ASPEN – The Pitkin County real estate market started 2012 with a bang compared with the prior two years.Property sales of all types totaled $96.65 million in January, according to a report by Land Title Guarantee Co. That was Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material... Read more →
Aspen SupRich Pony Up Nearly $5 Million For Mitt’s SuperPacer
A number of wealthy property owners in Aspen have donated big money to give Mitt Romney a lift. Photo: Brent Gardner-Smith By Catherine Lutz, Aspen Business Journal and Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Journalism Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 When Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney campaigned in Colorado... Read more →
Another Aspen Man Pleads Guilty In Cocaine Bust
Defendant may get nine months of house arrest An Aspen man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a local cocaine-trafficking ring and could be sentenced to nine months of house arrest. Jack Fellner, 62, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of distributing and possessing with the intent... Read more →
Widespread Panic Widespread In Aspen
Widespread Panic fans are traveling to Aspen from at least 25 states for the band’s highly-anticipated, long sold-out, three-night stint at the Belly Up, which begins tonight. The jam band is taking an open-ended hiatus after Sunday night’s show, which caps a short all-acoustic tour for the Georgia... Read more →
Ajax Rockin’ The New On Aspen Mountain
Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol’s push to give the public access to more of the mountain has resulted in the opening of two new terrain areas. Spar Dump and Silver Queen Ridge may the equivalent of “inside baseball,” because they will likely appeal to only the most devoted of Aspen Mountain skiers,... Read more →
European Banks Now Own Snowmass Base Village
The Base Village project in Snowmass Village is now officially out of receivership and owned by a consortium of four European banks. Photo: Brent Gardner-Smith Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Journalism Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 SNOWMASS VILLAGE — A chapter in the ongoing saga of Base Village quietly ended... Read more →
Former Pitkin County Sheriff Braudis’s Friend Chitty Busted In Local Cocaine Ring
A former Aspen man and national political consultant was arrested Monday in Florida for allegedly playing a role in a drug ring that streamlined kilos of cocaine to the upper Roaring Fork Valley. read more Click here to read the whole story Read More →
Powder Days Coming To Aspen, Snowmass, Highlands, Buttermilk
Colorado’s mountain resorts look to be headed back into a stormier weather pattern over the next week, as both Vail and Aspen received four inches of new snow overnight Wednesday. A few more inches had fallen as of those 5:30 a.m. reports, and it snowed much of the day. The blast of snow was welcome... Read more →
Who Gives What To Candidates In The Roaring Fork Valley
Aspen Journalism and the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network have worked together to compile all of the 2011 campaign contributions made to Colorado’s congressional candidates from donors who call the Roaring Fork River valley home. The source of the information is the Federal Election Commission.... Read more →
Guilty Plea In Aspen DEA Cocaine Bust
An Aspen man is expected in April to be sentenced to between four and eight years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to possessing with the intent to distribute 5 kilos or more of cocaine. read more Click here to read the whole story Read More →