Battlement Mesa News

Residents of Battlement Mesa believe that gas wells, if they ever are drilled in the community, should be no closer than 1,000 feet from the nearest home, domestic water wells or the Colorado River.

Gang activity in Garfield County is on the rise. Tonight a meeting will be held in Battlement Mesa so locals can learn about what they can do to combat gang violence.

Four seasoned and highly qualified teachers of Garfield County School District 16 in the Grand Valley schools of Parachute and Battlement Mesa were honored at the annual Teachers of the Year recognition event on April 24.

Although it seems a foregone conclusion in the making, the Garfield County commissioners will be asked on Monday to formally confirm that any gas drilling within the Battlement Mesa community boundaries must undergo the modern version of a special-use permit review before work can begin.

State regulators of the oil and gas industry will be in Glenwood Springs twice this month to discuss a variety of controversial subjects, ranging from pollution coinciding with gas-drilling activities to plans for setting up drilling rigs in a residential community.

I will never know if this letter is printed in your paper, as you have concluded that we are no longer a part of the community of Garfield County.

In his sixth month in office, Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson said he is a "peacemaker" in conflicts between his fellow commissioners.

BATTLEMENT MESA, Colorado - Residents here are likely to use an established play book in their efforts to deal with planned natural gas drilling in the neighborhood - the same play book used to create a 2006 drilling plan for the Silt/Rifle/New Castle area.

A Battlement Mesa woman has sued the city of Glenwood Springs, saying a tombstone in a city cemetery fell on her son and caused him to lose hearing in an ear.

A Western Slope retirement community is in an uproar over proposed natural gas wells.

Garfield County's elected leaders want to ensure that at least three items get a public airing at the upcoming meeting of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission , which is to be held somewhere in Garfield County in July.

The Denver-based CMC Group this week got the contract to build a new Garfield County Sheriff's Office annex near Rifle, at a cost that is expected to save the county nearly $500,000. The Garfield County commissioners on June 15 gave their approval to a contract to build a one-story, 16,700-square-foot building to house mainly the sheriff's overflow ...

Senate Republican leader Josh Penry is hosting a town hall meeting Monday in Battlement Mesa.

The editorial cartoon on June 2 offended me. Women chose to use Dr. Tiller's professional services, for a number of reasons.

Jun 7, 2009 2:47 pm US/Mountain Residents of Battlement Mesa worried about pending oil and gas drilling are getting assurances from state officials that their concerns will be heard.

For 34 years, Pete Martinez has been selling flooring and carpet and now he's brought his expertise to Rifle with a new location in downtown Rifle.

VFW Post 3485, made up of veterans from Battlement Mesa and Parachute, thanks the many folks that contributed to the sale of poppies on the Saturday before Memorial Day.

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colorado - Garfield County bureaucrats believe than many of the county's intersections, particularly where county roads meet state highways, are either inadequate to handle the traffic they experience today, or will soon be insufficient to meet the traffic that will hit them tomorrow.

One quiet Western Slope bedroom community is about to become a busy hub for the gas industry.

Around 400 people crowded a gym Wednesday night to hear Antero Resources lay out plans to begin drilling for natural gas later this year within Garfield County's Battlement Mesa development.