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Pitkin County is now asking residents and visitors who speak a language other than English to download the app, ReachWell, which delivers emergency and community messages in 100 languages using AI translation software.

A school shooting threat forced local schools to secure their buildings early Wednesday morning. Safety measures were lifted for local schools after a 26-year-old suspect from Glenwood Springs was arrested in Old Snowmass around 10 a.m.

The application for a short-term rental license at a cabin on the back side of Aspen Mountain owned by Mine Claim LLC was withdrawn last week in a letter sent to Pitkin County.

About 50 people showed up at Paepcke Park in Aspen on Sunday for the annual Women’s March on what would’ve been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Speakers talked about a range of issues important to women, from reproductive rights to domestic violence and sexual harassment.

Heavy rain and snow could provide a boost to the Colorado River, where the nation's largest reservoirs are shrinking due to 23 years of drought and steady demand. But climate scientists warn that it will take more than one wet winter to end the drought.

Aspen Skiing Company’s Auden Schendler co-authored a letter outlining racial justice action steps for the ski industry. His colleague gives details on how the company is trying to diversify and educate its guests and staff.

Reichhelm is considered one of the most influential skiers of all time, as much for her mentorship and ski clinics as for her ski movie credits and world championship titles.

Government service providers and community groups in Pitkin, Eagle, and Garfield counties are coordinating efforts for the first time to better understand how many people are unhoused or experiencing homelessness in the area on a single night. Organizers are looking for volunteers to join the “Unsheltered Point in Time Count” on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 25.

After two years of pandemic impacts and a slew of virtual or postponed events at Wintersköl, the community celebration is returning to the good old days this year, and there’s one hallmark event that proves it: Soupsköl is back.

2022 was a busy year for local restaurant owner Mawa McQueen. She was one of 20 James Beard semi-finalists for “best chef” in the mountain region, she had her first grand-tasting booth at the Aspen Food and Wine Classic, she opened a new Latin-inspired restaurant in Snowmass Village, and still found time to experiment with the West African cuisines of her childhood.