Garfield County News

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission honored five natural gas companies working in Garfield County earlier this month.

The Garfield County commissioners on Monday voted to create a $500,000 contingency fund within the sheriff's budget to pay the costs of fighting wildfires in the area.

Pitkin County's unemployment rate remains low and flat, bucking a state and national trend towards creeping-higher joblessness.

RIFLE, Colo. - It's a regional tradition. And this year, it will be even better than ever, according to organizers.

Great news! As of July 1, Garfield County has officially taken over the senior nutrition and transportation programs.

NEW CASTLE, Colo. - A backhoe digging a trench for a new pipeline in the Garfield Creek State Wildlife Area struck a rock and sparked a 6-acre fire in the refuge Friday afternoon, according to state and local ...

Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens wants American cars running on natural gas. The idea unites several players in the national energy debate in western Colorado, at least in theory.

RIFLE, Colorado - Motorists who leave Rifle to head to Glenwood Springs and points farther east on Interstate 70 will have to find a different way to get onto the highway starting Saturday, July 26, and for up ...

The Glover cabin is going to be moved from the banks of Parachute Creek to Battlement Mesa, where it will undergo renovations.

Three months after a fire injured a man and threatened 150 homes in the midvalley, the 9th Judicial District Attorney's office said Tuesday it has reached a decision on whether to file charges.

When Denver Water officials closed the Dillon Dam Road last week to better safeguard it from the possibility of a terrorist attack, they were worried about the safety of not just communities downstream on the ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - An agreement Garfield County reached with Chevron that will lead the company to pay the vast majority of the cost to rebuild County Road 204 is expected to be finalized later this ...

' A New Mexico woman reported missing by her family has reportedly been spotted by a Glenwood Springs police officer, but her current whereabouts are unknown.

A rule-making process for the oil and gas industry and a proposed ballot initiative has left area energy companies tentatively uncommitted about helping to reconstruct the Parachute Interstate 70 interchange.

The West Nile virus, carried by Culex tarsalis mosquitoes, can be a debilitating thing to catch; possible paralysis, meningitis, or swelling of the brain's lining, and in severe cases, death.

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colorado - The Garfield County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man suspected of sexual assault on a child.

The Garfield County commissioners on Monday approved allocating about $160,000 to the 9th Judicial District Attorney's office to hire two new deputy district attorneys, one investigator, a legal assistant and a ...

One man died in an accident near New Castle Sunday night. Garfield County deputy coroner Ray Alexander identified the man as Lonnie Sandoval, 37, of Silt.

Recently, more than 90 young aspiring photographers took part in the teen summer reading program photography workshop at six Garfield County libraries in Parachute, Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs and ...

A cancer causing chemical was found in groundwater northwest of Parachute and now state regulators are investigating.