Woody Creek News

The following Aspen police activity was recorded Nov. 13-24. The incidents do not reflect dispositions in the cases, and all suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.

Cigars and wines go well together, and you now can get both at Palma Cigars, 2201 Larimer St., owned by Clay Carlton.

An association for mountain bikers in the Roaring Fork Valley has formally come out in opposition to the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal.

An early morning conflagration threatened Aspen a century ago. The entire city might have burned to the ground, but for the "gallant work" of the fire chief and his crew, according to The Aspen Democrat-Times headline.

The public is invited, Friday and Saturday, to a Halloween haunted barn for children in Old Snowmass.

A friend of mine who lives in Nairobi e-mailed me in the middle of Balloon Boy. "I continue to marvel at how Denver always seems to get these big-ticket stories," said Nick Wadhams.

I was the fourth generation of my family to raise livestock in Woody Creek, on a place dubbed the Elkhorn Ranch by my grandfather.

If it wasn't for the fierce marital argument, one of our better ones with a soon-forgotten reason, I'd have never discovered the place as I did.

Carbondale philanthropist Jim Calaway was one of the first three people to receive an honorary associate degree from Colorado Mountain College, along with J. Robert Young and Jessica Hobby Catto, in Breckenridge on Sept.

The following Aspen police activity was recorded between Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. The arrests do not reflect an indictment or disposition in the cases.

P.J. O'Rourke will speak at the Independence Institute's gala dinner Nov. 19. In 2006, the right-thinking think tank hosted controversial Ann Coulter and some are said to still have digestion problems.

Bob Braudis has been sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, for more than two decades. A close personal friend of Hunter S Thompson, he has adopted many of the gonzo writer's beliefs in office.

The inaugural 12 Hours of Snowmass event received national attention because of Lance Armstrong's participation.

A Woody Creek woman faces 28 felony counts in connection to accusations that she embezzled $415,000 from Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village over a period of 16 months.

A bronc rider bolts from the chute at Aspen's annual rodeo, a popular event in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken.

All-day bus service between Aspen and Snowmass Village will remain free through the upcoming ski season.

Two drivers were injured Monday morning when their vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 82 and Smith Hill Way, outside of Woody Creek.

The death toll for bears in and around Aspen continues to mount. Wildlife officials were forced to put down a bear on Sunday and another Monday morning; both animals had been breaking into homes, said Perry Will, area wildlife manager with the Glenwood Springs office of the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

All-day bus service between Aspen and Snowmass Village will remain free through the upcoming ski season.

"Frida Kahlo," a photographic portrait of the Mexican artist by Lola Alvarez Bravo, is one of a collection of 80 vintage black and white photographs donated by George and Patti Stranahan to Colorado Mountain College.