Snowmass Village News

Monday's turn of events - the Snowmass council voted 2-1 to support a management plan for the park except for the dog ban and a provision allowing limited hunting - apparently took Pitkin County officials by surprise.

A plea agreement is pending for a former Basalt High School teacher arrested in February on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a student, attorneys confirmed Monday.

Johnny Lyons, left, of Vail, and Aspen native Matt Lanning, now of Breckenridge, prepare to ski during a snow squall Friday morning at the summit of Independence Pass.

The name of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival may be slightly misleading, as it is definitely not only a jazz festival.

As more than 40 scientists study the myriad ice-age findings from Ziegler Reservoir, one mystery continues to vex experts: Was early man at the site? The question has arisen at the site outside Snowmass Village, which has yielded a cache of more than 4,800 fossils since a construction worker uncovered the remains of a young Columbian mammoth in ... (more)

ESPN and Aspen Skiing Co. have reached an agreement that will keep the Winter X Games in Aspen and Snowmass Village through 2014.

A conversation between parties involved in the stalled Base Village project in Snowmass Village announced Tuesday the end of litigation and a plan to transfer all Base Village assets to new ownership.