United Airlines will not offer specially priced airline tickets this summer for residents of the Roaring Fork Valley flying out of the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport.

The airline last year offered locals one-way tickets to Denver for $109.80 and round-trip tickets for $161.60 — a sizable discount from the going rate. Tickets could only be purchased at the United ticket counter at Sardy Field and required proof of residency. The special ran from June through August.

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Following two workplace grievances filed anonymously by several firefighters in the Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District, board members are considering bringing in an outside arbitrator as they work to improve the atmosphere between staff and administrators.

The grievances, filed in February, said that Fire Chief Steve Sowles had created a hostile work environment and sought a third-party mediator so staff could speak about the issues without fear of being fired.

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Would you support Marilyn Marks’ appointment to Aspen City Council if you knew she would be recalled as soon as possible, leading to a public vote on the potential upcoming vacancy?

Marks, a 2009 mayoral candidate who has fought the city on access to election records, affordable housing finances and historic preservation, is mulling a plan that, if fulfilled, would see a special election called in early 2014.

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City officials are hoping to slow traffic down on a stretch of road where cars are prone to speeding.

Cars on Neale Avenue, which connects downtown with residential neighborhoods near Smuggler Mountain, average 31 mph, according to city engineer Trish Aragon. That makes the road one of the most speed-prone in town, Aragon said.

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A federal judge is considering whether to postpone the sentencing of a former Aspen man who was convicted of cocaine trafficking.

Montgomery Chitty, 66, was to be sentenced May 28 to at least 20 years in prison, the mandatory minimum term because of a previous felony conviction. But in a motion he filed May 2, Chitty, who is representing himself, wrote that he has not yet received his presentence investigation report.

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