Pitkin County News

Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:51 p.m. Read more: State , Crime , Aspen , Thanksgiving , Carbon Monoxide , Lofgren , Detector ASPEN, Colo.

The feud between Ruth's Chris and its Aspen landlord has landed in court again. Landlord Galena Corner LLC has filed suit in Pitkin County District Court demanding more than $4 million in future rent from Colorado Steakhouse LLC, which owned and operated the Ruth's Chris franchisee.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. Read more: State , Crime , Aspen , Colorado , Pitkin County , Woman , Death Certificate ASPEN, Colo.

Cheryl Lurie, a 1973 graduate of Beverly High School, was found dead this week in her hometown of Aspen, Colo.

ASPEN, Colorado - The Aspen City Council voted Monday not to increase property taxes next year.

Pitkin County will hold two meetings next week to explain a new permitting program for on-site wastewater treatment systems.

ASPEN, Colorado - A team of local investigators met with a Grand Junction pathologist Thursday about the death of longtime local Cheryl Ann Lurie.

The investigation into the recent death of a local woman took a twist Friday night when a detective discovered traces of blood on a sprinkler head in close proximity to where her body was found.

Pitkin County is overhauling its land-use code to better accommodate solar projects now that a new Energy Smart Loan Program is in place to help property owners finance such projects.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:28 a.m. Read more: State , Crime , Aspen , Coloardo , County Coroner , Police , Body ASPEN, Colo.

What to do with a $3.5 million property tax windfall in Pitkin County's Open Space and Trails Program vexed county commissioners Tuesday.

ASPEN, Colorado - As the investigation continued Tuesday into the woman whose body was discovered a day earlier next to the Pitkin County Library, friends and the husband of Cheryl Ann Lurie mourned her death while remembering her selfless approach to life.

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.

Alpine Legal Services hosts its Do-it-Yourself Divorce Clinic at a new time this month, 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Workers looking to gain a foothold in Aspen are helping keep one piece of the local real estate market booming - affordable housing.

As the economy goes, so goes the garbage business in Pitkin County. The county landfill has seen a decline in its most profitable enterprises and will operate in the red in 2010, according to a budget presented Tuesday to county commissioners.

A Veterans Day observance will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Roaring Fork Valley Veterans Memorial, on the east side of the Pitkin County courthouse at 506 E. Main St., Aspen.

The airport was closed for two months in spring 2007 for a runway rehabilitation project.

Stewards of Pitkin County's Open Space and Trails Program wrestled Tuesday with whether to provide property tax relief or use a $3.5 million revenue windfall to buy properties while the price is right.

Liquid Sky and Junk restaurants in Snowmass Base Village have been put into receivership as a result of business owner Scott DeGraff defaulting on a $2 million loan to his landlord, court documents allege.