SUNDAY WEATHER UPDATES: Garfield Re-2 schools will be online only Monday
UPDATE 9:40 p.m. — Garfield Re-2 schools in New Castle, Silt and Rifle will transition to distance learning on Monday due to the winter storm, the district announced in a letter to parents and the...
UPDATED: Power returns after 3-hour outage affects thousands of Holy Cross Energy customers in Roaring Fork Valley
Power was back online Monday afternoon in the Roaring Fork Valley after a three-hour outage for thousands of Holy Cross Energy customers. Officials said Xcel Energy lost the transmission feed that supplies HCE’s power supply...
Students, teachers at three Rifle schools latest to be sent to quarantine after positive COVID cases
The Garfield Re-2 School District has transitioned 81 students and nine educators at three Rifle schools to online instruction while in quarantine for 14 days, due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 and individuals experiencing symptoms....
Roaring Fork Valley in winter storm warning through Monday with a foot or more of snow forecast for higher elevations
Editor’s note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to clarify the Roaring Fork School District’s snow day policy, as several more grade levels are slated to return to classrooms on Monday. If...
Carbondale’s CRES transitions two classrooms to distance learning following first week of in-person return
Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale has transitioned 30 students and staff members in two classes to distance learning in the past four days because of confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to a district news...
Garfield County to roll back some COVID variance allowances in response to latest case surge
Garfield County plans to voluntarily move to the state’s Safer at Home Level 2 restrictions for business activities and gatherings, given the latest spike in new coronavirus case numbers. The county has received confirmation of...
MONDAY WEATHER UPDATES: Glenwood Canyon rockfall risk being monitored
Rockfall risk: The impact of Sunday night and Monday’s early-season snowstorm on the Grizzly Creek Fire burn area in Glenwood Canyon is being monitored, but is not an immediate threat, according to the Colorado Department...
MONDAY COVID-19 UPDATE: Heightened concerns about coronavirus spread in Garfield County as incidence, test positivity rate increase
October 23 update from Garfield County Public Health (14-day period: 10/9-10/23): Unfortunately, the incidence rate (amount of cases) and the average positivity (percent of tests that come back positive) continue to increase. Both are key...
Snow, cold weather puts damper on Colorado wildfire
DENVER (AP) — Snow and cold weather on Sunday put a damper on a wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate in northern Colorado and burned part of Rocky Mountain National Park, but...
Colorado limits more gatherings as COVID cases spike
DENVER (AP) — Citing a steady increase in Colorado’s coronavirus hospitalization caseload, state health officials announced new limits Friday on personal gatherings of people from different households in more than two dozen counties. An amended...
Community profile: Canoeist still paddling after stroke
Lee Snyder just finished hiking the final segment of the Colorado Trail at age 68. It’s more impressive knowing that he undertook the project after suffering a major stroke in 2017. He and his wife,...
Despite pandemic challenges, some businesses still opening, expanding in Garfield County
During a period of economic uncertainty when businesses were laying off employees and the future was a big question mark, some entrepreneurs were brave enough to try to get a new enterprise off the ground....
Additional students at Rifle High to transition to online school after new COVID-19 cases confirmed
The Garfield Re-2 School District announced Sunday night that another 43 students and teachers at Rifle High School will transition to online instruction based on new coronavirus cases and possible exposture. The new quarantine comes...
New coronavirus cases reported in outbreak at Garfield County Community Corrections center
Garfield County was notified of two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 involving clients at the Garfield County Community Corrections center in Rifle, bringing the total number to 11. “No new staff cases surfaced with the...
Contract to manage Garfield County’s promotoras public health efforts for Spanish speakers being scrutinized by commissioners
UPDATE: This discussion was postponed from the Monday Board of County Commissioners meeting until the next regularly scheduled BOCC meeting on Monday, Nov. 9. A contract to carry out a Garfield County Public Health project...
PHOTOS: Winter storm hits Western Slope
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Grizzly Creek Fire grows by 150 acres since Thursday
Fire activity in the Grizzly Creek drainage since Thursday has caused the Grizzly Creek Fire to grow by about 150 acres. The U.S. Forest Service in a news release Friday reported that spot fires have...