Aspen Daily News

3 days ago | aspendailynews.com | Roger Marolt

Why is Aspen Skiing Co. in a tizzy? Suddenly this is the hot topic. Forget quiet rumors you heard about them selling out. Last Tuesday, they hit the panic button and Wednesday morning we heard the alarm, or at least read about it in this paper (“Steve Crown speaks up on ski company’s motives and recent changes,” April 16, Aspen Daily News). What can be made of an interview where the reporter starts off, “You scheduled this meeting with me.

1 week 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/.

1 week 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.

1 week 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.

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.