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Mulcahy lawsuit claims he's banned from Aspen Art Museum

ASPEN - Lee Mulcahy now has turned his aim on the Aspen Art Museum.
The artist and former skiing instructor is seeking no more than $250 from the museum and its CEO, Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, according to a complaint filed Thur

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Carbondale men charged with forging immigration documents

CARBONDALE - Two Carbondale men have been arrested on charges of making and selling forged immigration and Social Security cards in Eagle County.

The sheriff's department says a detective posing as an illegal immigrant bought

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State official: Oil and gas spills have declined

RIFLE, Colo. - The frequency and number of spills and releases connected to the oil and gas industry dropped significantly in 2011 compared to 2010, a state official said on Thursday.

The reduction of incidents led Chris Canf

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CORE director moves on as energy mission expands

Nathan Ratledge is going to miss getting high-fives from energy retrofit customers and seeing blue-collar guys walking into local grocery stores with armloads of canvas bags.

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Casey Vandenbroek: Completely pumped on being stoked

For local snowboarder Casey Vandenbroek getting the rest of the world stoked about powder is his job.

Like any true ski bum, Vandenbroek rides all day, everyday, but unlike most he spends the fall off-season traveling to cities across the nation hyping up the winter.

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Lawsuit: Man’s ban from future museum site unconstitutional

A local man wants a judge to void the Aspen Art Museum’s ban that prevents him from stepping foot on property owned by the institution.

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Save Snow

More than 250 people gathered on Saturday to participate in an International Day of Climate Action event, using their bodies to spell “Save Snow” on a snowless Aspen Mountain. It was one of more than 5,200 such events from around the world yesterday and sponsored locally by the city of Aspen and Aspen Skiing Co. Photos from other events can be seen at www.350.org.

Sucker

Poppie and Cody Collins enjoy their suckers during the Aspen Community Picnic at the golf course on Sunday. Along with good eats, there was also fishing, putt-putt golf and kite flying among other activities.

Fast and green

Spectators view the all-electric, zero-emissions Tesla Roadster at the AREDAY Renewable Energy Expo on Saturday. The vehicle accelerates from zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds, can travel 244 miles on a single charge, and retails for $109,000.