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Colorado food truck feeds truckers during coronavirus crisis
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Mike and Jamie Williams, owners of a local food truck, took it upon themselves to help out semi-truck drivers coming through Grand Junction, delivering vital supplies to the virus-stricken nation.... → Read More
Rifle Farmers Market ripe for the picking on Friday
The Rifle Farmers Market opens Friday giving residents and produce shoppers a spot in town to find fresh food once a week through the summer. Rifle Farmers Market board member Elissa Nye said the market... → Read More
Alpaca farm grows in Silt
Driving through Agate one day while on the Front Range, Cory and Kim Wesson spotted a pack of alpacas roaming nearby. It proved to be some kind of love at first sight. In the seven years since that initial introduction to alpacas, the two have started the Sopris Alpaca Farm in Silt. The farm is… → Read More
Olivo-Tellez sentenced to max 48 years on second-degree murder conviction
Sentencing came down Wednesday for 30-year-old Gustavo Olivo-Tellez, convicted at a March trial of second-degree murder for the October 2016 death of his estranged wife Blanca Salas-Jurado. Ninth District Judge John Neiley ordered the maximum 48 years in prison for Olivo-Tellez. While Neiley said he would uphold the jury’s second-degree murder conviction, he referred to… → Read More
Garfield County Bike to School Day set for May 14
Several Garfield County schools will be celebrating Bike to School Day together, as drivers should be ready to share the roads next Tuesday. Garfield County Clean Energy Economy for the Region energy consultant Brandon Jones said drivers need to be a little more cautious heading to and from work as they will be seeing a… → Read More
Kum & Go robbed at gunpoint in Rifle on Wednesday
A 16-year-old New Castle resident was arrested for an alleged armed robbery that occurred in Rifle early Wednesday morning. → Read More
Jury convicts Montgomery of murder
A jury in Glenwood Springs convicted Michael Montgomery, 47, of second-degree murder Wednesday evening after more than 8 hours of deliberation. The murder conviction means the jury determined the shooting was not self-defense, as Montgomery and his attorneys claimed. Montgomery was charged with murder for the March 2017 shooting of his son-in-law Chris Gallegos, then… → Read More
CDOT plans fixes for potholes near Glenwood Springs
After a winter of heavy snows and icy roads, regional and statewide road officials will be looking at a busy spring and summer filling potholes along the state highways.“Pothole → Read More
First steps taken in a long road for new Colorado oil and gas regulations
After Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 19-181 into law last week, operators, government officials and other interested parties across Colorado will have both eyes on the rule-making process to see how exactly oil and natural gas industry regulations will change. That could take weeks, months and possibly even years, some observers say. The bill,… → Read More
First steps taken in a long road for new Colorado oil and gas regulations
After Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 19-181 into law last week, operators, government officials and other interested parties across Colorado will have both eyes on the rule-making process → Read More
Enhanced Recovery protocol seeing positive results at Grand River, Valley View hospitals
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery patient care protocol is allowing Garfield County doctors to move away from using opioids to deal with pain. → Read More
Colorado bears spring forth from winter hideouts
The winter months may have been filled with hot, hearty meals to combat the cold and snow for some. But for one of Colorado's native residents, spring is the time to strike out in search of the food they've been missing for the past few months. Bears throughout Colorado have already or will begin waking… → Read More
Silt’s Divide Creek Animal Hospital shuts its doors
Divide Creek Animal Hospital in Silt officially closed its doors Friday, leaving customers to find a new veterinary home and the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office without one of its → Read More
Garfield County Crime Briefs: Says he didn’t drive
Around 12:30 a.m. March 26, a Rifle police officer was dispatched for a welfare check at Kum & Go on the report of a male slumped over the steering wheel inside his vehicle. The man had woken up and had entered store when the officer was en route, according to an officer's affidavit. The reporting… → Read More
February hit-and-run on I-70 in Glenwood Springs officially ruled a suicide
After weeks of investigation, Garfield County authorities have ruled the Feb. 14 pedestrian fatality on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Springs was a suicide. That night, longtime resident Connie Leckwold, 64, was killed when she was hit by an unknown vehicle on Interstate 70 near the Glenwood Hot Springs. Since that time, local police have been… → Read More
February hit-and-run on I-70 in Glenwood Springs officially ruled a suicide
After weeks of investigation, Garfield County authorities have ruled the Feb. 14 pedestrian fatality on Interstate 70 in Glenwood Springs was a suicide. That night, longtime resident Connie Leckwold, 64, was killed when she was hit by an unknown vehicle on Interstate 70 near the Glenwood Hot Springs. Since that time, local police have been… → Read More
New Castle adding a new park
As New Castle’s recreation opportunities continue to grow, a new park for preschoolers and teens will soon be added to the mix, thanks almost entirely to grant money and → Read More
Rifle plans to expand and move bus park-and-ride
As Rifle’s efforts to improve its entrance to downtown continue, city officials have agreed to move the downtown bus park-and-ride in a land swap that’s meant to open up → Read More
Glenwood Police still short on details, seek answers on hit and run
It's been nearly two weeks since Glenwood Springs resident Connie Leckwold was hit and killed by an unknown vehicle on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs, as the search for answers continues into what happened that night. Glenwood Springs Police Chief Terry Wilson said his department has received information from witnesses that may help piece together what… → Read More
Flu bug bites Garfield County official who keeps tabs on seasonal outbreak
With a fever of 101 and other symptoms to match this week, Garfield County Public Health Specialist Carrie Godes ended up with the very thing she fights every fall and winter flu season. She now joins the statistics she tabulates each year as a sufferer herself of the flu virus. According to Colorado's flu report,… → Read More