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I expected John Martin to vote in favor of the oil and gas companies and exempt them from the Clean Water Act, but I was saddened and angered that our new commissioner, Mike Samson, ignored literally thousands of Garfield County residents who cast a trusting vote for him and ignorantly put his vote in against the FRAC Act.

Tamarisk and Russian olive are two introduced tree species in western Colorado that outcompete native vegetation, interfere with native plant succession and consume vast amounts of water.

Lisa Bracken now has Garfield County officially on her side in her struggle to pressure state bureaucrats into doing more about her case.

The Glenwood Springs Ice U18 girls soccer team: in front: Dani Turley; and, from left, kneeling: Megan Gould, Jasmine Van't Hoff, Jackie Argueta, Allie Rippy, Mariah Martin, Rachel Rosenberg and Nikki Pearson; and standing: Coach Martin Pearson, Coach Wayne Smith, Annie McGraw, Grissel Loya, Netty Stenstadvold, Corey Gera, Daryian Hawkins, Cora ...

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.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 10:15 pm US/Mountain Good Question: How do you rehabilitate a bear? Written by Alan Gionet Reporting Alan Gionet SILT, Colo.

Taylor Robert Dorsey passed away on Nov. 5, in Denver. He was 21. Taylor was born in Vail and raised in Silverthorne, and moved to Silt at the age of 12.

A 32 year old man died Saturday after rolling his car in Garfield County. The man was driving west on Garfield County Road 346 between Rifle and Silt when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road, skidded counter-clockwise and then rolled several times down an embankment.

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.