Basalt’s new housing development could help some residents stay in their community
The recently finished development has 65 residential units. A quarter of the condo units are deed-restricted, with varying income limits. Sixty-five percent are required to be occupied by primary residents.
FROM THE WATER DESK
Gunnison River anglers question feds’ plan to reduce Blue Mesa releases
River District concerned legal tools for conservation program could favor some regions over others
LIFT ONE CORRIDOR CONSTRUCTION
Major changes proposed for PitCo’s short-term-rental regulations
Pitkin County commissioners at a work session Tuesday asked for additional information about proposed changes to the county’s short-term rental regulations that would make more properties eligible for a license, while implementing new STR caps tailored to different areas.
FROM THE SOCIAL JUSTICE DESK
Local leaders say collaborative model to save mobile home parks could inform other housing initiatives
Glenwood Springs City Council votes to sue ICE facility’s landlord for allowing detentions to continue without a permit
FEATURED HISTORY DESK SERIES
Never far behind, Wheeler’s woes catch up
Aspen mayor and defendant
B. Clark Wheeler, a nimble man in his time

Real-time local streamflow
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La ciudad de Glenwood Springs vota para demandar al propietario de las instalaciones de ICE por permitir que continúen las detenciones sin permiso
Un centro de detención temporal de ICE situado al oeste de Glenwood Springs podría estar un paso más cerca de su cierre después de que la ciudad votara el 6 de agosto a favor de demandar al propietario del inmueble, con sede en Florida, por presuntamente infringir la normativa municipal al permitir detenciones de inmigrantes…
Colorado’s private 14er
Hikers must apply for a permit well in advance, and only 20 are permitted on three designated hiking days per week An old friend waited two years for the permits for our hike this past June.
How low can the Colorado River go? A slow float on the 15-mile reach
Graf said the program was responsible for about 70% of the water in the river during Tuesday’s float; without it, flows could have dipped to around just 25 cfs.
CONTINUED Public Lands series by Paul ANdersen >>
Colorado’s private 14er
Cutting up the commons
Common ground: Protecting our public lands
Becoming the White River National Forest
THE BILLIONAIRES OF ASPEN
The Aspen 80
There have never been more billionaires in the world—3,028, by Forbes’ count, crossing the 3,000 threshold for the first time in 2025. It stands to reason that there also have never been more billionaires in Aspen, their collective influence shaping the community’s social fabric.
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