Pitkin County News

A two-night course that was to offer Aspenites certification in mental health first aid has been canceled, due to a lack of interest.

An extra 1,000 feet of runway space at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport has more than exceeded expectations for increasing commercial airline capacity, according to Jim Elwood, airport director.

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

"Club 20 tends to attract strong-minded people. If you're there, you're passionate about how you feel and you want people to understand it," Harned said.

Nicholas Jacobson courtesy photo Gardeners converge during a community workday at Grace-Shehi garden in Basalt.

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.

Retirees who live in worker housing administered by the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority, such as these Benedict Commons condos in Aspen, would be able to rent their unit to a qualified worker for up to six months a year under a program that won initial approval Wednesday from Pitkin County commissioners.

Umbrellas came out in downtown Aspen Wednesday morning, as wet snow turned to light rain.

Pitkin County will gain a couple of trail easements that help provide access to public lands in Little Annie Basin on the backside of Aspen Mountain.

The race for two open City Council seats features four candidates: Jonny Carlson, Art Daily, Ann Mullins and Dwayne Romero.

One of the first poaching cases of the spring has Colorado wildlife officials very worried.

Cracks in the newly paved Castle Creek Road will be sealed this year - a routine maintenance step that will occur sooner than expected in response to fissures that developed over the winter months, according to G.R. Fielding, Pitkin County engineer.

An Emma landowner blasted the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails program last week for allegedly "abandoning" her in a dispute with a neighbor over use of a trail.

Each week we pick out our favorite and not-so-favorite tweets about Aspen and publish them on Sunday's page A2.

LEIGH VOGELl/SPECIAL TO THE ASPEN TIMES Travelers arrive Friday at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, which is currently served by just one airline - United Express.

A Pitkin County woman claims she was sexually assaulted while recovering from back surgery at the Vail Valley Medical Center, but didn't report it to the Vail police until a month later.

The six candidates for Aspen mayor are Maurice Emmer, L.J. Erspamer, Adam Frisch, Derek Johnson, Steve Skadron and Torre.

Six different Pitkin County open space properties on, around and including the Rio Grande Trail corridor between Slaughterhouse Bridge and W/J Ranch are the focus of a comprehensive management-planning effort that will get under way this spring.

Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain Institute The stunning site of Rocky Mountain Institute's office in Old Snowmass was sold this week for $8.5 million.

When Montgomery Chitty was arrested during the bust of a senior-citizen cocaine ring in 2011, there were more titters about an "over-the-hill" drug gang operating in this celebrity-studded, laissez-faire resort town than there was outrage over the smuggling of hundreds of kilos of cocaine.