Aspen News

The reigning World Cup champion — that would be Vail's Lindsey Vonn — complained the course was too icy. The reigning World Cup slalom champion — that would be Germany's Maria Riesch — complained the course was too icy. But...

Czech Sarka Zahrobska retained her Aspen slalom crown Sunday and took the second World Cup win of her career. The 2007 world champion crushed the opposition in a first run held in extreme conditions then retained her lead in the...

Colo. — So comfortable on steep mountains, U.S. skier Julia Mancuso can't resist the temptation of big, breaking waves, either. The mere sight of them sends her scurrying for her surfboard when she's back on the beaches in Hawaii, following...

Flu vaccination clinics in Aspen have been called off because the county is almost out of doses. The county canceled three seasonal flu clincs coming up this week in Aspen and Snowmass. Authorities say they nearly ran out of doses...

As the economy goes, so goes the garbage business in Pitkin County. The county landfill has seen a decline in its most profitable enterprises and will operate in the red in 2010, according to a budget presented Tuesday to county...

Colorado — Thirty-seven bidders jumped at the chance to pay somebody else's property taxes Thursday in Aspen, at Pitkin County's annual tax lien sale. The county treasurer's office offered up liens on 88 properties, down from 333 last year, including...

Aspen police have altered the course of their probe into the death of a 54-year-old woman, and said Wednesday that foul play has not been ruled out because of the findings from a Pitkin County coroner. Scott Thompson, deputy coroner,...

Ski areas legalizing bud By Robert Weller New trails, faster chairlifts, cheaper tickets, forget the old ways to get skiers on your mountain. Now it’s ganja. And why not. California’s governor talked for a time of closing the budget gap...