Snowmass Village News

We probably have differing opinions about what is incredible. I was driving to work the other day and came around the bend in Owl Creek Road at the bottom of the hill on the quiet side of the airport.

A masked man maneuvers into position for sandblasting work on sections of the former Maroon Creek pedestrian bridge Friday.

Wildlife officials are investigating after someone shot and killed a black bear and dumped the carcass near a trash bin in Snowmass Village.

Snowmass Resort near Aspen, Colorado has capitalized on the recent fossil find at a reservoir near Snowmass Village with its Ice Age Discovery Center .

Contributed photo Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Friday released a shot of the black bear that was shot and dumped at the trash enclosure last weekend in Snowmass Village.

Charged with one count of felony sexual assault on Monday, Nardi visited The Aspen Times on Wednesday to make the case that he's innocent.

One of the first poaching cases of the spring has Colorado wildlife officials worried after they found a bear next to dumpsters in Snowmass Village.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials want to know why a dead bear was dumped near a trash enclosure in the Two Creeks subdivision of Snowmass Village on Saturday morning.

Ricardo Massolini, left, and James Ontko, both of Snowmass Village, present each other with rings after becoming the first couple in Pitkin County to seek a civil union.

Competitors pedal through downtown Aspen during the start of Stage 4 of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge.

The oil and gas industry scored a rare win at the Colorado Capitol Tuesday, as a state Senate committee killed a bill that would have imposed a new fee on drillers in order to pay for local governments to plan for growth of the industry in their area.

Editor's note: This column first appeared Friday in The Denver Post. After the body of George Aldrich Jr., 28, was found in December 2010 underneath the Maroon Creek Bridge west of Aspen, the coroner determined that his blood-alcohol level was 312 times the legal driving limit when he died.

Some trails in the Snowmass Village area are closing during primary elk calving season, so that cow elk who need to forage and nurse won't be startled or disrupted.

This year's USA Pro Challenge will start with a 66-mile circuit race between Aspen and Snowmass Village, while the vaunted "Queen Stage" will shift from Cottonwood and Independence passes to one involving Bachelor Gulch outside Beaver Creek.

The Colorado towns that market themselves to the world based on their unique mountain opportunities and frequent parties are having a tough time reining in the collateral damage, writes Meredith C. Carroll.