At Monday’s regular meeting in Parachute, Andy Mueller, executive director of the Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD), asked the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) to pitch in between $2 million and $4 million to help defray the purchasing cost of the Shoshone water rights on the Colorado River. He said he preferred $4 million. But, […]
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GarCo Report: Eagles are fine, ballots in the mail, Holy Cross Energy gains on goals
The morning session kept the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) very busy. “The June 25 primary election is here,” announced Garfield County Clerk and Recorder Jackie Harmon. She said 36,000 ballots will be in the mail Tuesday, June 4. On Wednesday, June 5, ballot drop-off locations will open at town halls in Carbondale, New Castle, Silt, […]
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GarCo Report: County human service needs on the rise
Steven Kuschner, member of the Elk Springs Home Owners Association, expressed his disapproval during the open public comment period for the proposed Spring Valley Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD) amendment. He cited roads, the projected 5,703 vehicle trips per day at full build-out and stress on the land, wildlife corridors and aquifer as reasons for […]
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Peaceful protest draws attention to library board trustee interviews
Protesters met at noon Tuesday across the street from the Garfield County Administration building in Glenwood Springs. Against a backdrop of blooming trees, they carried signs with slogans such as “close the book on our commission,” “a restricted library is like a book without a page” and “let freedom read.” They chanted and cheered when […]
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GarCo Report: Voces Unidas, county updates and questions about the library trustee meeting
“Your non-sanctuary county resolution does not align with the values of our communities,” declared Alan Muñoz Valenciano, regional organizing manager for Voces Unidas de las Montañas, during the open public comment portion of Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting. “Referring, in that resolution, to immigrants arriving in Garfield County as a significant public health risk […]
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Correction: In a photo included in last week’s coverage of the Thompson Divide, Lea Linse holds up a Post Independent article from 2013, not 2023.Regarding the Spring Valley Ranch development, Kathleen Wanatowicz stated that “80-90% of the homes will be second homes,” not 86%. A time to celebrateYears ago, when natural gas drilling was heating […]
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Garco Report: County finance department wins national award, landfill hours change
Monday’s Garfield County commissioners’ (BOCC) meeting lasted all of an hour, including an executive session looking at legal issues involving two cases: the U.S. District Court case of the Estate of Oscar Canas v. Garfield County and the Garfield County District Court Case of Madrid v. BOCC. Dustin Moyer, the new CEO of Mountain Family […]
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GarCo Report: Changes to library trustee appointment process, gray wolf update and more
“Shame on you Commissioner Martin and Commissioner Samson for changing, without public notice or input from either the library trustees or the residents of Garfield County, the practice of allowing our library trustees to nominate candidates to serve on the library board of trustees.” Glenwood Springs resident Ellen Dole on Monday ripped into the Garfield […]
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GarCo Report: No new cars for sheriff, library malcontent more content
Silt resident and library malcontent John Lepkowski was the first to speak at Monday’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, as has been his practice for months. But this time he was full of praise for the BOCC’s recent decisions, including last week’s resolution that Garfield County is not a sanctuary county. “I just picked […]
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Mountain lions in the mix
Mike Rand has seen more mountain lions than usual in the past two years around his home south of Carbondale. He’s lived full-time above the KOA campground on Highway 133 for four years. “My family’s had this land since the ‘60s,” he told The Sopris Sun. “We’ve always had cats here. We used to have […]