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The incoming editor of The Aspen Times was fired last week, a month after the previous editor resigned. According to Times publisher Allison Pattillo, “Morale is not great right now.”

Businessman and philanthropist Walter Paepcke is remembered as the creator of Aspen’s cultural institutions — the Aspen Skiing Co., the Aspen Institute, and the Aspen Music Festival and School — but some major contributors have been forgotten by history, barely seven decades later. A set of recently rediscovered documents sheds light on a key figure in the formation of the music festival.

Investigators have not yet found the bodies of two people believed to have died in a fire that destroyed a house in Old Snowmass early Monday. As of Tuesday afternoon, the remains of the home were still too hot for investigators to enter.

For Aspen visitors and locals, the Holden-Marolt Hoedown at the Mining and Ranching Museum is a classic start to the summer. Hosted by the Aspen Historical Society, last Friday’s event showcased renovations to the museum and family-friendly activities.

Bob Braudis passed away of natural causes at his home Friday. He was 77. Braudis helped reshape the way law enforcement operates in Pitkin County. For many, he was a larger-than-life symbol of Aspen itself.

Local legend and former Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis died from natural causes at home in Aspen on Friday. He was 77. In the wake of his passing, friends, colleagues and community members have come together to share their stories.

May 25 was National Missing Children’s Day, and advocates are calling attention to the rising number of missing children around the country, including in parts of the Mountain West.

Local resident and avid backcountry skier Murray Cunningham has been leading Powder Tours off the backside of Aspen Mountain for more than three decades. He turned 70 this spring and is retiring as director of the tours at the Aspen Skiing Company this month.

The editor of the largest newsroom in the Roaring Fork Valley has resigned.

Al final de la noche del sábado, Ramona Chingona no podía caminar ni unos metros sin ser detenida por un admirador. Cuando finalmente pasó por el abarrotado vestíbulo y salió del Campus de artes en Willits, un automóvil que pasaba se detuvo. Alguien metió la cabeza a través del quemacocos gritando: "¡Te amo Ramona!"Ramona es el personaje drag de Bryan Álvarez-Terrazas quien reside en Glenwood Springs. Encabezó el primer espectáculo de drag producido localmente en el Roaring Fork Valley en las afueras de Aspen.