Garfield County Commission Chair Tom Jankovsky put Democratic Commissioner-elect Jonathan Godes on the spot at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting. “I want to acknowledge that you are our next county commissioner that is going to be sitting in my position,” Jankovsky said. Godes won the race for Jankovsky’s seat on Nov. 3 against Republican […]
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Unofficial election results: Democrats lead local races
Local Democrats led their Republican adversaries in local commissioner and state representative races, according to the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder and Colorado Secretary of State results as of the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 4. GarCo commissioner seatDemocrat Jonathan Godes led Republican Eric Rudd in the race for Garfield Board of County Commissioners District 1, […]
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GarCo Report: Discretionary grant awards, Native AmericanHeritage Month and King of the Yard
Commissioner Perry Will was hailed as King of the Yard at this year’s Garfield County Fair for his 16 fruit-and-vegetable entries. Carla Farrand, county director for the Colorado State University Extension, made the announcement at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting and told The Sun that the title is based on county fair horticultural entries. […]
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GarCo Report: County discretionary grant program ending, Mitchell Creek PUD advancing
At the final regular Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting for October, commissioners heard $67,500-worth of third- and fourth-quarter discretionary grant requests from 15 local nonprofits. But, there is a problem. The county discretionary budget started off 2026 at $120,000, which is supposed to last all year at about $30,000 per quarter. County […]
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Kicking the Kabuki habit
Government is a core pillar of society. When choosing our leaders, there is a lot to unpack, and this column is intended to help readers do just that before election day. Kabuki is a classical Japanese theater form dating back centuries and is known for its stylized gestures, bold makeup, elaborate costumes and dramatic frozen […]
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Aspen Glen eagle buffer zone hearing postponed
The Bald Eagle Nesting Site (Buffer Zone) in Aspen Glen has existed since 1992, when the planned unit development (PUD) and golf club were first established. Houses have continued to pop up ever since, but not on parcels 245 and 246 along the Roaring Fork River, where development was prohibited to allow for nesting. While […]
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GarCo Report: Commissioners discuss library board application, hear Xcel Energy wildfire mitigation efforts
It’s time for new appointments to the Garfield County Library Board of Trustees. Two seats will be open at the beginning of 2027, including the at-large position, now filled by Board Treasurer John Mallonee, and the Silt seat, filled by Board President Adrian Rippy-Sheehy, as discussed in the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) […]
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GarCo Report: Commissioners hear updates on election, water, AI and budget
The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) tackled some big issues in four hours on Monday for the first meeting of October, including election logistics, water conservation, AI use by government employees and more. All 38,000 ballots for the Nov. 3 general election went out to Garfield County voters on Tuesday, Oct. 6. And, […]
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Early voting, a ‘reliable option’
Editor’s note: Tune into Everything Under The Sun on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 4pm on KDNK Radio (kdnk.org) for a recording of a mini-forum with Garfield County Commissioner District 1 candidates Eric Rudd (Republican) and Jonathan Godes (Democrat). Ballots have been mailed to all active registered voters in Garfield County; the Clerk and Recorder’s Office […]
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Garfield County commissioner candidates go head to head
Editor’s note: The date of the forum discussed in this article has been corrected to Monday, Sept. 28, rather than Tuesday, Sept. 28, as originally misstated. One thing is for sure: the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will see some new blood come November. County constituents got a preview of what that might […]