Back in November 2018, Aspen voters amended their municipal charter and moved the city’s general election from the first Tuesday after the first Monday of May in odd-numbered years, to the first ...

Patterns surround us. We create them in our daily lives. We observe them in collective human cultures, in the individual lives of others, in nature and in the heavens. But mostly we take them for ...

Last week, Aspen City Council member Skippy Mesirow put forward in this newspaper a 1,230-word missive that lays out his rationale for a new vacancy property tax to ...

An epiphany means having something important revealed to you in its entirety. I support Aspen’s affordable housing program. I want it to succeed and benefit future generations of workers ...

If, a few years ago, you would have told me that in 2023, the Colorado state legislature would propose a bill that usurps local zoning authority across the state and places it in the hands of a ...

The holidays in Aspen are a special time. Snow is flying and the town has that festive winter look. Aspen is always a celebration, but during the holiday season when celebration is on everyone’s ...

July 5, 2022, at age 92. Predeceased by her husband, Sherwin "Red" Menter; son, Michael R. Menter, parents, Samuel & Rebecca Rosenbloom & brother, Alan Rosenbloom. Survived by her loving daughter ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...