Fifty years after Hunter S. Thompson’s campaign for Pitkin County sheriff, the late journalist’s influence on Aspen’s cultural and political landscape lives on, while his platform is in many ways ...

Hunter S. Thompson was a journalist, commentator, “doctor,” gonzo pirate, troublemaker, and once, he was almost a sheriff. In 1970, Thompson followed his guts and spirit in an attempt to hold onto the ...

ASPEN, Colo. – Hunter S. Thompson, legendary author, political commentator and “gonzo” journalist, died Sunday night after shooting himself in the head with a handgun at his home in Woody Creek. He ...

ASPEN”After spending two nights in the wilderness, a Wisconsin hunter was found by local rescuers in the Thompson Creek area. Paul Kappers, 27, of Kenosha, Wisc., became disoriented and lost while elk ...

Aspen’s long-taken-for-granted backyard of Hunter Creek — once slated as an alternate road route to Leadville in the 1880s — attracted a group of five prospectors in late fall of 1879. Those ’79ers, ...

The Aspen halfpipe skiing pipeline has become a well-oiled machine, and Hunter Maytin is the latest to emerge out of a long line of superstar talent. The 16-year-old is knocking on the door of taking ...

A Jefferson County man who fell 60 to 80 feet off a cliff near the Maroon Bells while hunting died Sunday after being flown to an Aspen hospital, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.