Silt News

The deadline to register for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday food baskets as well as Angel Tree Christmas presents is on Friday, Nov.

HEATHER MCGREGOR Communications and outreach, Clear Energy Economy for the Region Renewable energy demonstration projects are now in the works for public buildings in Rifle, Silt and New Castle through the Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative's 1 Megawatt Campaign, using state energy impact funds and utility rebates to generate clean energy.

Many thanks from the Silt Chamber of Commerce to the volunteers that participated in the tamarisk and Russian olive tree removal.

Twenty-eight local good witches gathered at Patti's Main Street Coffee House Sunday, Oct.

Mabel R. Bennett, 80, Grand Junction, died Oct. 28, 2009, at Mesa Manor. Private services are planned for a later date.

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.

SILT, Colorado - Two adults and two juveniles were arrested over the weekend for allegedly breaking into more than a dozen vehicles and one residence in Silt in the early morning hours of Oct.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Garfield County is asking for a little help from residents in updating its 2000 Comprehensive Plan, the document that "is the county's guide for making land use decisions," according to a statement on the county website.

SILT, Colorado - Silt Police Chief Levy Burris said that two citizens aided police in apprehending a Silt man suspected of breaking into vehicles this past weekend.

SILT, Colorado - A plan to merge a Silt-based ambulance service with the Burning Mountains Fire Protection District hit a substantial snag Monday night when the longtime director of the ambulance service resigned without notice.

I was reading an article about the "illegal immigration" Halloween costume debate, another one on the sheriff in Arizona rounding up law breakers by the dozen, and it just made me stop and think, why do I agree with them? I am a hippie/cowgirl chick who was raised to accept all mankind, by my very religious parents, in rural Colorado.

Voters in the Garfield Re-2 School District will vote on two school district directors in a coordinated election on Tuesday, Nov.

The week of Oct. 5-9 was "Alternative Transportation Week" for many schools across the Roaring Fork Valley, an event to encourage students to ride the school bus, ride RFTA, walk or bike to school.

Anyone who thinks their dog's pretty sharp because it can roll over and play dead ought to head for the Strang Ranch outside of Carbondale this weekend.

SPRING VALLEY, Colorado - Art mimics life for two stars of Colorado Mountain College Community Theatre's fall production, "Pride and Prejudice." more... 10/14/2009 1:34pm Garfield County officials predict budget rebound in 2014 Garfield County finance department officials outlined a fairly optimistic view of the region's economic future on Tuesday, ...

The next meeting of HEARTBEAT - Support for Survivors After Suicide - is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.

Melissa J. Foos, 37 , Grand Junction, died Oct. 10, 2009, at North Surburban Medical Center in Westminster.

A potential controversy over changes to the ambulance service for western Garfield County apparently has been averted.

Katie gives Jeanne Burdett of Waggin' Wheels mobile grooming unit a kiss while being worked on downtown in Rifle.

ASPEN, Colorado - The governments of Garfield County, Rifle and Silt must cough up nearly $150,000 to avoid having their bus service eliminated starting April 12, officials with the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority said Thursday.