Basalt News

Flow: 111 cfs Short and Sweet: Dries, nymphs and streamers - you name it, you can fish it on the Pan.

On Saturday, May 5, Trout Unlimited generously hosted a day of fly fishing for 14 of our buddies at Lake Christine in Basalt - a perfect day for outdoor education and new adventures.

As of late, anglers have been few and far between on the normally bustling Fryingpan River.

CARBONDALE, Colorado - It's not time yet to put away the lawn sprinklers and stop washing the family car in the driveway due to an ongoing regional drought.

A "simple spark" from a metal-cutting operation led to a 2.5-acre brush fire Tuesday afternoon a short distance upvalley from the Aspen-Basalt Mobile Home Park off East Willits Lane, according to Chief Scott Thompson, of the Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District.

A plea agreement is pending for a former Basalt High School teacher arrested in February on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a student , attorneys confirmed Monday.

Another naked runner has been spotted on a trail - this time, near Basalt. According to the Aspen times, the incident was reported on Nancy's Path in Emma on Thursday afternoon by two hikers.

Norma Galindo Gonzales wanted to get past the ID-checking doormen at dances in 2005, so she made a bad decision.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The Roaring Fork School District Re-1 school board agreed Wednesday to a five-year, $155,000 annual contract with the district's newly named superintendent, Dr.

My name is Robert H. Gardner. I am running for a seat on the Holy Cross Energy board of directors.

The Colorado Water Trust has received 16 formal offers from water-rights holders to participate in a pilot program aimed at boosting streamflows in rivers across the state this summer.

A national environmental organization named the Crystal River one of 2012's most endangered rivers in America on Tuesday because of the threat of dams and diversions.

BASALT, Colo.- A Basalt mother who has been held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was released Friday afternoon.

The Colorado River in Glenwood Springs might have hit its peak for the season already, and the Roaring Fork River isn't far behind, water managers said Thursday at the annual State of the River meeting for the Roaring Fork Basin.

When Norma Galindo Gonzales was awakened by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at her Basalt home early May 1, a valley with a history of opposing perceived unfair immigration enforcement also was roused.

The fishing throughout the Roaring Fork Valley has been pretty incredible lately.

Reading scores for third-graders have climbed steadily upward in most elementary schools in Garfield County.

Hector Morales Jr. achieved the American dream this spring. The Basalt High School senior who grew up in a blue-collar family worked his tail off to earn a national scholarship that will provide a full ride to a university.

CARBONDALE, Colorado - Local police have not yet caught the robber who struck at the Wells Fargo Bank here on Saturday.

BASALT, Colo. They say there's nothing stronger than a mother's love for her child.