Aspen Daily News

Snowmass officials have found $176,000 worth of bills they say Base Village developer Related WestPac owes, and they want them settled before the Viceroy hotel gets its final certificate of occupancy. read more Full Story »

A Carbondale man was shot dead Saturday night in a sports bar in Vail. Dr. Gary Bruce Kitching, 70, was killed at the Sandbar Sports Grill, Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger announced today. Kitching was shot to death by longtime Vail resident Richard "Rossi" Moreau, 63, according to police. read more Full Story »

The Aspen Music Festival and School was silent Friday about whether or not it has offered former President and CEO Alan Fletcher his old job back. Rob LeBuhn, the chairman of the Festival and School’s board of trustees, would only answer “no comment” to a series of questions about the situation on Friday. read more Full Story »

ResortQuest has sold its management interest in 54 Aspen properties to Frias Properties, the company’s vice president of marketing confirmed Friday. read more Full Story »

There’s one more place to pump iron or get your spin on in Aspen these days. read more Full Story »

After a 600-dose shipment of H1N1 “swine” flu vaccine arrived in Pitkin County on Friday, emboldened local health officials announced the first county swine flu vaccine clinic. The announcement comes two weeks after President Barack Obama declared the new flu outbreak a national emergency. read more Full Story »

A day after Scott DeGraff’s bar and restaurants in Snowmass went into receivership, his landlord filed suit to try to evict Junk and Liquid Sky from their prime spots at the bottom of the slopes at Snowmass. read more Full Story »

Alan Fletcher’s relationship with the Aspen Music Festival and School appears to have taken another turn this week. The 49-member board of trustees of the Music Festival and School met Wednesday night and apparently reached a new decision regarding Fletcher and his future with the organization. read more Full Story »

The Junk/Liquid Sky era could be over in Snowmass Village. read more Full Story »

A new restaurant will open at the base of Aspen Highlands this winter to replace the ZG Grill. Dan Moscar and Aaron Williams of Hilton Head, S.C., will be the new tenants in the anchor space of Highlands Village. They purchased the business from Graham Frandson, owner of the ZG Grill for three seasons. read more Full Story »

Energy experts in Pitkin, Eagle and Gunnison counties aren’t wasting any time while implementing the energy upgrade loan programs all three counties passed in Tuesday’s election. Representatives from the counties met with the Governor’s Energy Office on Thursday to strategize on their next steps. read more Full Story »

July 16, 1959 - November 3, 2009 read more Full Story »

Pitkin County Referendum 1A — County Debt Increase for Energy Smart Local Improvement District Yes 2,624 73.03% No 969 26.97% City of Aspen Referendum 2A — Instant Runoff Voting Yes 799 49.81% No 805 50.19% read more Full Story »

Property owners in the midvalley Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District will see their property taxes raised next year to pay for a master plan to study a potential recreation center at the Mount Sopris Tree Farm. read more Full Story »

With little discussion, Snowmass Village Town Council on Monday passed a resolution giving its recommendations for an Aspen School District employee housing project to be built along Owl Creek Road near Anderson Ranch. read more Full Story »

Two-thirds of Redstone voters who participated in Pitkin County’s first all mail-in ballot election approved a measure to increase district debt to replace Redstone’s 35-year-old sewage treatment plant. The catch is, the aging plant would only be replaced if $1 million in federal stimulus money were to become available at a favorable rate. read more Full Story »

The following are the unofficial results from the Pitkin County election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. read more Full Story »