Dear Editor:
Jim Elwood conducted a public Aspen-Pitkin County Airport tour on Wednesday in connection with a master plan now under review. It was very impressive and informative for the two locals who attended - me included.

Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Carbondale Community School, we would like to say "thank you" to our community, artists and sponsors for their strong support of the ninth annual Roaring Fork Studio Tour.
With artist studi

Dear Editor:
I am writing to urge you to vote for Kristen Bertuglia for the Holy Cross Energy board.
By now you have received your ballot in the mail. While the urge to toss it in the garbage might be great, think again. Your vote

Dear Editor:
If you are a Holy Cross customer, your election ballot for the Holy Cross Energy board of directors should have hit your mailbox last week.
As a local architect who also does work in surrounding communities, I have bee

Dear Editor:
Every Holy Cross user has received a ballot for the three open seats on the Holy Cross board. I want to explain briefly why I am supporting Bob Gardner for the seat in the Southern District and want you this evening to m

Jim came into the office one morning and found a note from his boss, demanding that he report to her office right away. When he walked in, the boss told him to close the door.
"Jim, I understand you called in sick yesterday,&#

ASPEN - The largest senior class in Aspen High School history graduated Saturday during a formal ceremony at the Benedict Music Tent on the Aspen Meadows campus.
Musical performances were a big part of the two-hour event. The R

ASPEN - Each week we pick out our favorite and not-so-favorite tweets (at least those that are printable) about Aspen and display them on Sunday.
Here's what we found - in their unedited form - last week:
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire alo

William "Barnaby" Bryant, born Feb. 3, 1939, passed away peacefully in his home in west Chicago, Ill. on April 23, 2012.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Chris V. Tilger, whom he met in Crested Butte, Col

ASPEN - Ted Mahon could not help but chuckle as rain pelted the windshield during his entire drive to the airport.
The mere sight of precipitation hardly was newsworthy - he was in Seattle, after all. Then again, the delu

ASPEN - Fire officials are urging caution in the greater Roaring Fork Valley as the Memorial Day weekend commences amid risky wildfire conditions.
The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind warning, in effect for Satur

ASPEN - One thing that became evident to Nancy Thomas is that her music students needed more opportunities to play in an ensemble. So last fall Thomas, along with a handful of local music instructors and parents, formed the Roar

Back when the local paper cost 15 cents, I remember putting my money in the rack in front of the Times office, and before I could complete the transaction, a lady ambushed me from the side, grabbing a "free" paper without

GLENWOOD SPRINGS - The newest attraction at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, a 50-foot-tall roller coaster perched on a cliff overlooking the city, will be a little late in opening for the summer season.

Officials with th

GLENWOOD SPRINGS - The Colorado Mountain College board of trustees met by telephone in executive session for about an hour on Friday, but made no announcement concerning the school's legal dispute with SourceGas.

According to

BASALT - As of late, anglers have been few and far between on the normally bustling Fryingpan River. Believe it or not, May is the second slowest month of the year in terms of fishing pressure.

As hard as it to believe, there

Dear Editor:
Your article "CMC makes changes after Aspen discrimination complaint" (May 21, The Aspen Times) misses the point of the complaint and glosses over the reprehensible discriminatory action of Colorado Mountain

Dear Editor:
I'm a senior at Aspen High School, class of 2012, and I have the honor and privilege of being awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship. I am aware that this honor and the successes I have had in my life are attribu

BILLINGS, Mont. - Western lawmakers want to elevate the Plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly beasts America's "national mammal."

Bison advocates launched a "v