City of Aspen

The Aspen City Council will discuss extending a program meant to help out the town’s smaller hotels Monday night.Planning staff say small lodges, defined…

The Wheeler Opera House was constructed nearly 130 years ago, built by dozens of craftsman out of sandstone quarried from the Frying Pan River. Today,…

At the foot of Aspen Mountain, just off the Ajax Trail, several towering Douglas fir trees have turned brown-red and dropped their needles. They look like…

Tuesday, Aspen City Council will hear an update on the city’s progress on reducing its carbon footprint. The focus is on curtailing the demand for fossil…

Aspen wants to cut traffic without adding more lanes or changing the s-curves. In an experiment called "Shift," which is slated for next summer, the city…

Earlier this month, Aspen City Council declared a stage 2 water shortage, restricting outdoor irrigation and water use. But several city properties are…

The city has reached agreements with all of the opposing parties in a Castle Creek water court case. But there’s still work to be done. When Aspen filed…

Earlier this month, the open space and trails boards for both the City of Aspen and Pitkin County agreed to move forward with plans to build a trail along…

The U.S. Drought Monitor shows Pitkin County is now experiencing severe-to-extreme drought and, on Monday, city council agreed to implement Stage Two…

The City of Aspen has reached agreement with two more environmental groups that opposed its water rights on Castle and Maroon Creeks. American Rivers and…