Cottonwood Pass closed for winter season, U.S. Forest Service also implements winter closures

There are a lot of reasons to love Glenwood Springs, but canyon closures aren’t on that list. While our community — and region, given just how many people rely on the canyon for commerce and vacation — was blessed with a relatively unremarkable summer season through Glenwood Canyon, this winter has been anything but.

Best-laid plans for a Roaring Fork School District bus driver to make an afternoon sports team drop in Rifle and return to Carbondale in time for a regular after-school bus route went south with last Friday’s Interstate 70 closure due to a police incident. The situation pointed up an...

Major funding from national opioid settlements with CVS and Walgreens is coming to Garfield County. One proposal is to direct part of the funds toward providing clean syringes and the overdose prevention drug Naloxone locally. Garfield County Public Health Specialist Mason Hohstadt outlined this proposal and two others — using...

The annual Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association Awards Gala was a throwback to the “me decade,” complete with big hair, puffy shoulder dresses, parachute pants, air guitar players, moonwalkers, cassette tapes and boom boxes for a 1980s prom-themed party at the Hotel Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 4. Here’s...

Mike Wilde was in the know and did his part to convince his wife, Debbie, to attend the annual Glenwood Springs Chamber Gala Saturday night at the Hotel Colorado. What he didn’t know was that it wasn’t just Debbie who was to be honored as the 2022 Citizen of the Year — but him, as well.

Coal Ridge High School boys wrestling squared up against five teams at the Meeker Duals on Saturday. With the poise of Titans grapplers Clayton Rossi and Cooper Thurmon, they led Coal Ridge to a second-place team finish in Pool A. Meeker took first place. Thurmon and Rossi each nabbed four...

Coal Ridge High School boys wrestling hosted Glenwood Springs and North Fork for a round of dual matches on Thursday, Feb. 2. North Fork defeated Glenwood Springs, 63-12. Scores from the Glenwood-Coal Ridge and Coal Ridge-North Fork matches were not posted. Glenwood Springs match winners versus North Fork included Leobardo...

A police pursuit on Interstate 70 Friday afternoon is currently under investigation with the Colorado State Patrol, a Garfield County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said Monday. “There was a brief pursuit that ended with the person fleeing, crashing their vehicle,” Walter Stowe, Garfield County public information officer, said. Stowe...

Approximately 30,000 Garfield County property tax notices were sent out in late January, according to a county news release. The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners has certified $187.1 million in taxes to be collected through this tax cycle, up from $151.9 million in 2022, the release states. Property owners may pay taxes in halves or all at once; the deadlines for half payments are Feb. 28 and June 15. The deadline for a full payment is April 30.