Members of the Aspen Fire Department gathered Monday to pay respects to one of their own. Assistant Fire Chief W.W. Cornell, who served the Aspen community in the late 1800s, was honored with a marble headstone placed at his final resting place at Red Butte Cemetery.
Fresh off the heels of the “Aspen Aware & Pitkin Prepared” Emergency Readiness event last week at City Hall, conversations continue around the ongoing issue of a deteriorating bridge serving as the city’s only evacuation route in case of an emergency.
Gridlock in Washington has all but guaranteed a federal government shutdown starting on midnight Saturday. The Roaring Fork Valley benefits from federal dollars and departments, and some of their most urgent uses fighting wildfire.