An Old Snowmass resident was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and two misdemeanor charges Monday after a dogfight on public land got out of hand, according to the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office.
Robert Guion, 72, allegedly discharged a handgun into the air after becoming upset that another man’s dog attacked his golden retriever, according to an incident report.
Guion was walking with his wife and their two golden retrievers on U.S. Forest Service land along the Roaring Fork River on a bench below Crown Mountain Park about 3:30 p.m. when they encountered another dog walker.
There are different versions about how the dogfight unfolded.
This is that time of the year when the media reflects on the past 51 or 52 weeks through various presentations top 10 stories of the year, top news makers of the year, the biggest surprises of the year, the biggest disappointments, and so on.
Yet in 2020, there’s little disputing presidential election and social-justice causes not withstanding that the pandemic had the greatest impact on our daily lives than anything else.
People lost jobs. People struggled financially, socially and personally. People got sick. Businesses shuttered and failed. Schools closed. Ski areas closed. Events and festivals were canceled.
But life forged on and people came together.
For the past 40 weeks, Aspen Skiing Co. workers have staffed a mobile food pantry in the midvalley. On Tuesday, they put in an extra effort to make sure people didn’t go hungry the week of Christmas.
Most food distribution efforts in the Roaring Fork Valley region were put on hold this week for the holidays. The Skico team volunteered to provide the food Tuesday; Food Bank of the Rockies provided packaged goods in boxes.
A steady stream of vehicles inched through the mobile pantry at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. About 350 households from Aspen to Parachute picked up food.
Basalt’s bubble has finally burst, sort of.
The town’s economy defied the pandemic by registering five consecutive months of double-digit increases in sales from June through October. That came to an end in November.
The November sales tax report, which reflects sales activity in October, was down 1.6 percent compared to the year before.
But town finance director Christy Chicoine wrote in her report that the decrease isn’t due to cautious consumers.
“This decrease is due to a timing difference in collection vs. receipt that has artificially decreased the numbers in the retail food industry for this one month,” Chicoine wrote.
Snow covers Highland Bowl in the early morning from Aspen Mountain on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk open on Friday. The Aspen Skiing Co. announced Thursday what terrain will be available on opening day. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
The recent snowfall will allow Aspen Highlands to make an impressive season debut on Friday, potentially including terrain in Highland Bowl.
The ski area will open with five chairlifts, “much” of the front side terrain as well as trails in Temerity and the Olympic side and possibly in the Bowl, according to Aspen Skiing Co.
“We are optimistic that a few runs in Temerity, and some of our steeper runs on the Olympic side (Deception, Why, Why Not) will be available,” Skico announced on its website Thursday. “We hope to have some of the G Zone runs in the Highland Bowl, however, we will delay if this approaching storm dictates that need for safety.”