Parachute News

Workers man an Encana oil rig near Parachute in this September 2011 photo. The Sierra Club is ending its support for natural gas as a "bridge fuel" to a renewable energy future, saying it makes no sense to go from one dirty fuel source to another without exploring alternative energy possibilities.

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John Colson Post Independent Staff GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Ninth Judicial District Court Judge James Boyd on Tuesday heard numerous cases involving criminal charges against individuals from around the county and the region.

UPDATE: There is currently a missing skydiver in Lake Tahoe. Three skydivers jumped from a helicopter over Lake Tahoe at 8am this morning.

Editor's note: The Garfield County Sheriff's Department reports the following incidents and arrests.

A driver who died Sunday night after a crash on Interstate 70 near Palisade has been identified as a 21-year-old from Meeker.

Counties in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming oil-shale country have banded together in opposition to a proposed federal plan to trim development of the controversial resource.

Symphony in the Valley Mother's Day concerts 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Rifle High School Auditorium 4 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the Jeannie Miller Theatre at Glenwood Springs High School Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors, $6 3-18 year olds, $30 families at the door Info: www.sitv.org Mother's Day Mile 1 p.m. Sunday, May 13, starting at Glenwood ... (more)

The Grand River Hospital District board of directors recently approved plans to build a new $16 million medical facility in Battlement Mesa.

Three special taxing districts in Garfield County - the Carbondale and Rifle fire districts and the Battlement Mesa Metropolitan District - elected board members in polling on Tuesday.

PARACHUTE, Colo.- A drug bust at mile marker 75.5 near parachute took thousands of dollars of drugs off the street.

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Garfield County Commissioner John Martin, left, recognized local historian Carleton Hubbard during Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony for the Glenwood Springs Branch Library.

PARACHUTE, Colo.- A single east and westbound lane of traffic has been closed along Interstate 70 and Highway Six to construct new exit ramps at the I-70 West Parachute Interchange near mile marker 72.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Three towns in Garfield County have recently urged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to take the most restrictive and conservative approach regarding leasing of public lands for development of oil shale and tar sands.

It's been 30 years since Exxon abruptly left the Colorado River Valley despite promises to develop oil shale for American "energy independence." Exxon's corporate board at the time decided that company profits trumped national security, and the oil shale industry collapsed overnight.

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Editor's note: The Garfield County Sheriff's Department reports the following incidents and arrests.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Efforts to make the downtown Glenwood Springs area more pedestrian friendly may benefit from Garfield County government's local assistance efforts.

The 35,000-square-foot building will house the district's Battlement Mesa Clinic and the Occupational Health and Safety Center, which it currently operates on leased space in Battlement Mesa.