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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After COP30, Climate Curve’s Jacquelyn Francis says climate action still lacks funding and behavior change — and believes Aspen’s influence can help drive solutions. -
Aspen OKs updates to its short-term rental program, streamlining rules and creating a temporary permit, but delays decisions on estate-planning transfer exemptions. -
Revenue to support schools, fire emergency services, early childhood education -
The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority has decided against making changes to its rightsizing program, after earlier this year weighing ways to incentivize the program that has been used only three times. -
Longtime Aspenite and community supporter Gideon Isaac Kaufman, 77, died Sunday in a solo bicycle crash on Castle Creek Road, officials said. -
The $70 million debt issuance would help fund the rental complex. -
Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock is a finalist for Winter Park’s town manager role, citing family reasons and alignment of personal and professional goals. -
The Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority gained 15 units back through compliance checks since 2024, officials said. The unit turnovers were due to owners not residing in the unit, not working in Pitkin County or not meeting the qualifications of specific units, APCHA Compliance Analyst Jackie Marinaro told the APCHA board on Wednesday. -
The Aspen School District will ask voters to approve a $95 million bond measure in November, in part to cover projects that a 2020 voter-approved bond couldn’t pay for. -
Mi Chola will close its doors on Friday after almost 10 years, citing rising costs, a changing town and a difficult business climate. Owner Darren Chapple reflects on the challenges and celebrates with a final party.
