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Steve Pinsky, president of the Aspen Science Institute, demonstrates the workings of an electrical current at the Hotel Jerome on Thursday evening during the annual Nonprofit Fair and Wine Tasting sponsored by the Aspen Young Professionals Association. Nonprofits from the Roaring Fork Valley were on hand to showcase their organizations and encourage participation from community members.

Living the good life, far from the company town

by Nelson Harvey, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer

Saturday, May 25, 2013

CARBONDALE — There are plenty of weekend warriors in the Roaring Fork Valley, who flee on Friday afternoon to the desert, the Front Range or the mountains in other parts of the state.

Casey Sheahan and Doug Freeman, though, are weekday warriors.

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Extent of U.S. Forest Service budget cuts still unknown

by Carolyn Sackariason, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer

Saturday, May 25, 2013

As campgrounds open to the public this weekend, officials in the White River National Forest are still waiting to hear how federal cuts will affect their operations.

Scott Fitzwilliams, forest supervisor for the White River National Forest (WRNF), said he expects to hear from a U.S. Forest Service regional office next week on exactly how much his budget will be reduced.

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FBI investigating Chitty fracas at federal detention center in Denver

by Chad Abraham, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer

Saturday, May 25, 2013

The FBI is investigating an altercation between former Aspen resident Montgomery Chitty and at least one other inmate at a federal detention facility in Denver.

Chitty, who was convicted in February of cocaine trafficking in the Aspen area, has been held since his arrest and after his trial at the Federal Correctional Institution in Littleton.

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