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Ward: Aspen Chapel deserves historic designation
The Aspen Chapel has been a gem in our community for 55 years, and it deserves to receive historic designation from the Pitkin County Commissioners. The Aspen Chapel was donated to Aspen in the late 1960s by E.M. and Lyle Yost, two generous Mennonites from Kansas looking to create a place of worship that is open to all. That vision has been met over the years, demonstrated by the fact that the Aspen Chapel Community and Aspen Jewish Congregation both worship there. The Chapel is also home to the Aspen Chapel Gallery and is used by recovery groups, meditation gatherings, yoga classes and many other community organizations. The magic of the Aspen Chapel is that it is open to all regardless of their faith or lack thereof.
Outdoor adventure films abound at 5Point Film Festival
In 2007, Climbing Magazine founder Julie Kennedy launched a one-night event in Carbondale featuring adventure films. Taking inspiration from a climbing term, she called it the 5Point Adventure Film Festival. What was a homegrown affair now spans five days and is one of the most respected outdoor, mountain and adventure...
Colorado monastery lists for $150 million
SNOWMASS, Colo. — After more than 70 years, the monks of St. Benedict’s Monastery are saying goodbye to their land near Aspen and are looking for a buyer willing to pay $150 million for the pristine mountain property. The St. Benedict’s Monastery listing consists of 3,800 deeded acres,...
Roaring Fork Rams baseball come back to beat rival Basalt in extra innings
In what folks are already calling the 3A Western Slope game of the year, the Roaring Fork Rams baseball team walked off the Basalt Longhorns after battling through eight innings on Tuesday afternoon. The Rams fell behind by a score of 8-2 entering the bottom of the third inning but...
A new tutoring class in Carbondale helps newcomer immigrants learn English, but some may have to leave
Editor’s Note: Aspen Public Radio is only using first names for new immigrants, in light of their immigration status and personal histories. There are a lot of challenges immigrants face when they first arrive in the U.S. — from culture shock and being far from home to applying for residency and looking for work and housing.
Thompson Divide gets 20-year protection from new oil and gas leasing: Part One
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Halland signed an administrative withdrawal on April 3rd that will close most of the Thompson Divide to new oil and gas leasing for the next twenty years. Here's Will Roush, director of Wilderness Workshop, a Carbondale-based public lands watchdog group that has helped protect the Thompson...
Krabloonik canines set for adoption
Krabloonik Dog Sledding owner Dan Phillips says the operation has found new homes for the large majority of its dogs. Phillips said adopters have come forward to take in all but 25 of Krabloonik’s dogs. Phillips said Krabloonik had around 150 dogs at the beginning of the winter season. He added that roughly 75 dogs are currently living on the property, 50 of which are set to be picked up by new owners sometime this spring.
Brabec: The trances will rule
Residents have debated the “En-trance to Aspen” for decades. We (I’ve lived here for 17 years) are now debating the “Air-trance to Aspen.” Both challenges which will affect our future. But “trances” are debilitating. As defined, a trance is a half-conscious state characterized by an...
Tuesday, April 23
On today's newscast: there’s a new volunteer program for tourists and visitors who want to help care for local trails and public lands, Aspen officials want community feedback on regulating construction and demolition waste at the Pitkin County landfill, newly released wolves have killed four more cattle at a ranch in Grand County, and more.
‘At the most basic level, community is relationships’
Editor’s note: This eighth installment of the “In Search of Community” series from Aspen Journalism features an in-depth interview with Clark Anderson of Community Builders, concerning how he is facilitating conversations in Garfield County and across Colorado. To read more from the series, which explores a reexamination of community within a regional context, visit aspenjournalism.org/category/social-justice/in-search-of-community/.
Angled parking suits Basalt downtown fine
From The Aspen Times, July 28, 2022, regarding parallel parking in Aspen's downtown core: "City officials have been getting a steady stream of complaints in recent weeks about the removal of 44 angle parking spaces in that three-block vicinity, as well as the dedicated bike lane and parallel parking configuration."
Aspen Real Estate Snapshot, April 21
Below is the highest- and lowest-priced closing on a free-market, private, whole-ownership sale from the most recent Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office report. This 8-bedroom, 11-bathroom home in Aspen boasts over 12,000 square feet. $77,000,000. Low. Snowmass Village. This condo in Snowmass Village has two bedrooms and one...
Lovins: Pitkin County officials distracted over incorrect or irrelevant facts
Why move the Aspen-Pitkin County taxiway and runway further apart? So bigger planes won’t sideswipe. Whose bigger planes? Not airlines but private owners, especially of Gulfstream 650s. Does that merit a public investment of $229 million by all airport users plus $106 million by federal taxpayers? Why shouldn’t private jet owners pay, as we proposed, for what they want but the airlines don’t?
Changing of the guard in Basalt
Bill Kane will exit the door and David Knight will enter Tuesday as Basalt’s mayor. Once the transition is complete, both mayors will have entered office facing a bit of adversity. Kane took office in April 2020 when COVID-19 was sweeping the country and keeping everyone guessing on what was coming next.
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