Directorio de recursos actualizadoWest Mountain Regional Health Alliance, junto con Regional Health Connector, actualizó recientemente su Guía de Directorio de Recursos, donde personas con ingresos limitados pueden encontrar servicios de salud en los condados de Garfield, Eagle y Pitkin. La guía ofrece información sobre organizaciones enfocadas en recursos gratuitos o de bajo costo, incluyendo programas […]
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Un bufete de abogados envía una carta de cese y desistimiento al sheriff del condado de Garfield por una supuesta aplicación ilegal de la ley de inmigración
El bufete de abogados sin fines de lucro Towards Justice, con sede en Denver, envió el 25 de febrero una carta de cese y desistimiento al sheriff del condado de Garfield, Lou Vallario, alegando que su oficina ha “violado la ley de Colorado que limita la colaboración de las fuerzas del orden locales con las […]
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GarCo Report: ‘Merry Christmas to the Sheriff’s office’
Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting was the last one of 2025. First up was an anti-climactic presentation on mill levies for the 2026 budget year. Juby Cummings of the county assessor’s office requested certification of mill levies, but did not have the exact numbers. “We are waiting on five certifications of mill levies from […]
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Beneath 133 bridge, litter and more causing concern
At recent Carbondale Board of Trustee meetings, members of the public have brought forth concerns about pollution accumulating beneath the Veteran Memorial Bridge. That bridge, connecting Carbondale with Highway 82, has long attracted homeless campers and gained extra attention in the fall of 2023 when a large group of migrants was found to be sheltering […]
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Late-night incidents cause of concern for Satank neighbors
In the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 24, between 2:46 and 3:38am, a man allegedly attempted to enter a residence in Satank, a residential neighborhood located just outside Carbondale within Garfield County. Finding all entrances locked, the man left. A neighbor’s security camera captured the coming and going of a large white truck which corresponded […]
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One year after unhoused newcomers influx, regional response coalescing
It was November 2023 when Voces Unidas de las Montañas, an advocacy organization, sounded the alarm about close to 100 unhoused people, mostly from Venezuela and unfamiliar with a Colorado winter, camping in cars and tents beneath the Veterans Memorial Bridge at the north entrance to Carbondale. According to Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson, what […]
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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: 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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Commissioners double down on reluctance to aid migrants
The Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) held their first regular meeting of March at the Garfield County Sheriff Annex outside of Rifle. It was a quick meeting — just over an hour long — with one particularly divisive item on the agenda: a resolution declaring Garfield County as a “non-sanctuary” county.Commissioner Mike Samson began by thanking […]
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GarCo Report: Of property taxes and a new services provider for the county jail
“Affordable housing starts with affordable property taxes,” said Glenwood Springs resident Craig Amichaux at Monday’s regular meeting. Amichaux spoke to the commissioners (BOCC) ahead of the agenda, starting with price increases over the last few years. “Twenty-four percent increase in electricity, 24% increase in lunch meat, 33% in flour, 48% increase on gasoline, and first […]