Ryan Summerlin
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YouthZone offers $900,000 for old Glenwood library
YouthZone, a youth advocacy nonprofit that’s been looking for a new building in Glenwood Springs, has a new offer on the table to buy the city’s old library. Glenwood → Read More
Watch out for coyotes during mating season
It may be the procreating season for coyotes, but it’s also a time when the animals get increasingly agitated with humans.A jogger recently reported a coyote on the Rio → Read More
Foster care needs in Garfield and surrounding counties, by the numbers
Colorado’s shortage of foster parents is being felt in Garfield County as well as its neighboring counties, though the level of demand varies greatly from county to county.The Colorado → Read More
Crime Briefs: Man accused of drugging girlfriend unfamiliar with Rifle area
On Sunday morning, Rifle police arrested a 55-year-old man accused of keeping a woman locked in his house and drugging her with tranquilizers. Rifle police responded to a report of domestic violence and spoke to a 47-year-old Oklahoma woman they believed was a victim. They found her sitting in a local business “holding her hands… → Read More
Carbondale creates open container district
In a split vote, Carbondale trustees approved an open container district on Main Street for the three summer First Fridays events, allowing event-goers to take alcoholic beverages from liquor-serving → Read More
37-year fire chief departing Carbondale and Rural Fire District
Longtime Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District Chief Ron Leach is set to leave the department soon, after a career that started in the 1970s.Leach, who has been with → Read More
Easement is first step for Carbondale’s Industry Place connection
Carbondale is planning to purchase an easement that will be the first step toward a long-planned connection between Industry Place and Eighth Street.An appraisal in October valued the easement → Read More
Five candidates run for Carbondale Board of Trustees
Five candidates are running for the Carbondale Board of Trustees, and the mayor is running unopposed.The deadline for nomination petitions closed at 5 p.m. on Monday, and the town → Read More
ReStore 2.0 opens south of Glenwood Springs
The ribbon is cut and the store is open for business at Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley’s new ReStore south of Glenwood Springs.A few dozen people crowded into → Read More
Glenwood Canyon rest stop stabber sentenced to 20 years prison
A judge sentenced Delbert Willeford to 20 years in prison Thursday afternoon, following his guilty plea in a 2015 stabbing and robbery at a No Name rest stop. Prosecutors say that Willeford went on a multi-state crime spree, which peaked in violence when he robbed a pair of sisters at the Glenwood Canyon rest stop… → Read More
Glenwood Canyon rest stop stabber sentenced to 20 years prison
A judge sentenced Delbert Willeford to 20 years in prison Thursday afternoon, following his guilty plea in a 2015 stabbing and robbery at a No Name rest stop. Prosecutors say that Willeford went on a multi-state crime spree, which peaked in violence when he robbed a pair of sisters at the Glenwood Canyon rest stop and… → Read More
Carbondale seeks $200,000 from Garfield County for Red Hill property
Carbondale is looking for Garfield County to pay into a land acquisition to pave the way toward a new trail head access to Red Hill — and simultaneously block → Read More
Glenwood Canyon rest stop stabber sentenced to 20 years prison
A judge sentenced Delbert Willeford to 20 years in prison Thursday afternoon, following his guilty plea in a 2015 stabbing and robbery at a No Name rest stop.Prosecutors say → Read More
Weeks found guilty in Carbondale armed robbery
A jury found 20-year-old Benjamin Weeks guilty on all four felony counts in his aggravated robbery trial Thursday.Thursday was the seventh day of trial, when the jury deliberated for → Read More
Benjamin Weeks found guilty in 2017 Carbondale armed robbery
A jury found 20-year-old Benjamin Weeks guilty Thursday on all four felony counts in his aggravated robbery trial.The jury deliberated for about five hours before returning guilty verdicts on → Read More
Robber testifies, closing arguments set for Thursday in Weeks trial
In the aggravated robbery case against 20-year-old Benjamin Weeks, the prosecution rested its case, and the defense declined to present any additional evidence Wednesday afternoon.Weeks, who is accused of → Read More
Gas leak on south Midland Avenue
Emergency responders and Black Hills Energy are handling a gas leak near the intersection of Midland Avenue and Mt. Sopris Drive this morning. Repairing the punctured gas line may require a short shut down of gas services to some nearby neighborhoods. Crews were called to the site around 10:30 a.m. for a gas line puncture,… → Read More
Mother details delicate resolution of manhunt
Trial testimony from the mother of Nicholas Ameral, convicted in a 2017 Carbondale armed robbery, revealed details of a tense ending to a manhunt that she feared would end → Read More
Crime Briefs: Man banned from store after shoplifting whiskey returns, is arrested
On Dec. 17, Garfield County deputies responded to an assault at Catherine Store, where the owner reported that she was slapped by a man who was trespassing.A 26-year-old man → Read More
Cashier: Robbers looked unafraid to pull trigger
Prosecutors called their first round of witnesses on Thursday in the trial of Benjamin Weeks, who is accused of an armed robbery of a Carbondale Valero station last February.Weeks, → Read More