Lucy Peterson
ReporterLucy Peterson is a staff writer for the Aspen Daily News, where she covers the city of Aspen, the Aspen School District, and more. Peterson joined the Aspen Public Radio newsroom in December as part of a collaboration the station launched in 2024 with the Aspen Daily News to bring more local government coverage to Aspen Public Radio’s listening audience.
Peterson was born and raised in Denver. She moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where she studied journalism, political science, and French at the University of Kansas. While in college, she worked for her school newspaper, the University Daily Kansan, interned at BusinessDen as a Dow Jones News Fund business reporting intern, and covered the Kansas Statehouse as a reporting intern for the Kansas City Star. She moved to Aspen to work for The Aspen Times before joining the team at the Aspen Daily News.
She’s come to Aspen every summer for as long as she can remember to camp, but fell in love with skiing during her first winter in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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A major milestone for redevelopment years in the making. -
Aspen voters will decide in November whether to extend and double a 0.3% sales tax for schools to 0.6%, funding staff raises and operations as the district faces state funding shortfalls. -
ASD leaders want to double city’s 0.3% sales tax -
Employers, work location could be considered in Lumberyard lotteries -
Local public radio stations in the Roaring Fork Valley, including Aspen Public Radio, are set to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual federal funding next year after the U.S. House of Representatives sent the Rescissions Act of 2025 to President Donald Trump’s desk early Friday morning. -
ASD plans to move forward with 4 ballot questions, pending council approval -
A brush fire in Glenwood Springs damaged fiber lines, causing internet and cell service outages across the Roaring Fork Valley. Service was restored early Tuesday after crews worked overnight to repair damage. -
Aspen City Council considers support for increasing aid, supporting wage enhancements. -
Council backs off conducting national search for top official
