Silt News

Antero Resources says it plans to drill about 50 wells using one drilling rig in the Silt area this year, with drilling taking place south of the Colorado River.

The public scoping period for the Bureau of Land Management's Northwest Colorado District greater sage-grouse planning effort has been extended through March 23.

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

The fallacy of "circular logic" or "begging the question" is committed when a proposition requiring proof is assumed to be correct without proof.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Garfield County commissioners are moving to complete a study that the county's former oil and gas liaison says found a possible link between natural gas development and methane in shallow groundwater south of Silt.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Craig Davis, accused of bilking more than $1.9 million from dozens of local investors, was unable to convince a judge to lower his bail from $160,000. Davis, 61, of Silt, was arrested last December following a year-long investigation by the Glenwood Springs Police Department and the local district attorney's office.

In Colorado, federal grants and contracts can be a useful resource when businesses, local communities and nonprofit organizations have efficient and effective access to them.

7, Battlement Mesa Fire House, 0124 Stone Quarry Road 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Silt Fire House, 611 Main St.

Cindie Ellis Jones, 71, of Silt lost her courageous battle with lung cancer on Jan.

What ever happened to the free market? A conservative slate of trustees was elected in Silt in 2010, and, as some of them have reminded us recently, part of their platform was to bring a grocery store to town.

The towns of New Castle, Silt and Parachute will be conducting municipal elections on April 3. New Castle and Silt are conducting mail-only elections, while Parachute will hold a traditional polling-place election.

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

I would like to respond to the statements made by Anita Sherman in the Jan. 20 Post Independent.

With a population of just under 3,000, Silt is experiencing the same problem other small towns face, low sales tax revenue.

The greater sage-grouse is a large, rounded-winged, ground-dwelling bird, up to 30 inches long and 2 feet tall, weighing 2 to 7 pounds.

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

SILT, Colorado - A public hearing on a proposal to designate 32 city blocks in Silt as "blighted" and in need of redevelopment, along with a $4 million request to Garfield County to get new commercial development going, is set for Monday, Jan.