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A resident-led cooperative went under contract this week to buy their mobile home park for $23 million from Maryland-based Horizon Land Management. Cavern Springs residents hope to raise an additional $1.9 million before closing on the property in October to keep loan repayments down.

One performance combines climbing and dancing — and will take place on the exterior walls of the Wheeler Opera House this weekend. BANDALOOP Artistic Director Melecio Estrella said all art transcends political divides.

Initial results are rolling in from the 2026 party primary elections in Colorado, including in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. Primaries determine each party’s nominees for federal, statewide and local offices.

Wildfires burning in Utah and Colorado have sent smoke across the Western Slope, prompting air quality advisories. Public health officials say to treat smoky skies like bad weather.

As Aspen celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the pedestrian mall, officials are also thinking about the next 50 years and beyond of the mall as the city’s reserve of historic bricks continues to dwindle and the existing bricks that make up the 144,000-square-foot mall are starting to crumble.

Garfield County Libraries has appointed Abraham Korah, a former branch library manager and Colorado Mountain College library director, as its new executive director. Korah takes the helm as the district navigates ongoing efforts to censor books, growing library use and a potential mill levy renewal on the November ballot.

A committee of community leaders is in the process of contracting transportation services to help provide ground transportation to Aspen from other regional airports while the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is closed for eight months next year.

Panels in this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival will use art and music to highlight America’s past, while the world’s top thought leaders will discuss the country’s future.

John Doyle, Rob Ittner and Torre are running in an open primary for Pitkin County’s District 1 seat. Two of the candidates will advance to the General Election in November.

A fire that began on Tuesday and grew to 316 acres south of Rifle near Grass Mesa was contained on Friday.