Josie Taris

Pitkin County has closed the Cozy Point crossover on Highway 82 to prevent unsafe U-turns and prepare for a safer "Michigan Left" redesign at the dangerous Smith Way intersection. The closure aims to reduce crashes and improve traffic flow ahead of a major road realignment.

The Highway 82 crossover at Cozy Point Ranch is now closed after Pitkin County and the Colorado Department of Transportation installed poles and filled it in with dirt on Saturday.

Shale Bluffs is a migration corridor for elk and other wildlife in the upper valley. It's the proposed location of a wildlife highway crossing to mitigate vehicle-wildlife collisions.

Pitkin County is preparing to close the road to the Maroon Bells Scenic Area in the event of a federal government shutdown Wednesday.

Federal employees at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport will continue working through the federal government shutdown, but if the closure drags out, travelers could see delays.

Libraries are among the last remaining third spaces where patrons are not expected to spend any money, and many are funded entirely through property taxes, including the Basalt Regional Library.

Pitkin County must ask voters permission to issue $340 million in bonds to support the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport reconstruction project, despite it not affecting local taxes.

Eagle County and the town of Basalt ask voters to bump taxes on visitors by 2%. The questions come just a few months after the town voted to impose a hefty fee on short-term rentals.

Processing and issuing building permits is a core function of municipal government, ensuring new and remodeled structures are safe and code-compliant. But a mixture of staffing impacts, a new code and bandwidth issues have resulted in the Town of Carbondale earning a reputation of exceptional delays that have caused tangible financial impacts to local entrepreneurs.

The future look of the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is coming into view. Pitkin County commissioners gave initial approval last week to Atlantic