A glimpse at overall crime in the Roaring Fork and Grand valleys
Even with a constant influx of people in the region, a pandemic, inflation and constant scrambles for housing, crime overall does not seem to be on the rise in Garfield County or the Roaring Fork...
New Castle woman Lisa Detweiler’s life honored at branch library
Merle Detweiler always knew his wife impacted the community. But he really didn’t know just how much until that same community showed up in droves to the New Castle Branch Library on Saturday for one...
Glenwood Springs city-manager search narrows to three, again
The city of Glenwood Springs on Wednesday announced three new finalists in its city-manager search, with another community meet up slated for early January. Doug Gerber, Beverli Marshall and Rachel Oys are the three finalists...
Protest planned Saturday in Glenwood Springs over U.S. Forest Service’s Uinta Railway decision
A planned protest in front of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) offices in downtown Glenwood Springs on Saturday is aimed at convincing the Biden Administration and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to cancel a permit for...
‘With big love comes big grief’ — but even bigger gains: Immediate success of inaugural 5K honoring Rifle’s Christy Walters means more kits
Taylor Walters kept it cool the day of the race. She said what she needed to say about her mother, Christy, and that was that. It was the next day that grief inevitably poked its...
Joyce Rankin resigns Colorado Board of Education seat following husband Bob’s state Senate resignation
Colorado Board of Education Member Joyce Rankin, a Republican from Carbondale, has announced that she will resign her position, effective Jan. 10, 2023. The decision comes on the heels of husband Bob Rankin’s announcement last...
Ball set to roll on Glenwood Springs 2C followup decisions
Glenwood Springs City Council held its first work session last week to begin planning for the workforce-housing fund that was created with voter approval of the 2C ballot initiative on Nov. 8. The tax will...
Downtown Rifle’s revitalization project recognized with two major awards for concrete work
A major construction project aimed at bolstering infrastructure and beautifying the downtown Rifle area recently captured two regional awards. In addition to the city, MSG Ready Mix and Martinez Western Constructors were also awards recipients....
16 single-family units, 19 townhomes proposed for land near CMC Spring Valley
A local developer is proposing to use existing infrastructure left behind from an old residential project abandoned in the early 1980s to build a new subdivision near Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley. Glenwood Springs-based Eagle...
New Alpine Slide bike trail to break ground in spring at South Canyon
The area where the old alpine slide used to sit on city land in South Canyon just west of Glenwood Springs is on track to be turned into a new mountain-bike trail by next summer. ...
Colorado’s smaller ski areas find a niche despite competition
The old Lenawee lift at Arapahoe Basin, a slow three-person chair installed in 2001 that took skiers from mid-mountain to the summit, was replaced this past summer by a high-speed six-person lift. The old one...
Avalanche at Steamboat Resort buried ski patroller, highlights avalanche risk in Colorado
A member of Steamboat Ski Resort’s avalanche mitigation team was caught and buried in a slide in a closed section of terrain on Tuesday, Dec. 6, highlighting how dangerous avalanche conditions are in Colorado’s northern...
Plastic bags are going to be a big conversation in Colorado going into the New Year
So you’ve been collecting those plastic bags from different stores for years. Sometimes they even take up all of the space under your sink, entire drawers in the kitchen or large portions of your pantry. ...
Young Silt boxer punches his way to first victory
Everything went silent when Irving Munoz approached the ring. People may have been yelling, but the 19-year-old Silt fighter didn’t hear much. “It was just me and him,” Munoz said of his opponent. “That was...
Access to psychedelics passed in Colorado. Now what?
Ten years ago, Colorado shook the nation by becoming the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. In the years following, 21 states and Washington, D.C, have approved adult possession and consumption of recreational marijuana. Last month,...
‘A symbol of hope’: Tradition of Red Mountain Cross kept alive by preservation association
In the pioneer days of the late 1800s, a Black man by the name of William Grandstaff found his way to Glenwood Springs after spending time raising cattle near Moab, Utah. Once established in Glenwood,...
Parachute’s Shop with a Cop event helps more children this year
Local law enforcers and firefighters placed their regular duties on hold to take kids in need shopping Saturday. Each holiday season, police departments across the country use local donations to bring kids shopping at retail...
Krabloonik sues town of Snowmass over eviction
The owners of Krabloonik Dog Sledding aren’t rolling overfor the town of Snowmass Village’s eviction demands. Citing pressure on town leaders from “out-of-town activists (including people from out of the country) who believe dog-sledding is inherently...
PHOTOS: Students get real life budgeting lessons at financial literacy fair
Glenwood Springs High School students experienced a taste of the real world on Tuesday at the second annual Reality Town Financial Literacy Fair. Volunteers from the community taught students how to budget and manage finances...