Basalt News

A relatively calm fall for the Basalt Fire Department evaporated in a hurry Wednesday when rescue workers and firefighters were called to three major incidents and a minor one within three hours.

Grifters came up with a couple of a creative scams to run on Basalt residents last week and batted .500, according to Basalt police.

Eagle County zoning regulations may keep a medical marijuana dispensary from cropping up in El Jebel.

Volunteers help transform a dirt area in the courtyard at Basalt Middle School into an attractive patio with flagstone and a stone bench .

The recession is expected to increase demand on a program that typically distributes food fit for a Thanksgiving feast to 75 to 90 midvalley families per year who are facing tough times, according to organizers.

The Roaring Fork River in Aspen nearly ran dry in August 2002. The situation spurred state legislation that allows water rights to be donated in order to augment in-stream flows.

An alleged embezzler is allowed to remain employed as a bookkeeper in New Mexico, a judge said Monday.

The Saint Mary of the Crown 32nd annual elk dinner will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. Dinner includes elk, turkey and this year pork, potatoes, rolls, Jell-O salad or cole-slaw, vegetables, homemade dessert Also we will have a country store with homemade goodies and handcrafted items.

The Aspen Skiing Co. remains committed to building worker housing in the midvalley even though demand - or at least the ability for people to buy something - has temporarily eased.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking heat over its operations in the Fryingpan Valley this summer.

Dr. Gary Bruce Kitching on Capitol Peak near Aspen in 2007. He had recently climbed several 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado.

The Kids to Kids International Club at Basalt High School will host its annual Turkey Bingo night from 6 to 9 Friday at Basalt High School.

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.