Aspen Skiing Company

• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Feb. 2, 2022

  Local residents displaced amid housing crisis

  Tenant Jimmy D'Annibale stands at the base of the staircase leading to his apartment he must vacate by April 30. Photo by James Steindler

  Longtime resident Jimmy D’Annibale is faced with leaving his home of nearly a decade. He is one of several tenants at the Thunder River Lodge Apartments in Carbondale whose leases will not be renewed by their landlord, Aspen Ski Company (ASC).

  The apartments currently provide an… read more →

• Locations: News By Olivia Emmer Published Aug. 18, 2021

  Coalition grapples with climate pollution at local defunct mine

  Senator Michael Bennet attended a presentation on a potential methane capture project near Redstone. The senator’s CORE Act contains provisions that would make using methane from abandoned coal mines easier. Photo by Olivia Emmer.

  Redstone used to be a coal mining town. From the 1950s until the early nineties, Mid-Continent Resources extracted coal from several mines in Coal Basin. Some reports say the company produced in excess of 21 million tons of coal.

  These days, the Crystal River valley boasts… read more →