Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo suggests it is time to move the Aspen police force out of the county courthouse …
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Airport underpass costs climb to $5.4 million
After final construction bids were reviewed, and other costs sharpened, the total cost estimate of the project has climbed to $5.4 million, up from a $4 million estimate made on Feb. 13.
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Local leaders talk trends with county officials
An aging population. Less water due to climate change and Front Range demands. An increasing reliance on international visitors and air travel. And an increasingly gentrified midvalley.
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Mountain Rescue tower stands out in county review
The training tower needs to be 45 feet tall to allow for proper rope training exercises, said Jeffrey Edelson, the operations director of Mountain Rescue Aspen (MRA) who has been designing the project.
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Commissioners call for halt to Rio Grande bridge project
When it comes to the 4.1 miles of the Rio Grande Trail that are not paved between Cemetery Lane and McLain Flats Road, Pitkin County commissioners on Tuesday recommended putting a proposed new bridge aside, paving the lower 1.5 miles of the section this spring, and leaving the rest of the 2.6 miles of trail improved, but still unpaved.
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PitCo to add county attorney, district aims for a new judge
Pitkin County Attorney John Ely said hiring another in-house attorney would allow his department to continue to meet recent directives from the commissioners, including protecting the Thompson Divide area from additional gas drilling.
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County signs off on USFS plan for Hunter-Smuggler area
The Hunter-Smuggler plan describes improvements to a 4,681-acre area on Forest Service property adjacent to a 234-acre open space parcel owned by the city and the county on the lower face of Smuggler Mountain.
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Pitkin County and others close on 145 acres in the midvalley
The land, visible to the southwest from Highway 82 in El Jebel, includes some 90 acres on the lower flank of a land feature called the Crown that is considered critical winter range for elk and mule deer.
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County tweaks rules on photo and film shoots
Pitkin County Attorney John Ely told commissioners that the new regulations for helicopter use did not in any way attempt to regulate the general use of air space over Pitkin County or infringe on the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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County calling for shared driveways to get street names
The ordinance requires that private roads serving three or more residences be given a name and that the homes on that road get new house numbers — if necessary.