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2 months ago | 
aspendailynews.com | Kaya Williams |Lucy Peterson
Perhaps the only position that hasn’t been seriously explored in the six-decade entrance to Aspen debate is the one that’s against it altogether: If no one could arrive or leave town ever again, at least it would solve the traffic.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
treasuryandrisk.com | Maria Clara Cobo |Michael Popke |Lucy Peterson |Christopher Anstey
Attendees at a career fair in Bolivia, North Carolina. Photographer: Allison Joyce/Bloomberg The number of Americans on unemployment-benefit rolls climbed to a more-than-three-year high, while first-time applications for U.S. unemployment insurance edged slightly higher.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority board decided to part ways with hearing officer Mick Ireland on Wednesday after months of fielding claims of bias about him in the role of adjudicating disputes between ACPHA residents and staff. APCHA board members voted to appoint Thomas Snyder as the housing authority’s new hearing officer, nearly five years after Ireland became the first officer. Board members heard proposals from three finalists, including Snyder and Ireland, during a Dec.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
Aspen City Council will pursue an expedited land use review for the Armory Hall redevelopment project with the goal of starting construction as early as summer 2026. An expedited review would allow the project team to submit the land use application by Feb. 3 and aim to have the application before the city’s Historic Preservation Commission in April, Aspen Development Manager Jen Phelan told the city council during a Monday work session.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
The home of two longtime city of Aspen residents was significantly damaged after a city water main break flooded their house, an incident the city’s insurance carrier said was an accident in denying the residents’ insurance claim. On the night of Dec. 21, David and Nina Eisenstat received a call from the Aspen Fire Department notifying them that a broken city water main was flooding their home on Park Avenue in east Aspen.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
The Aspen-Pitkin Healthy Futures Coalition, now led by director Kayla Bailey, is addressing youth substance abuse through a lens that extends beyond school. Bailey was chosen this week to lead the coalition. She previously served as the program director of the Mind Springs Health office in Aspen. The new federally and locally funded community project brings together several area sectors to address youth substance abuse in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
Aspen City Attorney Jim True and Deputy City Clerk Mike Sear conduct a lottery Wednesday to set the ballot order for the city of Aspen election in March. The following candidates are running for two open Aspen City Council seats (in the order that was randomly selected Wednesday): Emily Kolbe, Scot Woolley, Christine Benedetti, Torre, Maryann Pitt, Tyler Wilkinson-Ray and incumbent John Doyle. The two candidates running for mayor are Katy Frisch and Rachel Richards.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
The Aspen City Council will appoint a new municipal court judge and two deputy municipal judges after finalizing contracts this week. The city council showed unanimous support for Ted Gardenswartz to fill the vacancy during a Tuesday special meeting. Gardenswartz was appointed the presiding municipal judge in September after longtime Municipal Court Judge Brooke Peterson announced his retirement. Peterson served as municipal judge in Aspen since 1981.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
Aspen City Manager Sara Ott is a finalist for the city manager's position in Louisville, Colorado. Ott is one of four finalists, a Louisville city spokesperson confirmed. Ott released a statement to the Aspen Daily News just before 1 p.m."I have been named a finalist for the position of City Manager in Louisville, Colorado," the prepared statement says.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aspendailynews.com | Lucy Peterson
The Aspen City Council will appoint a new municipal court judge and two deputy municipal judges after finalizing contracts this week. The city council showed unanimous support for Ted Gardenswartz to fill the vacancy during a Tuesday special meeting. Gardenswartz was appointed the presiding municipal judge in September after longtime Municipal Court Judge Brooke Peterson announced his retirement. Peterson served as municipal judge in Aspen since 1981.
