Increasing numbers of bears are roaming Glenwood Springs, resulting in the usual problem of bears getting into people’s trash and coming in close proximity to humans, pets and livestock, despite even the best efforts to keep them out. The problem is heightened this year by the extreme drought and the lack of a good natural […]
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Glenwood Report: Council forwards fire mill levy question to voters for Nov. 3 election
Glenwood Springs city voters will join voters in the Glenwood Rural Fire District in deciding whether to raise property taxes by $3.6 million to support fire response and emergency medical services. City Council, at its regular Aug. 20 meeting, voted 6-0 (with Councilor Mitchell Weimer absent) to place the question before voters at the Nov. […]
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Glenwood Report: Council votes 6-1 to pursue legal action against ICE facility landlord
A packed house greeted the Glenwood Springs City Council at its Aug. 6 regular meeting, as citizen activists lined up demanding, again, that the City take enforcement action against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in West Glenwood. Council ultimately voted 6-1 to file suit in Colorado District Court against ICE’s private […]
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Glenwood Report: Housing needs assessed, Mitchell-Cooper water users face shut-off order
The City of Glenwood Springs would ideally approve or somehow create another 1,824 housing units over the next 10 years to help meet the region’s anticipated need for new workforce housing. That was the upshot of a report given to Glenwood Springs City Council on the newly completed Roaring Fork/ColoradoRiver Valley Housing Needs Analysis during […]
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Glenwood Report: City Council scrutinizes ride service pricing, enacts new panhandling, camping restrictions
All Glenwood Springs City Council members were present for the regular July 2 meeting, which covered a variety of topics including wildfire risk modeling, a proposed fare increase for the City’s on-demand ride service and a new ordinance aimed at reining in panhandling at dangerous intersections. No members of the public were present to speak […]
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Glenwood Report: South Bridge obstacles, debrief on traffic gridlock
Two critical matters related to the push to build the South Bridge over the Roaring Fork River were before Glenwood Springs City Council for their June 18 regular meeting. The first arose from a special executive session meeting between Council and City Attorney Karl Hanlon regarding Garfield County’s legal action last week in District Court […]
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ICE detention follow-up, new police software, water sale for housing
Glenwood Springs City Council is being pressured to take legal action to try to enforce an April 28 Planning and Zoning Commission decision revoking a special-use permit for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in West Glenwood. The revocation was in response to public outcries when evidence revealed through public records requests that […]
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Glenwood Report: Police pitch cost-saving move to Axon technology for body cam, surveillance, other bundled services
A light agenda greeted Glenwood Springs City Council for its second regular meeting of the month on Thursday, May 21, with all but Councilor Ray Schmahl present. Two members of the public addressed Council under the public comments portion of the meeting for items not on the agenda. Glenwood resident Judy Haynes asked Council what […]
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Glenwood Report: City Council ponies up to help Cavern Springs purchase
Glenwood Springs City Council brought the local government tally to $5.5 million in the effort to help residents buy the Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park, located just off Highway 82 about seven miles south of Glenwood. Council voted 5-2 at its May 7 regular meeting to provide a $500,000 forgivable loan from the city’s workforce […]
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Glenwood Report: City withdraws from interagency SPEAR crimes task force
Glenwood Springs, on a 6-1 vote by City Council, is withdrawing from the interagency Special Problems Enforcement and Response (SPEAR) task force that’s headed up by the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, over concerns about potential information-sharing with federal immigration enforcement. At the April 16 City Council meeting, Glenwood Springs Police Chief Joseph Deras gave a […]