Rifle News

A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions.

Nicole Glammeyer of Rifle, a sophomore at Rifle High School, wants to go to Australia to be a student ambassador for the worldwide People to People organization.

What things do you think could or should be reduced in the Garfield Re-2 budget? What would you not want to see cut from the Re-2 budget? And what advice would you have on maintaining a positive culture and climate within the school district, despite budget/financial reductions? Those are the three questions being put out in a survey to teachers, ...

An extension on the contract between the current operators of the Rifle Creek Theatre, Kelly and Jacinto Iniguez, and the city of Rifle was approved by Rifle City Council members at the Jan.

Brewmaster Todd Malloy of the recently opened Rifle Brewing Company at Sammy's On Park Avenue checks on batches of beer that are brewed in-house. ENLARGE Shaun Brainard owner of Sammy's On Park Avenue and Todd Malloy, the brewmaster of Rifle Brewing Company offer at least six different types of ales brewed in-house as well as a full-service bar and ...

RIFLE, Colorado - Leslie Robinson has asthma and says sometimes she can't even go outside in Rifle because of the poor air quality.

RIFLE, Colo. - A collection of mayors, city council members and elected officials in general agreed this week that it's time for Garfield County to get serious about providing mass transit services to the towns in the western part of the county.

Calls for service in the Rifle Police Department were down 8.5 percent in 2009 over 2008, mainly due to a decrease in Rifle's population over the past year.

A Rifle man accused of shooting his brother is seeking to have a purported confession to police suppressed based on the contention he hadn't previously been advised of his constitutional rights.

Kelly Olech has never worked at a McDonald's restaurant before. But that didn't stop her on Friday evening, Jan.

Jacob Boone, 11, of Rifle, practices writing a check in Sue Auxter's fifth-grade class at Rifle Middle School on Monday morning.

The town of New Castle will hold a municipal election on April 6. Voters will choose the mayor and three councilors to serve four-year terms.

Couldn't find a place to rent because you had to come up with first, last and a security deposit? Have a pet and can't find a place that will accept them? Not wanting to get into a long-term lease because your situation might change? Now's the time to rent.

Authorities have still not released the identity of a person who died in a trailer home fire on North Seventh Street in New Castle on Tuesday evening, nor has the cause of the fire been determined.

The Glenwood Springs Republican monthly luncheon will feature Jeff Carlson, who will be speaking about auto legislation.

The gas drilling rig is right off Interstate 70 to the west of the Rulison exit, near enough to the highway for the workers to hear the hum of passing cars and trucks if the noise from the drilling equipment itself were ever to stop.

For Nondis Lowther of Rifle, being a volunteer for Hospice of the Valley, is a way of giving back to people who helped her when her husband was dying a little more than four years ago.

Position: city of Rifle finance director, four years Are there any major differences in the city's 2010 budget from 2009? Basically the revenues are flat between 2009 and 2010.

Melinda Smith of Rifle began a workout routine at The Rock Family Fitness in south Rifle as part of a New Year's resolution.

RIFLE, Colorado - Evergreen Republican Dan Maes is an accomplished businessman who wants to apply his successful business principles to the job of being governor of the state of Colorado.