Battlement Mesa News

For more than a year, Parachute Mayor Roy McClung watched the exodus of workers that followed the sharp reduction in natural gas development in western Garfield County.

To the uninitiated, managing a feral colony may sound like something that slightly demented cat fanciers do in the privacy of their own homes - until animal-control officers show up to haul away scores of starving and diseased critters.

Brittany Roselle's apartment complex doesn't quite bustle with people the way it did a few years ago.

Edith is a former resident of Virginia, New Jersey and Colorado. Living in Battlement Mesa, until she became a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

Two ballot questions posed by special districts in Garfield County failed in mail ballot voting in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial final election results released by the Garfield County Clerk's Office.

For the month of September, Garfield County reported a total of 61 real estate transactions.

When did it become "Hitlerian" for law enforcement officers to ask a person for I.D. or "papers" as one voice named them? Some immigrants or foreign visitors may have "papers" but most citizens have a driver's license or other picture I.D. First, there are strict guidelines for officers that are designed to prevent accusations of profiling or ...

Garfield County has begun the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan and the first set of public meetings will be held concurrently during the week of Nov.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario explained his reasoning behind the changes in the volunteer application process in an e-mail message - in the form of a newsletter - addressed to several community members, Sheriff's Office staff, Sheriff's Auxiliary members, and current volunteers.

Lynne Miller, left, director of nutritional services, and Elisha Harvey, catering supervisor, oversee the menu and food preparation at Grand River Hospital District's Grand River Cafe off Airport Road in Rifle.

A 60-year-old man who spent Saturday night outdoors after failing to return to a hunting camp was found without injuries by searchers Sunday morning, according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Department.

Ellen Jordan, 86, Rogers Mesa, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Paonia Care Center. Services are pending with Taylor Funeral Service.

More than 400 people have signed a petition calling for an independent health study before oil and gas drilling in the Battlement Mesa community is approved.

A stand of aspens near the Meadow Creek trail stand out against Peak One and a blue autumn sky.

Real estate sales in Garfield County continued to slide in August 2009, both in terms of prices of homes and the numbers sold, according to a report prepared by the Land Title Guarantee Co.

The Grand Valley Quilt Show happens today, Sept. 26th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept.

The historic Thomas Glover Cabin was moved from its original site on Parachute Creek to a new home on Battlement Mesa this week, thanks to a joint project of the Grand Valley Historical Society and the Williams gas company.

Administrators didn't expect students to fill the new Grand Valley Middle School to the brim when the doors first opened this school year.

For more than one hundred years a log cabin has stood along Parachute Creek, near County Road 215.

Grand River Hospital District knows the importance of keeping its staff and others healthy.