Aspen Daily News

The Aspen Daily News is a weekly newspaper published every day, with a circulation of 14,500 (not audited) in the ski town of Aspen, Colorado. It has been serving the community since 1978 and is owned by Ute City Tea Party Ltd, a corporation based in Colorado.

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Art-itecture

6 days ago | aspendailynews.com | Jason Charme

The Youth Art Expo 2025: Architecture and Imagination opened at the Aspen Art Museum last Saturday. The two-story exhibit includes work from more than 1,700 students from the extended Roaring Fork Valley. It is open through May 11. More information is available at aspenartmuseum.org/education/youth-art-expo/.
Small fire in the AABC

6 days ago | aspendailynews.com | Andre Salvail

Aspen Fire Department personnel roll up hoses next to one of three engines responding to the scene of a small blaze in the Aspen Airport Business Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The kitchen fire was contained to one room of an apartment unit in the 400 block of AABC. Aspen Ambulance also responded to the incident. No other details were immediately available. Updates will be posted to aspendailynews.com.
US lawmakers' bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump

6 days ago | aspendailynews.com | Christopher Bodeen |Ellen Knickmeyer |Simina Mistreanu

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers made their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one, aiming to show both Taiwan and China that U.S. support for Taiwan's defense remains broad, despite the harsh words and heightened tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed for the Taiwanese. Taiwan's leaders, in turn, have assured the Republican U.S. administration that they have taken in Trump’s complaints and are acting on them.
Thousands of Gaza children are malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Wafaa Shurafa |Fatma Khaled |Lee Keath

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel’s blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for more than six weeks. Thousands of children have become malnourished, and most people are barely eating one meal a day as stocks dwindle, the United Nations says. The warning came as Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday killed at least 27 people, including at least six women and 15 children.
Steve Crown speaks up on ski company’s motives and recent changes

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Andre Salvail

Steve Crown, executive chair of Chicago-based Henry Crown & Co., which owns Aspen One, the parent company of Aspen Skiing Co. and related entities, sat down for a brief interview with the Aspen Daily News at the Limelight Hotel on Tuesday morning. Aspen One CEO David Tanner also participated in the discussion. Crown and Tanner addressed rumors that the company is positioning itself for a future sale.
Quintessential listening

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Jason Charme

Juniper Winds, a graduate quintet out of the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Music, performs at the Pitkin County Library on Tuesday in programming from the Aspen Music Festival and School.
City of Aspen to longtime resident: Remove your yard signs

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

Aspen resident Mark Tye has a front yard so noticeable that tourists often ask to have their pictures taken amid the sculptures, pinwheels, prayer flags, peace signs, old skis, barroom relics, a totem pole and even an old gondola bucket.
‘False positive in checked bag’ cause for alarm at Aspen airport

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Rick Carroll

A combination of roughly 200 airline passengers and employees were evacuated from the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport on Sunday after security officials detected a “suspicious item of note” before the commercial terminal reopened at 2 p.m. after a 2½-hour closure. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters were dispatched to the airport for a security incident that “was determined to be a false positive in a checked bag,” according to a press release from Pitkin County, which oversees airport operations.
Martin: But wait … there’s less!

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Scott Martin

Have you heard of Ron Popeil? I’ve written about him before in this organ. He was a sometime Aspen resident and direct marketer who generated around $3 billion through his cheekily named company, Ronco. His most famous product was the Showtime Rotisserie Oven, which you can still purchase if you feel so moved. In the world of marketing, there are two camps: the branding people and the direct marketing people.
Semple: The ski ‘force’ is strong in Aspen

1 week ago | aspendailynews.com | Lorenzo Semple

Fret not, my fairly weathered friends: The ski stoke, spirit, force, energy, vigor, verve, vibe — whatever you want to call it, is still sky high in Aspen. Case in point? Aspen Highlands last Friday and Saturday and Buttermilk last Sunday. The four ski areas in general have been the epicenter of our town’s soul. There’s something about these last few weeks of ski season that always feels acutely local to me.