With all the talk about religion in the current U.S. presidential race, you’d think the Founding Fathers never established the entirely sensible and cautionary principle of the separation of church and state.Former Senator Rick Sant Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesJohn Colson: Hit... Read more →
John Colson: Hit and Run
With all the talk about religion in the current U.S. presidential race, you’d think the Founding Fathers never established the entirely sensible and cautionary principle of the separation of church and state.Former Senator Rick Sant Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesJohn Colson: Hit... Read more →
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Vail to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) – Vail Resorts has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., for about $18 million. The deal includes residential and commercial property at the base. Kirkwood will continue to be in Copyright 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Glenwood Springs Post... Read more →
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Vail to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Vail Resorts has agreed to buy Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., for about $18 million. The deal includes residential and commercial property at the base. Kirkwood will continue to be involve Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesVail to buy Kirkwood Mountain... Read more →
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Andy Stone: A Stone’s Throw
Just for fun this week, let’s examine this great nation of ours through three bits of wisdom: a little quasi-folk wisdom, a little Hollywood faux-folk wisdom and a little left-wing muckraking wisdom.Here we go: 1. To a man with a Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesAndy Stone: A Stone’s... Read more →
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Su Lum: Slumming
In the summer of 1960, the year before Burt and I got married, we set off for a two-week camping trip to Maine in our 1947 Ford station wagon, which had toadstools growing out of the wood side panels.We larked our way out of New Jer Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesSu Lum: SlummingFebruary,... Read more →
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Carbondale Community Co-op would like to expand its footprint
CARBONDALE, Colorado – The Carbondale Community Co-op natural foods store is ready to expand from its existing 450-square-foot space, but the managers are not sure how to open talks with the new owners of the building.“W Copyright 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Glenwood Springs Post... Read more →
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Aspen Laff Festival: In defense of offensive comedy
ASPEN – Bobcat Goldthwait has been working on a screenplay about Bigfoot for several years. Recently he ran a bit of the script by his wife to see if she thought there was any danger of offending what Goldthwait refers to as  Copyright 2012 The Aspen Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The Aspen TimesAspen Laff Festival:... Read more →
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DA who’s prosecuting Redfern made plea deal in prior sex case
The district attorney who is overseeing the prosecution of a Basalt High School teacher suspected of having a sexual relationship with a student approved a plea bargain in a similar case with a different teacher in 2007.Fifth Judici Copyright 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Glenwood Springs Post... Read more →
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Encana shifting focus to natural gas liquids
PARACHUTE, Colorado – One company drilling for natural gas in this region believes that it will continue to be a profitable venture, despite the low prices gas is bringing on the international market.Doug Hock, spokesman for E Copyright 2012 Glenwood Springs Post Independent. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Glenwood Springs Post... Read more →
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