Glenwood Springs News

CARBONDALE, Colorado - Armed with growing evidence that a busy kid is less likely to get into trouble, an after-school program for middle-school-aged students that began in Carbondale this year is shopping around for local government support to expand its efforts to Glenwood Springs and Basalt.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Valley View Hospital is ranked among the top 5 percent of hospitals around the country in terms of patient satisfaction, according to an independent analysis of a recent survey commissioned by the federal government.

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.

Former Republican congressman Scott McInnis, a native of Glenwood Springs now living in Grand Junction, on Wednesday filed the paperwork to create a campaign committee and start raising money for his bid to become Colorado's next governor.

Police have run into several instances of Glenwood Springs residents placing full trash containers out the night before pickup GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Glenwood Springs Police Chief Terry Wilson has already had his fill with bears and trash cans this year.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Ashton Taufer got an early appreciation for jazz music growing up in Glenwood Springs and going to the Summer of Jazz concerts with his family.

When state oil and gas officials convene in Garfield County in July, they may get an earful of opinions from at least one of the county commissioners here.

The wind was blowing, and the sky looked threatening at Glenwood's first Downtown Market of the season.

Lionel Loueke brings his unique combination of jazz guitar and African roots influences to the Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz stage in Two Rivers Park tonight.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Parking fines for people who break the two-hour parking limit in downtown Glenwood Springs will double in July.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A man who evaded police by jumping into the Colorado River in April accepted a plea agreement from prosecutors Thursday in 9th Judicial District Court.

Authorities are seeking more information regarding the murder of a 38-year-old Aurora woman.

Folks with doctor approval for marijuana therapy may soon have easier access through a dispensary in Breckenridge, Colorado.

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

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Heather Finley has found a new home for her Glenwood Springs business, Passion for Picnics.

Garfield County Sheriff's Office and the Glenwood Springs Police Department authorities cleared all three buildings evacuated by a bomb threat earlier Tuesday.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - The Glenwood Meadows mall is watching over the birth of its two newest neighbors, a Marriott Residence Inn and a Courtyard Hotel by Marriott.

The Garfield County courthouse, sheriff's department and county administration building in Glenwood Springs have been evacuated because of a bomb threat.

GARFIELD COUNTY, Colorado - Area health officials announced at the end of last week that there are a total of eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, in Garfield County.

More than three years after fire destroyed the Grand Avenue Mall in Glenwood Springs, there is new life at the old building.