Aspen News

The million dollar question: When did officials know it was a budget error? ASPEN - Elected officials have rejected a request from a resident to hire a special counsel to investigate who's to blame for the $73 ...

Tragic death will be featured on Discovery's 'Shark Week' ENLARGE ASPEN - The story of Tessa Horan, the former Aspen High School student who was killed in a shark attack in Tonga, will be featured as part of ...

The city of Aspen's admits it could have used a better word in an advertisement taken out in local papers defending the Burlingame affordable housing project.

Emergency crews evacuated a severely ill 16-year-old hiker from the base of Mount Sopris early Tuesday morning.

A Basalt couple who were severely injured when an alleged drunk driver plowed into their vehicle near Basalt in May have come out of comas and started intensive rehabilitation, according to family and friends.

As summer temperatures rise, city health officials are monitoring the local mosquito population and urging caution about West Nile virus.

A longtime state wildlife officer in the Aspen district says a habitat improvement project on Light Hill is being unjustly targeted by critics who don't understand the situation the valley's deer and elk face.

A 3,000-foot deep geothermal well could be coming to a park near you, accordint to Aspen's newest plan to generate renewable energy within the city limits.

The city of Aspen has won a court ruling that allows the parks department to build a trail through the backyards of homeowners on the east side of town.

Local regulatory agencies, utilities, nonprofits and businesses were well-represented at the latest public meeting to work on an environmental plan for Snowmass Village.

Three months after a fire injured a man and threatened 150 homes in the midvalley, the 9th Judicial District Attorney's office said Tuesday it has reached a decision on whether to file charges.

Five area youths pleaded guilty on Tuesday to underage drinking charges following a recent concert in Snowmass Village.

Two groups focused on saving energy are contemplating a merger that could result in a well-funded and well-organized green machine that promotes conservation from Aspen to Parachute, according to sources.

ASPEN, Colorado - Months after he made an emergency landing without a propeller, Barry Cox is offering $1,000 to anyone who finds the prop he believes is somewhere in the hills above Ruedi Reservoir.

Daniel Alejanro Rave-Munoz, 21, of Colombia, was arrested Friday night after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend at the Hyatt Grand Aspen.

A three-month investigation by several law enforcement agencies has resulted in the arrests of two men suspected of supplying heroin in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Thirty-one drivers of hybrid vehicles may soon cruise solo, with impunity, in the HOV lanes on Highway 82.

Even though Aspen government is bracing for tough economic times in the near future, it is still enjoying revenue increases in sales and lodging taxes.

A disagreement about doing the dishes escalated into violence up the Fryingpan on Saturday night, sending one roommate to the hospital and the other to the Pitkin County Jail.

"I saw people doing music without using traditional techniques, and that's what I wanted to do," says Gregg Gillis.