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Team recovers C’dale pilot from crash site

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:43:23 -0500

A search-and-rescue team recovered the body of Carbondale engineer Barry Maggert on Friday afternoon, after he crashed his plane in Black Hawk en route to his son’s graduation.

Riders propose Aspen to Vail bicycle race

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:44:34 -0500

A proposed new bike race aims to answer a question of great local importance: Which is the tougher bike town — Aspen or Vail?

The Aspen-Vail Challenge is a new bike race awaiting approval from the city of Aspen that would pit about 250 road bikers in a race from Aspen to Vail and back over two days. The event is being planned for June 28-29.

’Hood bear learning bad habits

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:45:41 -0500

A bear has been breaking into homes in the Mountain View and Knollwood neighborhoods east of Aspen, and residents are being warned to lock their doors and take other precautions.

Independence Pass to re-open May 30

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:46:48 -0500

The Colorado Department of Transportation hopes to reopen Independence Pass for the season on May 30.

Basalt crash injures three, kills dog

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:47:59 -0500

A two-vehicle collision late Thursday night seriously injured three people and temporarily shut down the western leg of Two Rivers Road in Basalt.

When police arrived, they found a Latino man lying on the ground and a white man and woman trapped inside a mangled black Jeep Cherokee, which the Latino man allegedly hit head-on in a Chevy Blazer.

Retail still up in Aspen

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:48:55 -0500

Aspen’s retail industry fared much better in March than local real estate, at least compared with the same month last year.

Ritter climate advisor urges students to ‘bring about change’

Katie Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:50:08 -0500

CARBONDALE — The governor’s energy czarina knew her audience. Speaking in front of Roaring Fork Valley high school students, Heidi VanGenderen, Gov. Bill Ritter’s senior advisor on climate change and energy policy, said youths aren’t only the future when it comes to energy issues — they’re the present, too.