Local governments throughout the valley are enacting new wildfire resilience codes in order to keep up with state-mandated standards put into place by a state wildfire board in 2023, with a deadline ...

Some property owners could face higher requirements for structure hardening and defensible space as local governments adopt a state wildfire resiliency code.

Beginning April 1, the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center will begin to accept used sharps for safe, compliant disposal, providing residents with a ...

Pitkin County is poised to rezone more than 500,000 acres of public lands in the county to prevent development in the event of land sales. Public lands make up about 85% of the county. The rezoning ...

More Pitkin County families seeking early child care education cost assistance will soon be entitled to state funding with expanded eligibility through the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program, or ...

“Mini-hotels” in rural Pitkin County might get a pre-emptive kibosh, as the Pitkin County commissioners have indicated interest in prohibiting short-term rentals in the county’s rural, remote district ...

The trek to this alpine lake is challenging but not merciless—steep sections are often succeeded by longer, flatter sections where you can catch your breath and soak in the seasonal color. When to go: ...

NEWS. JONAH. THANK YOU. WELL, EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME. WE MAY HAVE AT LEAST ONE WEATHER RELATED FATALITY. A SPACE HEATER MAY BE TO BLAME FOR A MAN’S DEATH IN VERNON PARISH. AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT ...

A yearling on a cattle ranch up Pitkin County’s Capitol Creek died to wolf depredation, according to a regional cattlemen’s association official. Another yearling is missing from the ranch, but the ...

Now that spring is here and people are getting reacquainted with their yards, it’s a good time to look back at the dominant Rochester-area home-and-garden store of yesteryear. Chase-Pitkin was owned ...