Glenwood Springs News

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

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The 2010 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill that was signed into law on Oct.

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority balanced its recession-damaged budget for next year, but riders will bear a big burden.

One of Colorado's most well-known photographers, John Fielder, will be in the Roaring Fork Valley this week to talk about his latest book of images and his goal of helping to preserve Colorado's ranching heritage.

Nearly starving, this mother hound was recently rescued along with her 11 healthy pups and is currently residing at Colorado Animal Rescue.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. - Emergency management officials are continuing to hammer out the details for providing an emergency ambulance system for the area around Silt and New Castle next year.

The summer of 2009 was challenging for many Glenwood Springs businesses. Even with city sales tax numbers down considerably over June, July and August, some businesses reported that numbers were just as good as previous summers.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The Glenwood Springs Rural Fire Protection District seems to have figured a way to cover its share of operating costs for the next two years, which would save them from defaulting on the intergovernmental agreement with the city.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A Glenwood Springs man will spend the next six months in the Garfield County Jail for threatening sheriff's deputies with a shotgun, and striking a man with his truck.

A proposed development in Spring Valley, which has been on the local governmental radar screen for decades, is expected to go before Garfield County in December to file the final, formal documents for Phase I of the multi-phase project.

A Paonia man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 29-year-old coal miner in 1981.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Two local high school counselors agree that more students might further their education beyond high school - and certainly beyond two-year college degrees - if Colorado Mountain College is able to offer a variety of bachelor's degree programs.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Friday the 13th is does not scare Glenwood Springs Mall general manager Sonia Davis.

Dr. Gary Kitching on Capitol Peak in August 2007. CARBONDALE - Dr. Gary Bruce Kitching, the Carbondale man killed in a Vail bar shooting over the weekend, was remembered Tuesday by friends and family as an avid sportsman, mountain climber, family man and good neighbor.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Colorado Mountain College's board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to seek state legislative approval to offer a limited number of four-year, baccalaureate degrees.

Just as work on a series of wildlife safety improvements along Highway 82 between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale are nearing completion, a local advocate for further protections will have the ear of Rep.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The teenager who attempted to rob the Glenwood Springs Arby's in July, received probation and drug court rather than a prison sentence Tuesday.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - City Council unanimously voted to approve the city's proposed $81 million 2010 budget at its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday.

A community institution for more than three decades, the Valley View Hospital Blood Bank will be closing after this month.

State Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, whose district includes Glenwood Springs and Rifle, said Friday he plans to introduce legislation next session to regulate the rapidly expanding medical marijuana industry in Colorado.