Snowmass Village News

When asked why they are thankful to live Snowmass Village, many Villagers replied that they were thankful for the wonderful people who live here and the beautiful surroundings.

An alleged embezzler is allowed to remain employed as a bookkeeper in New Mexico, a judge said Monday.

A former Aspen police officer who was fired for allegedly showing up to work intoxicated pleaded guilty Monday to reckless driving, closing the chapter on a nearly 15-month-old case.

Editor: We understand you will be reviewing the 2010 Open Space & Trails budget at your meeting on November 17.

The Aspen Skiing Co. remains committed to building worker housing in the midvalley even though demand - or at least the ability for people to buy something - has temporarily eased.

With the push of a button and a warning shout of "fire in the hole!" two of Aspen's pyrotechnicians set off the antique cannon atop Smuggler Mine, letting everyone in town know there was something special about Wednesday.

The financial challenges faced by Junk and Liquid Sky owner Scott DeGraff hardly come as a surprise to people familiar with operations of the now-shuttered businesses located in the heart of Base Village.

If Aspen and Snowmass Village have poor tourist numbers this winter, it won't be for lack of commercial airline flights.

Stewart Oksenhorn/Special to the Sun Lynette Kidd Schlepp, Nikki Boxer, Cooper Campisi and Mike Monroney prepare for the opening of Aspen Community Theatre's "The Music Man," an ambitious local production featuring the talents of 44 local actors.

Snowmass Village firefighter/paramedic Brandon Potter prepares to hand out stuffed animals to children in the African village of Kolunga, an island community in Lake Victoria, Kenya, last year.

For a short time, Liquid Sky and Junk were the hot places to go in Snowmass Village.

Ron Weller lost his business from a tornado last year, his son says in a professionally done video submitted to Snowmass Tourism's "You Need a Vacation" competition.

A lot of well-intentioned people support the effort to plan and eventually build a new indoor recreation center in El Jebel, but the Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District Referendum 4A is a bad idea.

Four-year-old Nate Thomas of Snowmass Village got a fright when a ghoulish goblin flew down from the roof as he was leaving the Snowmass Village Recreation Center with his mother Mary Margaret.

Election Day is closing in, so Roaring Fork Valley residents of Pitkin and Eagle counties must either get their ballots in the mail or, to be safe, deliver them to their county clerk's office.

A mysterious twine strung across a trail as if to injure a speeding bicyclist has the attention of criminal investigators in Pitkin County.

Twine strung tautly enough across the Rio Grande Trail to injure a speeding bicyclist has prompted an investigation by the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.

Unfortunately, several hot button issues keep interrupting what otherwise has been a very tranquil fall season The Aspen School Board finally came to their senses and agreed to deed restrict their recently acquired Owl Creek property to employee housing or other school district purposes for as long as the district retains ownership of the property.

Basalt laid off two employees this week after watching revenues continue to plummet during its usually strong summer tourist season, Town Manager Bill Kane said Tuesday.

To some residents, "marketing" is a dirty word, for it connotes the advertising and selling of Aspen.