Garfield County News

The Garfield County jail has a new commander. Starting Monday, former Garfield County Sheriff's Patrol Sgt.

State regulators of the oil and gas industry will be in Glenwood Springs twice this month to discuss a variety of controversial subjects, ranging from pollution coinciding with gas-drilling activities to plans for setting up drilling rigs in a residential community.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A former Aspen resident claims in a lawsuit that his constitutional rights were violated during a 2008 arrest by Glenwood Springs police.

The Cattle Creek Colorado project, a large residential and commercial development proposed between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, has been pulled off the table for now, according to a member of Garfield County's planning staff.

A man who held elected office in Garfield County for parts of four decades has died.

If it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, it must be a duck, right? Well, maybe not! Charlie Williams from Sound Safari Theater is a vocal sound impression expert who can imitate the sound of planes, trains and automobiles.

When state oil and gas officials convene in Garfield County in July, they may get an earful of opinions from at least one of the county commissioners here.

A jury on Monday found a truck driver not guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault for a crash that killed two people in January 2008.

Ethel Richards surprisingly let out a giggle as she spoke about a car that smashed through her bedroom wall Wednesday night, while she was sitting on her bed.

One of Garfield County's elected leaders thinks his two partners on the board are moving in the wrong direction in an effort to find a new home for three critical county departments.

Garfield County officials are being asked whether a vacant, recently completed building at the western edge of town, known as the Midland Center, would work as a new home for the county clerk and recorder, assessor and treasurer.

A man accused of brutally beating a drilling rig worker in 2005 and leaving him to die proclaimed his innocence Friday, but a judge ruled there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial.

Authorities are seeking more information regarding the murder of a 38-year-old Aurora woman.

CARBONDALE, Colorado - Garfield County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Carbondale man for allegedly starting a small brush fire Wednesday night.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - In his sixth month in office, Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson said he is a "peacemaker" in conflicts between his fellow commissioners.

The Garfield County Courthouse and the Garfield County building across the street were evacuated after a bomb threat Tuesday morning.

The Garfield County courthouse, sheriff's department and county administration building in Glenwood Springs have been evacuated because of a bomb threat.

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colorado - Area health officials announced at the end of last week that there are a total of eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, in Garfield County.

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Garfield County is now eight. The newest four cases were confirmed last month, and all involved teenagers or young adults.

Garfield County Public Health said Friday it has confirmed another four cases of H1N1 flu, bringing the total number to eight for county residents.