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Skier Dies After Crashing Into Tree at Aspen Resort

Woman was on an intermediate run at the Colorado resort

(Newser) - A 22-year-old woman is dead after hitting a tree while skiing at Colorado's Aspen Highlands Ski Resort Saturday morning. The woman was on the Exhibition run, which is an intermediate "blue" rated run, the Denver Gazette reports. Ski patrol responded immediately to a call about the incident, which...

This Item in Boebert's FEC Filing Is Raising Eyebrows

Politico: GOP congresswoman's campaign forked over few hundred at 'Beetlejuice' date's Aspen bar

(Newser) - The headlines over Lauren Boebert's Beetlejuice date last month have mostly died down, but a new one popped up over the weekend tied to the GOP congresswoman's companion that night. Politico reported Sunday that, according to a recent filing with the Federal Election Commision, Boebert's campaign laid...

2 Skiers Killed in Late Colorado Avalanches

Recent storms have made conditions more dangerous

(Newser) - It's been a deadly few days for snow sports in Colorado, with two people dead in separate late-winter avalanches. The AP notes that recent storms have raised the risks of avalanches and takes a look at the incidents:
  • A skier was killed Sunday in a large avalanche in
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Attack Leaves Thousands Without Heat
Saboteurs Cut Off Aspen's Heat
Dec 29, 2020 3:27 PM CST

Saboteurs Cut Off Aspen's Heat

Gas lines were shut down at 3 sites

(Newser) - Somebody shut off gas lines to Aspen, Colorado Saturday night, leaving thousands of people without heat in what police called a coordinated attack. "They tampered with flow lines. They turned off gas lines," a police official said. Utility officials said about 3,500 customers lost service, ABC reports....

Neighbors to Vacationing Pence: 'Make America Gay Again'

Neighbors hang banner, feed Secret Service agents

(Newser) - Vice President Pence and his family arrived for vacation at a home near Aspen on Tuesday, and neighbors had a message for him: "Make America Gay Again." "You couldn't miss it," Pitkin County Sheriff's deputy Michael Buglione tells the Aspen Times regarding a rainbow...

Here's What Americans Paid for Trump Kids' Security on Ski Trip

Nearly $330K

(Newser) - $329,561. That's how much it cost taxpayers to provide security for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, and their families when they took a ski trip to Aspen last March, reports CBS News , which got the records through a Freedom of Information Act request. The Department of Homeland...

RFK's Grandson Arrested in Aspen Bar Fight

John Conor Kennedy charged with disorderly conduct

(Newser) - Police say a member of the Kennedy family was arrested after a bar fight in the Colorado resort town of Aspen. Police say 22-year-old John Conor Kennedy was charged with disorderly conduct in the Thursday morning scuffle, the AP reports. Kennedy is the oldest son of Robert Kennedy Jr., an...

Colo. Homeless Man Spends $10, Wins $500K

Aspen's Michael Engfors has had a rough go of it the past few years

(Newser) - The odds were 840,000 to 1, but Michael Engfors beat them, winning $500,000 on a lottery scratch-off ticket in Aspen, Colo., on Friday, NBC News reports. And "it couldn't happen to a better type of person," Jeremy Kowalis, a rep from a local homeless shelter,...

iPad-Toting Tortoises: Art or Abuse?

Protesters want to block museum exhibit in Aspen

(Newser) - Tortoises Big Bertha, Gracie Pink Star, and Whale Wanderer are supposed to walk around a museum opening Saturday in Aspen with iPads on their backs, but a petition hopes to stop the art installation in its very slow-moving tracks. "Animals are living creatures, not art supplies," wrote one...

1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Fiery Aspen Plane Crash

Small jet burst into flames upon landing, witnesses say

(Newser) - A private jet crashed and burst into flames while attempting to land today in Aspen, Colo., killing one passenger and injuring the other two, the Aspen Times eports. One passenger suffered severe injuries and the other was mildly to moderately injuried. The plane, a Canadair Challenger 601 corporate jet, had...

West Hit With 'Bear Epidemic'
 West Hit With 'Bear Epidemic' 
Sep 4, 2012 2:41 PM CDT

West Hit With 'Bear Epidemic'

Drought fuels wave of bear burglaries

(Newser) - The drought ripping through the country is having a strange side-effect: Black bears are coming out of the woodwork to raid human homes and trash bins, in what ABC News dubs a "bear epidemic." Police in Aspen, Colorado, for instance, got 292 calls about bear intrusions in August...

Charlie Sheen's Plea Deal Goes Sour

Domestic assault case continued until July 12

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen went to court in Aspen today to plead no contest to a misdemeanor in the domestic assault case involving his wife, Brooke Mueller, but the plea bargain didn't go down. "They need time to re-work the final points of the plea deal," the DA said. Asked...

Charlie Sheen Dodges Jail for Aspen Theater
 Charlie Sheen 
 Dodges Jail for 
 Aspen Theater 
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Jun 5, 2010 8:14 AM CDT

Charlie Sheen Dodges Jail for Aspen Theater

Actor will likely get work release program

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is nothing if not slick: TMZ reports that the troublemaking actor has parlayed 30 days in jail over a Christmas Day assault on his wife into work release in an Aspen theater, something most of us would consider more of a vacation than punishment. Sheen "will coach...

Charlie Sheen Case Will Go to Trial

Actor pleads not guilty in Christmas Day domestic incident with wife

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty to felony menacing and two misdemeanors today in Aspen, meaning the charges stemming from a Christmas Day altercation with his wife will be resolved with a trial rather than a plea bargain. Brooke Mueller Sheen alleges that the actor, who was armed with a knife,...

Charlie Sheen Arraigned on Felony Charge

Actor appears in Colorado court to answer to domestic abuse allegations

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen was arraigned today in Aspen, Colo., on a felony charge of menacing and two misdemeanors after a Christmas Day fight with his wife, Brooke Mueller. The judge also lifted a restraining order that had been in place since Mueller summoned police, saying the actor had threatened her with...

Charlie Sheen Arrested After Spat With Wife
Charlie Sheen Arrested After Spat With Wife
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Dec 25, 2009 10:16 PM CST

Charlie Sheen Arrested After Spat With Wife

Actor shoved mother of his young twins at Colo. vacation home

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen was arrested today on domestic-violence charges after a fight with his wife at their Colorado vacation rental. Sheen shoved Brooke Mueller after an argument; the two, who became parents to twin boys earlier this year, have been having “significant marital problems” recently, a source tells RadarOnline . Sheen,...

America's Greenest Ski Resorts
 America's Greenest Ski Resorts 
Feb 8, 2009 8:07 AM CST

America's Greenest Ski Resorts

(Newser) - Despite their reputation for being unfriendly to the environment, several ski resorts have become more sustainable, says Treehugger, which lists seven of the nation’s greenest mountain getaways.
  1. The Aspen Skiing Company, Colorado: This four-mountain resort said to be at the center of the green movement began eco-friendly initiatives in
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Colo. Resort Town Mulls 'Pay as You Throw' Trash Plan

Vail program would encourage recycling

(Newser) - A Colorado resort town is trying out a newer, greener trash collection program, the Denver Post reports. The new “pay-as-you-throw” system would charge residents of Vail based on how much junk they throw away each week, but provide curbside recycling for free.

Aspen Bomb Plot Suspect Kills Himself

Pair of threats paralyzed resort town for New Year's Eve

(Newser) - Jim Blanning, the 72-year-old parolee police suspect sent threatening notes and mysterious packages to a pair of Aspen banks yesterday, was found dead east of town this morning, having apparently shot himself, the Denver Post reports. Police identified Blanning, a former Aspen native now living in Denver, from bank security...

West Coast Freezes as East Coast Bakes

Aspen re-opens its slopes and Washington expects 5 inches

(Newser) - As the sun scorches the East Coast, the West is shivering from a brisk few weeks. Areas of Washington are expected to get up to 5 inches of snow, while Aspen, Colo., is re-opening its slopes. There's still an average of 3 feet of white stuff on Aspen Mountain's upper...

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