Basalt News

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Local school officials got what they needed from Garfield County this week, when the Board of County Commissioners agreed to kick in nearly $1 million toward an affordable housing project in Carbondale.

Thirty-seven bidders jumped at the chance to pay somebody else's property taxes Thursday at Pitkin County's annual tax lien sale.

A Spiritual Center, 0695 Buggy Circle, Carbondale, offers free presentations every Sunday at 10 a.m. November speakers include: Nov.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will host an open house in Basalt Wednesday to discuss a proposed long-term agreement to provide water from Ruedi Reservoir for endangered fish.

An association for mountain bikers in the Roaring Fork Valley has formally come out in opposition to the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal.

A lot of well-intentioned people support the effort to plan and eventually build a new indoor recreation center in El Jebel, but the Crown Mountain Park and Recreation District Referendum 4A is a bad idea.

The Colorado Court of Appeals today issued an opinion holding that medical marijuana caregivers must do more than merely provide pot and must have significant responsibility for providing for the well-being of their patients.

The approach to Halloween will be a little less scary for a homeowner in Elk Run after a decision to sell a house rather than proceed with an auction Friday.

Six students from Basalt public schools were honored by the Town Council in a public ceremony Tuesday night for "trustworthiness," one of the six pillars of character.

A former Aspen restaurateur was awarded a license Tuesday night to open a new liquor store in downtown Basalt.

Basalt's plan to build a 1 million-gallon water tank to serve the Southside neighborhood could be significantly more expensive than estimated at a time when the town is pinching pennies.

The American Institute of Architects , Colorado, recognized its 2009 architectural design, honor and president's awards recipients during a ceremony on Saturday, Oct.

A midvalley group promoting a recreation center was told by the Eagle County clerk on Wednesday it cannot spend $20,000, which it collected from taxpayers, on an election campaign this fall.

A Basalt man won a sports bet but all he collected were two felonies, according to police.

BASALT, Colorado - The salaries of workers at the town of Basalt will be frozen through 2010 and workers will be required to take six furlough days during the first half of the year, Town Manager Bill Kane said Wednesday.

The latest plan to expand the Roaring Fork Club in Basalt garnered a harsh critique from Pitkin County commissioners Tuesday.

Basalt laid off two employees this week after watching revenues continue to plummet during its usually strong summer tourist season, Town Manager Bill Kane said Tuesday.

The Roaring Fork School District Re-1 recently recognized two Basalt employees as employees of the month for September.

As we pack away the Fall Art Festival display boards for the 47th time, we are reminded that "it takes a village" so to speak, and therefore we would like to express our gratitude to this very supportive community in which we live.

Leaders of the local business community, using $30,000 in taxpayer money, are getting set to unleash what is being termed the "Carbondale Stimulus Campaign." The campaign, according to one of the organizers, is to start on Nov.