GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - There is not enough time to get all the details worked out to set up a December special election for the city to sell off property for a new downtown library, Glenwood Springs City Council has concluded.
However, city staff will meet with representatives from the Garfield County Public Library District and the Downtown Development Authority within the coming week to lay out some other options.
"We have some alternatives that we will be bringing before the library and the downtown group," Mayor Bruce Christensen said at the Thursday City Council meeting.
"But...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The city will allow credits for income-restricted rental apartments at Glenwood Meadows to be used toward the developers' overall affordable housing requirement, City Council agreed at its Sept. 2 meeting.
However, the Meadows' most recent bid for federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits was denied by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority. So developers Robert Macgregor and Mike Maple must now work with the city to come up with acceptable guidelines for the rent controls.
Council voted 6-1 directing city staff to work with Glenwood Meadows LLC on...

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
- Hesoid, 800 B.C.

The two Buick automobiles gathered a great deal of attention when they pulled into Rifle in the late summer of 1924. Four men, promising wealth to the community through the development of oil, quickly set up headquarters in the town.
The company they proposed was the Divide Creek Oil Co. The mission of the corporation was to secure leases to "pump, prepare for market, refine and treat...

NEW CASTLE, Colorado - For the second time in eight days, smoke filled the air south of New Castle and a mobile home was destroyed by fire.
Unlike the deadly blaze on Sunday, Aug. 29, no one died or was injured in Monday night's blaze. The Aug. 29 fire claimed the life of 78-year-old Sanford Vaughn Griffin in the Mountain Shadow subdivision, which is connected to Apple Tree Park.
For next door neighbor Debbie Fettig, it was a frightening sight when she looked out the window and saw flames coming from underneath...

Dental fluoride varnishes
Garfield County Public Health is providing dental fluoride varnishes for children ages 1-12 years old. Fluoride varnish is "painted" onto teeth as a protective coating that helps prevent cavities (and helps stop cavities that have already started). \
The varnish takes only minutes to apply and dries almost immediately. Fluoride varnishing clinics will begin Tuesday, Sept. 7, in Rifle and Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Glenwood Springs from 8:30-11 a.m.
Clinics will continue to be held the first Tuesday of the month in Rifle and the third Tuesday of...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Candidates for local and state offices will be on the hot seat tonight for the 24th annual Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association Issues and Answers Night, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Glenwood Springs City Hall.
Expected to attend are the candidates for three Garfield County elected offices that will be decided in the Nov. 2 general election:
* County Commissioner District 1 - incumbent Democrat Tresi Houpt and Republican Tom Jankovsky;
* County Assessor - incumbent Democrat John Gorman and Republican Jim Yellico; and,
* County Sheriff - incumbent Republican Lou Vallario and...