Tag: Garfield County
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Garfield County sheriff illegally collaborated with ICE, cease and desist letter claims
A cease and desist letter filed Wednesday alleged that the Garfield County sheriff intentionally violated state law by collaborating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The letter, filed by the law firm Towards Justice, claimed that Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario told other law enforcement officials that he would not comply with Colorado’s…
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Pedestrian killed on I-70 in area of Colorado mountain town
A fatal vehicle vs. pedestrian collision that took place on the mountainous stretch of I-70 in Colorado is being investigated by Colorado State Patrol. The crash occurred at about 7:16 p.m. on January 14, about three miles west of Glenwood Springs and in the area of mile marker 113. According to a report on the…
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Two people and dog roll 75 feet down embankment near remote Colorado pass
A scary situation unfolded in Colorado’s Mesa County on the night of October 16, when a vehicle traveled off the road just south of Douglas Pass. According to Mesa County Search & Rescue, authorities were notified about the incident at about 8:40 p.m. after a passing driver was flagged down by someone who had been…
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New blaze prompts evacuations in southwest Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new wildfire in southwest Colorado promoted evacuations Friday near the town of Bayfield in La Plata County. A county news release said the Blue Ridge Fire was burning in the Forest Lakes subdivision. It had grown during the day from 3-5 acres to 25…
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Garfield County judge wrongly imposed contempt sanction on mother, appeals court finds
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Colorado’s second-highest court has found a Garfield County judge was wrong to impose a $50 fine on a mother for failing to follow a court order and arrange summer tutoring for her daughter. Judges may hold someone in contempt for disobeying an order, with two types of sanctions available. A punitive sanction, according to the…
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Judge weighs whether lawsuit can proceed alleging illegal mining in Garfield County
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A federal judge is contemplating whether to allow Garfield County and a group of Glenwood Springs residents to proceed with their lawsuit against the federal agency that manages public lands, which allegedly has allowed illegal mining to occur for years at a quarry near the city. The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance first filed its complaint…
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Safety improvements for Glenwood Canyon bypass mulled
An often treacherous and muddy network of county roads over Cottonwood Pass between Glenwood Springs and Gypsum where deaths have occurred is the subject of a coalition between the state and county authorities to improve safety. The unofficial bypass route is a series of unpaved county roads that link the towns that has been used…
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Girl dies after falling in front of school bus in Garfield County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 11-year-old girl died after being run over by a school bus in Parachute on Thursday morning. Police said the incident happened at 7:30 a.m. after the girl tripped while running to catch her school bus. The girl fell underneath the wheels of the bus,…
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Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state’s many underground coal-mine fires
The veins of mining run deep in Superior, a Colorado community founded on coal and recently redefined by fire. For generations residents needed only to go a few miles west during winter to see plumes of steam and smoke rising from fissures in the Earth, from an underground coal mine fire that started before many…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…