Laurine Lassalle

A 39-unit manufactured home community in Rifle that a California real estate investment firm purchased in December is part of a portfolio of seven Western Slope parks consisting of more

A 39-unit manufactured home community in Rifle that a California real estate investment firm purchased in December is part of a portfolio of seven Western Slope parks consisting of more

An analysis of a calendar year's worth of data confirms that the side-entrance traffic makes up a significant portion of total traffic, as drivers seek to beat the gridlock that typically chokes Highway 82 during the morning and afternoon peak periods. Added together, vehicle counts from Highway 82 and Power Plant Road through all of 2025 show last year's traffic approaching a 1993 threshold established as a benchmark to stay below.

The new counter on McLain Flats Road near the Sunnyside trailhead recorded an average of 2,408 vehicles a day in 2025, topping at 5,783 on June 12.

Stricter short-term rental rules passed four years ago by Aspen and Pitkin County are achieving their stated aims of limiting the vacation-rental marketplace, while also raising questions about the programs' fitness, adaptability and unattended consequences.

County elected officials to discuss potential changes STR program after city passed its own set of changes last year

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.

More properties would be eligible for licenses, with new caps

Editor's note: This is the first story in a two-part series from Aspen Journalism about how local governments are using new advanced modeling data to guide wildfire mitigation.

The race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District seat, pitting incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd against Democrat Dwayne Romero of Aspen, is seeing an influx of outside spending on advertisements, specifically targeting Romero — with most coming from dark-money groups.