Aspen Daily News | Aspen's Newspaper

Ladybugs let go in Aspen to kill aphids

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:58:44 -0500

It’s safe to say that aphids don’t have many friends in Aspen these days, what with their blanketing the town in their poop and denuding our cottonwood trees.

But as of last night, not only do the aphids have few friends; they have hundreds of thousands of enemies brought in to kill and eat them.

Baker suggests rattling nukes at Iran

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:03:07 -0500

Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Thursday in Aspen that the United States should aim nuclear weapons at Iran, just as it aimed them at the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Beetle mania: Chopper hunts fallen trees

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:04:32 -0500

A whirlybird operation that shut down Aspen’s back yard (aka Smuggler Mountain) on Thursday apparently went according to plan.

Soggy spring, yes, but nowhere near a record

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:07:54 -0500

Although it may have seemed like the rainiest June ever, it wasn’t. But on top of a rather soggy May, this week’s sun has been a welcome relief, especially for those who couldn’t escape to sunnier locales this off-season.

Booted and belligerent

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:08:47 -0500

Police responded to a report from the Clark’s Market parking lot in Aspen last Friday afternoon that a man was pushing and yelling at another.

The 32-year-old allegedly freaked out when the other man booted his car for illegally parking in the lot.

Professor discusses water and the West

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:09:54 -0500

A Pulitzer-prize winning author and professor emeritus of history at Stanford University spoke Thursday in the Hotel Jerome ballroom about the historical development of the West and its past and future affects on water management.

Aspen tax collections take another hit in May

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:10:35 -0500

Sales tax collections for May were down 10 percent in the city of Aspen, which continued to feel the pains of the national recession.

Year to date, collections are 19 percent below where they were last year, according to a city report, with tourist-oriented sales, which make up 50 percent of all collections, suffering big blows.

Without free rehab program, man stays in the county jail

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:12:33 -0500

A man accused of unlawful sexual conduct on a local teenaged girl will remain in the Pitkin County Jail, despite a judge’s ruling that he could be sent to an alcohol rehabilitation program on a reduced bond.

Briefs

Katie Frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:13:49 -0500

Route cuts, fare increases proposed for RFTA

Due to decreases in sales tax revenues during the current tight economic conditions, RFTA is proposing minor service reductions starting with the fall 2009 off-season on Sept. 8, which would primarily affect the following services: