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Eagle Valley High School student dies after stabbing incident
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - An Eagle Valley High School Student died Wednesday after an incident in Gypsum Park. The Eagle County Sheriffs Office confirmed that the High School Student died after being stabbed multiple times at the park. Deputies responded to the disturbance at 2nd Street Park around 10 p.m. Wednesday. Upon arrival, the teen was found with serious injuries and was transported to the hospital where they died due to the extent of their injuries. After an investigation a suspect was taken into custody.
Teen dead after altercation at Colorado mountain town park
A juvenile has been killed in the Colorado mountain community of Gyspum. The Eagle County Sheriff's Office responded to an incident at the town's Second Street Park on Wednesday following the report of a disturbance that involved several people with multiple individuals injured, one of whom was a seriously injured teenager. A juvenile suspect had also reportedly fled the scene prior to the arrival of law enforcement. ...
Repercussions of home blast in February 2022 now in legal arena
The two years after the explosion of a home being built at 173 Slalom Path near Aspen have produced disagreements among insurers, contractors, a regional gas supplier and others about who should be held legally and financially responsible for the accident. From workers who suffered life-altering injuries, to a family...
‘Quiet Years’ could return due to bridge
Dear Aspen: It is only a matter of time until this happens to the Castle Creek bridge and Highway 82: Highway 50 — between Gunnison and Montrose — was closed indefinitely last week due to bridge concerns. Imagine what that would do to your commute and town? The...
‘It’s total chaos. It’s awesome!’
For two hours on a cold, rainy Friday afternoon, six employees of Umbrella Roofing and 10 or so other volunteers toiled to assemble 103 blue Huffy bicycles at Basalt Elementary School — knowing the payoff at the end would make the endeavor totally worthwhile. The payout in this case...
Marks: Don’t be misled by Aspen Fly Right’s financial proposal
Regarding the proposal by Aspen Fly Right (AFR) to take over the FBO and withdraw from FAA’s financial grant regime, my personal opinion is that the proposal is unrealistic, unfinanceable, and uninsurable. AFR not only understates the costs of “going it alone” by hundreds of millions of dollars, but...
Heartbroken over monks’ departure, pending sale
It is with great sadness for the many friends of the monks at St. Benedict’s Monastery to learn that they will be leaving us. We longtime friends of the monks are heartbroken to learn that they will no longer reside in our beautiful Capitol Creek valley. We will always...
On the Fly: Embrace the springtime fluctuations
They say the only constant in this life is change, and big changes are on the fly fisher’s doorstep for the next few months. With another year of “average” snowpack, the annual runoff is already underway (sort of). In general terms, mid-May to mid-June delivers our highest flows of the year, although some years we are getting into July before the freestones begin to clear.
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