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  • Blowing bubbles

    In the West, the real estate market is the new gold rush

    by M. John Fayhee and staff, Mar 20, 2006

  • Window Shopping: Part-Time Paradise

    Aspen, Colo., and other mountain resort towns burst with wealthy baby boomers' second, third and even fourth homes. But for much of the year those houses sit empty, and the towns are turning hollow

    by Grace Lichtenstein, Oct 25, 2004

  • Former Enron CEO took his money and ran

    Former CEO Ken Lay had to sell some of his Aspen properties when Enron fell apart, but he made a fair amount of money in the process

    by Grace Lichtenstein, Oct 25, 2004

  • Can Vail find room for its workers?

    Vail, Colo., is facing a crisis about where to house the workers who keep the town running

    by Grace Lichtenstein, Oct 25, 2004

  • As the town hollows out, one Aspen neighborhood thrives

    The Smuggler Mobile Home Park in Aspen, Colo., is a vibrant neighborhood that has survived Superfund status and soaring real estate

    by Grace Lichtenstein, Oct 25, 2004

  • Ego gates get my goat — and that's just the beginning

    Why do newcomers to the West need to build such obnoxious entrance gates to their brand-new ranchettes?

    by Linda M. Hasselstrom, May 30, 2005

  • The noisy democracy of the West

    The revised edition of Peter Decker’s Old Fences, New Neighbors examines the changes that population growth has brought to remote Ouray County in western Colorado

    by Steve Weinberg, Jun 12, 2006

  • Is the great federal land debate over?

    Two trends are almost as dangerous as the idea of directly selling off the public lands: land transfers done in the name of economic development, and the outsourcing of jobs in the federal land-management agencies.

    by John Freemuth, Sep 18, 2006

  • A Proud Member of PAOBHA

    Today’s rural West with its monster homes and Hummers sorely needs a group like PAOBHA, People Against Ostentatious and Boorish Housing

    by Laura Pritchett, Nov 13, 2006

  • Red Mountain miracle

    In southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development.

    by Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson, Sep 07, 2007

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