Barstools and Dreamers: Widespread Panic in Aspen

There is Panic on the streets of Aspen.

Widespread Panic rolled into town Friday for three nights of stripped-down musical merrymaking at Belly Up, an intimate and world-class venue just steps from Aspen Mountain.

The trailblazing band just finished its 25th anniversary tour, which it c...
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On heels of another snow fatality, officials issue 'Special Avalanche Statement' for holiday weekend

Citing “very serious” avalanche conditions, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) has issued a “Special Avalanche Statement” for the Colorado mountains starting this morning and lasting through the entire President’s Day Weekend. The statement comes on the heels of yet another avalanche death Thursday in Colorado’s “side country” near Wolf Creek ski a...
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Powder day on the way for President's Day weekend

A potentially big snowstorm is heading into Colorado just in time for the busy President’s Day weekend.While Saturday and Sunday will be mostly sunny and snow-free, forecasters say a system is headed in from the west on Sunday night, and ski areas from Vail to Aspen can expect up to nine inches of new snow by Monday morning.Longer-range forecasts are calling for a favorable snow track throughout much of next week. Continue

Regional foresters reverse course on coal mine expansion in roadless area near Somerset

The U.S. Forest Service overturned a decision Monday to approve the expansion of a coal mine in western Colorado that biologists feared would destroy wildlife habitat. Regional foresters in Denver say they reversed course on the 1,700-acre expansion of the West Elk coal mine into a roadless area near Somerset, Colo., because Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison foresters didn't explain why t...
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