Aspenites show little interest in mental health first aid class
Source: The Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 09:54:17 -0700 | technology-news
A two-night course that was to offer Aspenites certification in mental health first aid has been canceled, due to a lack of interest. The community's disinterest in the class came as a shock to officials who'd planned it in the...
Longer runway at Aspen airport pays off
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 11:42:42 -0700 | business-news
An extra 1,000 feet of runway space at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport has more than exceeded expectations for increasing commercial airline capacity, according to Jim Elwood, airport director. And the additional airline seats have come without using bigger planes or...
Oil and gas industry lobbies for land in Colorado mountains
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 10:34:06 -0700 | green-news
The oil-and-gas industry is claiming that closures of land and increased regulations contemplated in the White River National Forest will make drilling "uncompetitive." Five organizations affiliated with the gas industry submitted comments last winter to the Forest Service as part...
Aspen Valley Hospital expansion approved
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 07:33:58 -0700 | business-news
Aspen Valley Hospital officials won City Council approval Monday to continue with their controversial expansion project, but they had to promise to improve the landscaping buffer around the hospital campus and shield rooftop mechanical equipment in order to mask the...
Warm welcome in Aspen
Source: New York Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 10:24:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 13, 2013 The sprightly town of Aspen is renowned for its four bodacious mountains usually cloaked in a melange of Burton-adorned ski bunnies and world-class athletes. But just because the snow disintegrates doesn't mean this affluent Colorado destination does....
Aspen art gallery files lawsuit alleging Denver firm overcharged
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 06:35:25 -0700 | business-news
A lawsuit paints a grim picture of how a Colorado sports magnate's firm treated an Aspen art gallery, charging as much as $1 per toilet flush when it should have cost no more than four cents...Lawrence Gallery claims that it...
Aspen campground trimming aims to reduce bear encounters
Source: The Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-12 21:23:43 -0700 | political-news
A work crew from the Rifle Correctional Center has finished trimming chokecherry and serviceberry shrubs at a campground near Aspen in an attempt to prevent bear encounters this summer...Forest Service banned the use of tents and fabric trailers or campers...
Thompson Divide fight gets cash infusion
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 07:09:42 -0700 | green-news
An environmental foundation controlled by employees of Aspen Skiing Co. gave a $50,000 grant to three organizations fighting to prevent natural gas drilling in Thompson Divide, Skico announced Thursday. The grant was the largest in the 16-year history of the...
Top Facts To Consider When Buying a Home
Posted by: neilfranklan
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 22:07:30 -0700 | business-news
Buying a home is one of the biggest decisions in life. For average citizens, buying a house is a once in a lifetime event. There are contradicting opinions on whether buying a home now is wise or not. But buying...
Why Buying a House Is Better Than Renting
Posted by: neilfranklan
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 00:31:37 -0700 | business-news
To Buy or to rent has been the question for many years. Frankly, there is no simple answer to the question. The answer chiefly depends on the situation of the current real estate market and more importantly on one’s own...
Short Sales Of Luxury Real Estates
Posted by: neilfranklan
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 00:28:24 -0700 | business-news
When you are shopping for the real estates in the region that is suitable for your vacation, it should come down to a few basic measures like, type of community or lifestyle and price range. On your vacation days or...
Appeals filed over Thompson Divide Plan
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 11:53:17 -0700 | business-news
Wilderness Workshop and three local governments filed administrative appeals Monday that could potentially set up a courtroom showdown with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over drilling for natural gas in Thompson Divide. Wilderness Workshop's appeal asked the state director...
Independence Pass should be open by Memorial Day
Source: The Daily Sentinel
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 09:52:14 -0700 | travel-news
Transportation officials say they are on track to open Independence Pass near Aspen by Memorial Day weekend. The Colorado Department of Transportation says it's working with avalanche experts to clear as many as 12 slide paths that can affect the...
Windstar property in Old Snowmass sells for $8.5 million
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 09:10:21 -0700 | business-news
The Old Snowmass property once purchased by John Denver to serve as home to his Windstar Foundation sold Monday for $8.5 million, according to a deed recorded with Pitkin County. Rocky Mountain Institute and the Windstar Land Conservancy sold the...
Airlines, lodging on Aspen radar screen
Source: Denver Post
Aspen :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 07:41:25 -0700 | business-news
With a concerted effort to attract another commercial airline to serve the resort already under way, the Aspen Chamber Resort Association board of directors agreed Tuesday to focus its efforts on lodging. Specifically, the chamber will push to "remove unnecessary...
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