The Aspen Times

The Aspen Times

Established in 1881, The Aspen Times holds the distinction of being the longest-running and most reliable print news source in Pitkin County, Colorado. This daily newspaper, with a circulation of 9,000 copies, is freely available and reaches readers from Aspen to Carbondale. The Aspen Times is one of several newspapers under the ownership of Swift Communications LLC, which is a part of Ogden Newspapers.

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  • 5 days ago | aspentimes.com | Tim Willoughby

    Aspen, like the rest of America, responded quickly to Pearl Harbor. Locals volunteered for service, supported causes like the Red Cross, reduced consumption of important war-related items like gasoline, and the mines ramped up production of lead and zinc. It is worthwhile to remind ourselves of what that generation contributed, the example they set for us to follow.

  • 5 days ago | aspentimes.com | Austin Colbert

    Gretchen Bleiler used Aspen as a launching pad, eventually taking her snowboard career to the Olympics and to superstardom. A 1999 Aspen High School graduate, the multi-time X Games champion in the halfpipe wanted to remind this year’s graduating class of their shared unique beginning. “You are stepping into a world full of unknowns. But you are not starting from nothing. You are starting from Aspen,” she said.

  • 1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Lorenzo Semple

    Did you happen to read the article by Colin Susynski (pronounced: sue-shin-ski) — “Bureau of Land Management study to help determine whether to allow e-bike use on popular mountain bike trails” — about potentially allowing mountain e-bikes on the Crown Mountain Trail complex? My thoughts are: Go ahead — give it a try, and see what happens; if it passes, I may even take my e-bike down there and check it out. If other municipalities want to allow e-bikes on their single-track, let them.

  • 1 week ago | aspentimes.com | May Selby

    Aspen Lacrosse Club's fifth and sixth grade boys' team in the snow. May Selby/Courtesy photo This spring, we saw a six-weekend run of Aspen Lacrosse Club tournaments with our son playing for the Aspen fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ combined teams, making the most of family time, team bonding, and traveling around the state.

  • 1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Robert Tann

    Coloradans, particularly in high-cost mountain towns, could face surging health insurance premiums under Congressional Republicans’ tax and spending plan, health care advocates say. The sprawling package, which President Donald Trump has named his “big, beautiful bill,” aims to deliver much of the president’s domestic policy agenda, touching on everything from taxes and energy to immigration and health care.