute altitude sickness,鈥� her mother said on social media.

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