Tag: Garfield County
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Garfield County judge wrongly imposed contempt sanction on mother, appeals court finds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court has found a Garfield County judge was wrong to impose a $50 fine on a mother for failing to follow a court order and arrange summer tutoring for her daughter. Judges may hold someone in contempt for disobeying an order, with two…
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Judge weighs whether lawsuit can proceed alleging illegal mining in Garfield County
A federal judge is contemplating whether to allow Garfield County and a group of Glenwood Springs residents to proceed with their lawsuit against the federal agency that manages public lands, which allegedly has allowed illegal mining to occur for years at a quarry near the city. The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance first filed its complaint…
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Safety improvements for Glenwood Canyon bypass mulled
An often treacherous and muddy network of county roads over Cottonwood Pass between Glenwood Springs and Gypsum where deaths have occurred is the subject of a coalition between the state and county authorities to improve safety. The unofficial bypass route is a series of unpaved county roads that link the towns that has been used…
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Girl dies after falling in front of school bus in Garfield County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 11-year-old girl died after being run over by a school bus in Parachute on Thursday morning. Police said the incident happened at 7:30 a.m. after the girl tripped while running to catch her school bus. The girl fell underneath the wheels of the bus,…
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Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state’s many underground coal-mine fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The veins of mining run deep in Superior, a Colorado community founded on coal and recently redefined by fire. For generations residents needed only to go a few miles west during winter to see plumes of steam and smoke rising from fissures in the Earth,…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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How Colorado’s 43rd state park came to be: ‘It was certainly a long shot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was the summer of 1969. It was love at first sight. From the minute she laid eyes on Sweetwater Lake in a remote pocket of northwest Colorado, 19-year-old Adrienne Brink knew she would be back. “It’s just so majestic. I can’t even explain it,”…
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Maryland man dies while skiing with his daughter at Sunlight Mountain Resort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 48-year-old man on vacation with his wife and two daughters died Tuesday while skiing at a resort in Garfield County. Job Henning of Bethesda, Maryland, was identified by the Garfield County Coroner’s Office on…
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All passengers survive small plane crash in Garfield County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A small plane carrying three people crashed Sunday afternoon in Garfield County, the Colorado River Fire Rescue announced. All three passengers survived the crash, but the extent of their injuries is unknown, officials said. The…