Basalt News

It's time to celebrate! Climb aboard your bike and pedal your way to the Rio Grande Trail Celebration with us.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The Garfield County Jail has a new commander. Starting Monday, July 6, former Garfield County Sheriff's Patrol Sergeant Stephen Hopple will move into his new position as the top boss at the jail.

ASPEN, Colorado - Neither a 150-year prison term nor a courtroom apology from Bernard Madoff satisfied some of his local investors Monday, when the disgraced money manager was sentenced in a Manhattan court by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin.

For good reason, Dan Mills remembers precisely the day he moved from northern Illinois to Tennessee.

One of the partners in The Club at Cordillera has purchased the entire club, and has big plans for the future.

ASPEN, Colorado - At a time when local governments are downsizing, freezing wages and leaving positions unfilled, the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Program has proposed expanding its staff next year.

While popular perception has everyone in Aspen eating fancy food and drinking classy wine, the reality is lots of people are struggling to get enough to eat.

Roy G. Brubacher, the western Garfield County representative on the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees, announced this week that he will not seek a second term on the board this November.

The Strawberry Shortcut, a staple of Strawberry Days weekend for more than 30 years, will return to the streets of Glenwood Springs on Sunday, June 21.

Youthentity hosts a Cuban-cuisine-themed fundraiser, including a pig roast, beer and whiskey tasting, music and silent auction, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at the Aspen Glen Club, 545 Bald Eagle Way, Carbondale.

The Aspen Democrat-Times reported on various goings-on, and urged the pursuit of gold mining, during the second week of June, a century ago: Taylor Park Road Yesterday $200 was raised among the merchants for the opening of the road over Taylor Pass.

A man was arrested shortly after the vehicle he was driving was spotted by a police officer without its headlights on at North Mill and Puppy Smith streets.

A team effort produced the signs for the new Basalt Sunday Market. Valley Lumber donated materials, Esse Design created the logo and artists at the Wyly Community Arts Center did the painting.

A Basalt man who allegedly tried to suffocate his pregnant girlfriend with a pillow faced a judge Tuesday for the first time since the incident took place at an apartment he shared with the woman.

Lunchtime diners enjoy a rare bit of sunshine Monday on the patio at Pacifica, where Claire Thomas waits to seat customers.

The town of Basalt and the Basalt Chamber of Commerce invite the public to a free lunch event to launch the town's local stimulus program, from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6, in downtown Basalt.

Dan and Doug Grant of Basalt bought a Tesla Roadster to try to spur interest in all-electric vehicles.

Government officials fear people will get the wrong impression when they enter the town of Basalt, Colorado because newly posted signs say "Warning" in red letters right below the sign that reads, "Welcome To Basalt." The warning refers to a town ordinance that prohibits drivers from letting their cars idle for more than two minutes.

An El Jebel man was arrested Thursday on a four-year-old warrant that stemmed from an investigation into an alleged burglary.

Basalt is closing Midland Avenue and throwing a party Saturday to launch its summer stimulus program.