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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the latest information from law enforcement, judicial and school officials. Schools up and down the Roaring Fork Valley were reopened Wednesday morning following a valley-wide “Secure” lockout due to online threats made by a suspect against Summit County schools, but who has local connections and was located in the valley.

The White River National Forest is seeking comments on its proposal to redesign and reconstruct sections of the Hanging Lake Trail following the damage caused to the trail by massive flooding in summer 2021. The trail and associated bridges suffered significant damage when mud and debris flows were triggered by...

This weekend doesn’t have too much going on downvalley, most likely because of XGames events in Aspen, but here are some events you can catch in Garfield County this weekend and into next week. We’ve also listed the setlist and times for the free concerts XGames edition. This...

Happy 2023! We are so excited to announce the expansion of programming for the Buddy Program, a youth mentoring organization, to Glenwood Springs this year!. As many of you know, Youth Zone has been serving the community since 1976. For many years a part of that programming was the PALS Program, a mentoring program for youth. YouthZone discontinued the PALS program in 2016 and continues to this day to maintain focus on intervention services for at-risk youth who are either involved or at risk of involvement in the justice system.

The Wild and Scenic Feasibility Collaborative selected a facilitator to organize stakeholder interests and community engagement in the effort to explore — and potentially win — a Wild and Scenic designation for a portion of the Crystal River. Consultant groups Wellstone Collaborative Strategies and P2 Solutions were chosen...

The long drives to Denver to play competitive club softball and fine tune her skills during the offseason are paying off for Glenwood Springs High School senior Kiera Larson. The standout member of the Roaring Fork School District’s combined softball team at Basalt High School put the ink to paper Thursday, and next year is set to be a member of the Plymouth State University Panthers in New Hampshire.

The Glenwood Springs man accused of threatening Summit schools on social media told a judge Thursday, Jan. 26, that he doesn’t own any guns. The day after he allegedly made threats on Summit Daily’s Instagram page, Charles Draughn, 26, appeared before Summit County Judge Edward Casias by video from the county jail for a bond advisement hearing.

Succulent meats sizzling over iron grates and open flames are likely to accent one of Rifle’s biggest annual events this year. Rifle Main Street Manager Kim Burner told Rifle City Council last week the Greater Rifle Improvement Team (GRIT) plans to combine a barbecue cookoff with the Rifle Rendezvous.

As Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley currently builds affordable housing units in south Rifle, it now wants to build toward the west. But instead of individual houses, it’s an entire manufacturing facility. Local Habitat President Gail Schwartz proposed to Rifle City Council last week an effort to build...

Glennyce DeRoeck was a truly beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother who left us December 30 th, 2022. Glennyce was born in Illinois October 24, 1928 and found her lifelong love of 70 years soon after graduating from high school in Elmhurst, IL. She married Robert ‘Bob’ DeRoeck and they began their lives together enjoying snow skiing, boating, and water skiing with family and friends. They moved to Colorado with their children Sandy DeRoeck Albers, Lee DeRoeck and Teri DeRoeck Luetke and lived in Georgetown, eventually settling in Glenwood Springs. In Glenwood, Glennyce helped Bob run his crane business and was active in the community and helping raise her grandchildren. In her retirement she was a voracious reader and a continued caretaker for her family. Glennyce is survived by her son Lee, 7 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, and 7 great great-grandchildren. Glennyce is preceded in death by her husband Bob, daughters Sandy and Teri, her son-in-law Bob Albers, her grandson Bob Albers, and her great grandson Bobby Albers. She will be truly and deeply missed as she was a force of caring, strength and triumph in her life. A celebration of her life will be held February 4th, 2023 at 1pm at Farnum Holt Funeral Home, followed by a reception at the Glenwood Springs Elks Lodge.

Rifle High School wrestling and girls and boys basketball have been hard at it recently. Among them, the girls (7-9, 2-3) get set to play Summit away at 6 p.m. Friday. The boys (0-14, 0-6) also play Summit away but at 7 p.m. Friday. For wrestling, Rifle girls host a dual against Olathe at 5 p.m. Thursday while Rifle wrestling also prepares for a the 2023 Duff Seaney Invitational in Cañon City on Jan. 28.

Glenwood Springs City Council invested $260,000 from the city’s Tobacco Tax fund to help fund a mental health provider for public schools that are part of the Roaring Fork School District. “It’s very direct, it’s really having a huge impact in terms of reducing stigma and increasing access to...

Coffee and raw conversations between Rifle Police Officers and city residents will take over a local cafe this week, according to a news release. The Rifle Police Department is slated to host a Coffee with a Cop event at Whistle Pig Coffee Stop & Cafe at 9 a.m. Friday. The cafe is located in downtown Rifle, at 121 East 3rd St.

Even after graduation, Peyton Garrison is still notching accolades for Coal Ridge High School. The Titans’ standout runner was just named amongst the best female athletes in Colorado, a Monday news release states. She joins 48 other female athletes recognized this year by Sportswomen of Colorado as the “top female athletes and contributors to women’s athletics.”

Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale has its very own winter play park, complete with a mini ice rink and cross country ski tracks. The facilities are regularly used during the colder months for physical education classes, under the watch of longtime CRES P.E. teacher Marty Madsen. A combination of...

At the time of this publication, I have been the proud superintendent of the Roaring Fork Schools for 134 days. It is hard to believe that next week I will celebrate my seven-month anniversary! As I near this milestone, I want to share with our community some of what I’ve learned during my tenure as superintendent and what I recommend as next steps for our district.

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park almost tripled donation funds in 2022 for its Gondola Giving fundraiser. “I can’t emphasize enough the support from the community and to see the number of our guests that showed up to support the LiftUp organization,” Caverns Adventure Park General Manager Nancy Heard said.

Ninth Judicial District Attorney Jefferson Cheney said Tony Pagni, the former New Castle police chief who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to pointing an AK-style rifle at his neighbor while intoxicated last summer, was suffering a crisis the night he committed the crime. This is a main reason why Cheney advocated...

Depending on how you measure, methane emissions in the atmosphere are up to 86 times more harmful than carbon-dioxide emissions. The abandoned coal mines near Redstone threaten the environment with leaking methane. The Coal Basin Methane Project (CBMP) is working toward a plan to capture and dispose of the approximately 1.3 million cubic feet of methane trapped in the mines.

A defense attorney for the Glenwood Springs man accused of erratically firing a weapon at police officers and his roommates last summer argued his client is being interrogated without legal counsel by his side. Craig Robbins, at the time 44, allegedly shot his roommate — also his acting landlord —...