Silt News

Kelley Cox / Post Independent Romeo the palomino shows off his colorfully painted coat during the Mountain Man Rendez-vous at Elk Creek Elementary in New Castle on Thursday.

Memorial Day weekend signals not only the unofficial start of the summer season, but high school graduation season at schools throughout Garfield County as well.

New principals were selected for two Garfield Re-2 District schools recently, effective with the 2013-14 school year.

MESA COUNTY, Colo.- Officials release the identity of the two men who were killed in Thursday night's fatal accident in DeBeque Canyon.

They packed committee hearings, waved signs and even publicly heckled Colorado's governor.

At the age of 92, lifelong Glenwood Springs resident Margaret Morgan put pen to paper and wrote her autobiography.

Contributed Photo From left, Elizabeth Navarro of Silt, Donna Fogelof Silt, and Leticia Lozano of Rifle, after receiving their Volunteers of the Year awards at Grand River Health on Friday, April 26.

Editor's note: The Garfield County Sheriff's Department reports the following incidents and arrests.

Masked anonymous crusader for right strikes again in Silt. Not long ago this silent do-gooder filed a complaint against me for parking my licensed enclosed pull trailer in front of my residence located directly north of Silt's political lair.

New Castle honored its many volunteer organizations and individuals, from ages 4 to 91, at a celebration cook-out at Burning Mountain Park in downtown on Saturday.