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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Willoughby: WWII - Small town’s big contributions

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.
‘You are starting from Aspen’: Olympic snowboarder reminds AHS graduates of special upbringing

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.
Lo-Fidelity: E-bikes on local trails? Not up in here!

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.
Mountain Mayhem: Traveling light

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.
What Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’ could mean for Coloradans’ health insurance costs — especially in mountain towns

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.
How many of Colorado’s wolves can die before experts raise the alarm?

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Ali Longwell

In the 18 months since Colorado Parks and Wildlife began the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves, seven of the 25 wolves it has relocated from Oregon and British Columbia have died. Four of these deaths occurred this year between March 16 to May 15. The deaths have been caused by conflicts with other animals, illegal poaching in one instance and two legal, human-caused deaths in Wyoming. Two of the deaths this year are still under investigation.
Colorado’s reintroduced wolves tour new counties in latest activity map

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Ali Longwell

In the final month of spring, the movements of Colorado’s collared gray wolves continued to be spread across the Western Slope, with some activity pushing further south and west than in prior months. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s latest watershed map — which shows the collared wolves’ activity between April 22 and May 27 — shows movements that appear more compacted within Colorado’s northwestern counties than the April activity.
Aspen family applies for fee waiver for new housing development on property owned since 1956

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Westley J Crouch

A family that immigrated to Aspen from Italy in 1956 received during a Tuesday Aspen City Council meeting unanimous public support in their request for relief from demolition allotment fees to redevelop their longtime family property at 790 Castle Creek Drive. The Cerise family is proposing to build a 6,200-square-foot duplex on the deed-restricted parcel, which they plan to continue living in for generations.
Haims: Parkinson’s disease research shows progress

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Judson Haims

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a gradual loss of brain nerve cells, which produce a chemical messenger called dopamine. Dopamine relays signals throughout the brain that help movements and speech. When the production of dopamine is impaired or when the brain cells that produce it start to die, people can have trouble initiating movement and develop uncontrollable tremors. In the U.S., Parkinson’s disease affects over 1 million people.
Federal bill ‘knife in the back’ to Roaring Fork Valley solar users

1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Westley J Crouch

As a major tax and budget reconciliation bill advances through Congress, Roaring Fork Valley energy independence advocates are keeping close watch on one of its provisions: dismantling residential energy tax credits. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which amid calling for $700 billion in cuts to Medicaid includes eradicating a 30% tax credit for solar installations and battery storage systems, passed the House last week and now goes before the Senate.