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For this primary election, voters can only choose one candidate. The two with the most votes advance to the November election, according to the Home Rule Charter. Greg Poschman, Scott Writer and Hawk Greenway, all longtime valley residents, are vying for the seat. It is currently held by Michael Owsley, who has to step down because of term limits.A polling place will be set up at the Aspen Jewish Community Center for early voting from June 20 to June 27. Ballots returned in the mail should be sent eight days prior to the election deadline — 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28.

Your Evening News - November 25th, 2014

Aspen’s “Free Parking” Ends Wednesday Morning

Free Parking ends tomorrow in Aspen. After putting in new meters over the past week… parking rates go back in effect at ten tomorrow morning. The new meters follows a parking scam with pre-paid debit cards that bilked the city out of several hundred thousand dollars over the past few years. 81 new meters were in place as of Monday. Meanwhile, the Aspen Times reports that the City Manager’s office will search for a new parking director after the first of the year as Parking Department employee Blake Fitch continues as interim director.

Rock Fall Injures Several on Highway 82

A Grand Junction man who was seriously injured when a boulder fell on Highway 82 is being treated at a Denver hospital. The Post Independent reports, David Pixler was driving a company van near Carbondale around five last night when three large rocks fell on the road. One of the boulders hit the van he was in, caused it to spin and collide with another car. Emergency workers had to extricate him from the van. The paper reports two boulders that fell into the roadway were six feet in diameter and the largest was between eight and ten feet in diameter. Another vehicle was struck in the rock fall and that driver suffered minor injuries. The incident happened just west of the intersection with Highway 133.

Teens to Pay Fines for Wrecking Lake Bed Near Mr. Sopris

A group of teenagers have agreed to pay fines to avoid jail time after driving four vehicles into a muddy lake bed on the White River National Forest. Forest Service officials report the vehicles were stuck in the lake bed at Dinkle Lake at the base of Mt. Sopris in late October.

Before the stuck vehicles were removed, they caused significant resource damage to the lake bed. All of the drivers were issued citations of 550 dollars each and cited for driving off a designated roadway and resource damage caused by a vehicle. Forest Service officials say these kinds of infractions are common but this one was particularly severe.

Pitkin Co. Commissioners Support National Anti-Carbon Emissions Push

Pitkin County Commissioners are formally supporting a national push to bring down carbon emissions. That decision comes after discussion during a work session this afternoon. The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan this summer that would cut out a third of pollution from burning fossil fuels. That would be by 2030. The agency is taking comments on the proposal, and the Pitkin County Board of Commissioners has agreed to write a letter in support.  The plan has raised some concerns nationally by formally including natural gas as a way to cut coal power pollution. Commissioners wanted to make clear they support doing that with renewable energy instead. Commissioner Rachel Richards.

 “Fracking is disruptive to individual homeowners and public lands as well. So it’s just worth mentioning that it’s just not the silver bullet.”

Under the EPA rule, each state would have to decide how to cut carbon emissions in the next sixteen years.

BLM Winter Season Trail Closures

The Bureau of Land Management is getting ready to close certain trails for the winter season. That includes spots in the Roaring Fork Valley area. Starting December 1st, motorbikes and snowmobiles will not be allowed up Light Hill and the Crown in Pitkin County. East Elk Creek in Garfield County will also be closed to motorized travel. That’s to protect important winter habitat for big game as well as to prevent road damage. All are still open to hiking, horseback riding, and other ways of getting around. The trails will reopen to motorized vehicles at the end of April.  

Bonanza – The Tiny Town Lives On

The State of Colorado says the tiny town of Bonanza lives on. The Secretary of State’s office says under Colorado law towns that fail to hold elections and operate a government for five years can be dis-incorporated. But, a recent election in Bonanza asked voters if they wanted to disband. The majority of the votes casted, eleven, were in favor. But, the measure fell short of the two-thirds needed under state law. According to the secretary of state’s office Bonanza only has one full time resident.

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