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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In honor of his father’s legacy, Joe Pausback is rallying OutdoorEd alumni to support an endowment fund for the Aspen School District’s Outdoor Education program, ensuring its future despite funding uncertainties. -
Structure could be a roadblock for new highway alignment. -
Wheeler Opera House Executive Director Mike Harrington told Aspen City Council that the community wants more high-profile acts. Harrington said these marquee acts will build the Wheeler’s existing programming and its international reputation and the council agreed. -
Corridor redevelopment will start with site prep this summer -
City weighs cost of ‘high caliber’ acts against growth to programming -
Aspen voters chose incumbent city councilor John Doyle and first-time candidate Christine Benedetti to fill two open city council seats in the Tuesday's runoff election. The two new council members and mayor-elect Rachel Richards will be sworn in on April 8. -
The Aspen City Council has approved recommendations from the “Aspen Gets Us There” study to improve transportation and parking, including expanded shuttle services, a larger WE-Cycle program, and updates to the Downtowner and parking systems. -
Aspen voters have elected longtime public servant Rachel Richards as their next mayor, returning her to the role after more than two decades. Richards secured 54.7% of the vote, defeating first-time candidate Katy Frisch in a closely contested race. -
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Aspen mayoral candidates debate issues with the entrance to Aspen, the Lumberyard project and more.
