Blaze knocked down after house fire up 3 Mile outside Glenwood Sunday evening
Glenwood Springs firefighters brought a potentially dangerous brush fire under control within a couple of hours Sunday evening along Three Mile Road after responding to a house fire and encountering flames spreading into the tinder-dry...
Helicopter crash in South Rifle area sends two to hospital, touches off brush fire
Federal aviation inspectors have been called in to investigate a Saturday morning helicopter crash south of Rifle that sent the two occupants to the hospital and touched off a small brush fire. Rifle Police Chief...
Lightning starts several small fires in Garfield County: three contained, one monitored
Lightning strikes Sunday evening and Monday morning started several small fires in the area. Colorado River Fire Rescue worked on four fires in the New Castle area on Monday. “This morning we had a lightning...
Garfield County, state health officials in close communication over recent spike in COVID-19 cases
Garfield County Public Health is “at capacity” in terms of responding to and tracking the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases, conducting contact tracing and making sure the public stays informed. And, while the county...
Looking to make tracks: first phase of new 18-mile mountain bike trail system to begin this fall
Mountain bikers will soon have more options for single-track fun in western Garfield County as the city of Rifle and the Rifle Area Mountain Bike Organization start moving forward on carving a new trail system...
Monday profile: Rodgers makes Western Colorado his business
Joe Rodgers knew that he wanted to live in Western Colorado, he just didn’t know how he was going to make a living here. From the 1980s to the mid 2000s Rodgers, now the owner...
As commission candidate urges countywide mask order, commissioner highlights opposition to the idea in western Garfield County
A candidate for Garfield County commissioner says the current commissioners are putting politics over public health by not requiring people to wear face coverings while in public. Leslie Robinson of Rifle is running for the...
How removing the Gallagher Amendment could work in Glenwood Springs
Voters could decide in November whether longstanding statewide restrictions on property tax ratios should be removed. As part of a bipartisan effort, both state and local officials are planning to add questions to the November...
Grateful for Glenwood nomination campaign paying it forward to boost morale, and help businesses emerging from pandemic shutdowns
Jackie Skramstad had some people in mind when Alpine Bank, Glenwood Springs Ford and Glenwood Insurance teamed up to launch the Grateful for Glenwood campaign last month to recognize those in the community who do...
Man attacked by bear near Aspen: ‘I literally thought I might be dead’
The man who was injured Friday morning by a bear that got into a house in the Castle Creek Valley said he was trying to get the bear out of the house when it swiped...
Bear attacks Aspen-area homeowner early Friday morning; officials find, euthanize bruin
An Aspen-area homeowner had to undergo surgery after being attacked early Friday morning by a bear that broke into his house through the front door, according to officials with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department....
3 people die in crash near Silt on Monday night
Updated 3:45 p.m. The Garfield County Coroner’s Office confirmed Tuesday afternoon that three males died at the scene of Monday night’s crash near Silt. Colorado River Fire Rescue and Colorado State Patrol responded to a...
Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin counties to prioritize certain groups for COVID-19 testing amid case surge
A surge in demand for coronavirus testing with the uptick in new COVID-19 cases nationwide has prompted the western Colorado counties of Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin to manage testing on a regional basis. Recent referrals...
Farm machinery sparked brush fire south of Silt Friday afternoon
Wildland firefighting crews quickly knocked down a hay field fire Friday afternoon that was started by a hay baler that caught fire off Garfield County Road 311. According to a Garfield County Sheriff’s Facebook post...
Alpine Bank in Carbondale closes lobby after workers test positive for COVID-19
Alpine Bank in Carbondale is temporarily closing its lobby after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. The lobby closure is voluntary and drive-up services will continue at the Carbondale branch, according to a news release...
Samples from downed trees near Snowmass will aid research of epic avalanche cycle
A crew from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center last week cut disks of wood from trees downed by a powerful avalanche that thundered off Garrett Peak in March 2019. The samples will aid research by dendrochronologists into the epic avalanche cycle.
Roaring Fork Valley entities raise $12M for area-wide COVID-19 aid
Just over $12 million has been raised in the Roaring Fork Valley for COVID-19 relief and recovery assistance, and nearly $8.5 million of it has been distributed to help 17,000 households from Aspen to Parachute....
What a face mask can do against COVID-19 and what it can’t
“I think there is a lot of benefit, but it’s really important for people to understand what the benefits is, and also what the limitations are," said Sarah Gordon.
Glenwood Open golf tournament results
Glenwood Open golf tournament July 10-11 at Glenwood Springs Golf Club Top-10 results Championship flight: 1. Keith Humerickhouse, 65-69-134; 2. Kirk Blaszyk, 68-74-142; 3. Bob Yurglich, 75-68-143; 4. Connor Rakowski, 72-73-145; 5t. A.J. Joiner, 70-76-146;...