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16 hrs ago | Glenwood Post Independent

Re-1 teacher housing proposal earns Carbondale P&Z nod

CARBONDALE, Colorado - A plan by the Roaring Fork School District Re-1 to build affordable teacher housing on 12 acres of school property in Carbondale earned a favorable nod from the town's Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Carbondale, CO, Education Etc., Libraries

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Aspen Times Weekly

Garfield County defends use of armored vehicle

One of the more controversial aspects of Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario's two terms in office has to have started on the day he bought the vehicle known as the BearCat.

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Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration, Eagle County, CO, Carbondale, CO

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Glenwood Post Independent

Garfield County planning and zoning gives the nod to Williams' 19-year-old gas wells

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Garfield County's citizen planners this week recommended that a set of natural-gas wells that have been operating without the proper permits for years be granted those permits and allowed to keep operating.

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Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO, Battlement Mesa, CO

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KKTV

Arrest Made in Garfield County Cold Case

An arrest has been made in Great Britain, in a 12-year-old murder case out of Garfield County.

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Related Topix: Worcestershire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Shropshire County, England, Games, Poker

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Denver Post Economy/Real Estate

Man arrested in England for Garfield County cold case murder

Scotland Yard agents arrested a 46-year-old Colorado man in England Wednesday for the 1997 murder of his wife, authorities said today.

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Related Topix: Worcestershire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Shropshire County, England, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Grand Junction Metro, Grand Junction, CO

Glenwood Springs Post-Independent

Garfield County Commissioners Martin questions appropriateness of after-school funding

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A Carbondale man hoping to win increasing public support to expand an after-school activities program ran into a patch of rough seas this week while talking with the Garfield County commissioners.

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Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO, Carbondale, CO, Education Etc., Basalt, CO

Wed Nov 18, 2009

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

Former Aspen police officer pleads guilty to reckless driving, fined $150

A former Aspen police officer suspected of reporting to work intoxicated and then driving has pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Aspen Times Weekly

Colorado Animal Rescue steps up for 11 pups

Leslie Rockey still gets her hands dirty on occasion. As she sees it, It's part of her job as executive director of Colorado Animal Rescue.

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Related Topix: New Castle, CO

The Aspen Times

Garfield County to back resident in tainted water case

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

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Related Topix: Silt, CO

Glenwood Post Independent

Garfield County OKs 'clean energy finance district'

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The residents of Garfield County are now also the residents of a "Clean Energy Finance District." The Board of County Commissioners on Monday created the new district, with the same boundaries as the county, to provide funding options for those interested in energy-efficiency improvements to their homes and businesses.

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Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO

The Grand Junction Sentinel

DA won't seek death penalty in Rifle slaying

Ninth Judicial District Attorney Martin Beeson has decided against seeking the death penalty in the case of a Rifle man accused of shooting and killing his brother last December.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Rifle, CO, Violent Crime

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Glenwood Post Independent

The Garfield County ambulance service saga continues

Emergency management officials are continuing to hammer out the details for providing an emergency ambulance system for the area around Silt and New Castle next year.

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Related Topix: Silt, CO, New Castle, CO, Glenwood Springs, CO, Parachute, CO, Rifle, CO

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Vail Daily News

Glenwood man gets 6 months for threatening cops with shotgun

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A Glenwood Springs man will spend the next six months in the Garfield County Jail for threatening sheriff's deputies with a shotgun, and striking a man with his truck.

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Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Glenwood Post Independent

Spring Valley Ranch expected to make it formal in December

A proposed development in Spring Valley, which has been on the local governmental radar screen for decades, is expected to go before Garfield County in December to file the final, formal documents for Phase I of the multi-phase project.

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Related Topix: Fire, Carbondale, CO, Glenwood Springs, CO

Glenwood Post Independent

Authority, Garfield County 'play chicken' over funding

ASPEN, Colorado - Some Roaring Fork Transportation Authority officials acknowledged Thursday they are playing a game of "chicken" with Garfield County, Silt and Rifle over bus service.

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Related Topix: Aspen, CO, Colorado, Rifle, CO, Silt, CO, New Castle, CO

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Aspen Times

Work hasn't stopped for Garfield County Search and Rescue

Garfield County Search and Rescue volunteers are still responding, despite an Oct.

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Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Glenwood Post Independent

Road stays closed in western Garfield County

A loop road in western Garfield County remains closed after more than a year of legal wrangling, a bungled pipeline project and property disputes, and officials say they have no idea when the road will be reopened.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

KREX

Man Dies in Rollover Crash in Garfield County

A 32-year old man is dead after rolling his car several times in Garfield County.

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Related Topix: Rifle, CO, Silt, CO

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Grand Junction Sentinel

Second jury clears former Rifle man of child-sex abuse allegations

A former Rifle barbershop owner left Colorado on Wednesday to start a new life after being cleared of charges of sexual assault on children, his attorney said.

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Related Topix: Rifle, CO

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Aspen Times

FRAC us? Garfield County to tackle oil and gas bill

Whether or not there should be new federal oversight of the oil and gas drilling industry, partly aimed at forcing the industry to disclose exactly what chemicals it is putting into the ground, will take center stage at the Garfield County commissioners meeting on Monday.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rifle, CO

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