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    • COVID Vaccine Clinics Scheduled
      Glenwood Springs—More COVID-19 vaccines are being offered this week in Garfield County. Everyone aged 16 and older can get a Pfizer vaccine and those 18 and up are eligible to receive the Moderna or the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine.  Garfield County health officials say they don’t know from week to week how many ...
    • Glenwood City Council Elections
      Glenwood Springs—Shelly Kaup was the runaway winner in Tuesday’s Glenwood Springs City Council race. The Mayor Pro-Tem easily defeated challenger Ricky Rodriguez for the At Large seat. Kaup, who served on the council from 2007 to 2011, captured 1,233 votes to win her second straight term. Rodriguez, the owner of the Native Son Restaurant garnered ...
    • Authorities Identify Boulder Shooting Victims
      BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police have identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. He was identified as a resident of Arvada. A prosecutor says he lived most of his life in the U.S. Authorities on Tuesday also identified nine victims after previously identifying a ...
    • Authorities Identify Boulder Shooting Victims
      BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police have identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect in the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. He was identified as a resident of Arvada. A prosecutor says he lived most of his life in the U.S. Authorities on Tuesday also identified nine victims after previously identifying a ...
    • Active shooter reported at grocery store in Colorado: Boulder police
      Update: 8:54PM BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police say 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a Colorado supermarket, including a police officer. Boulder police Cmdr. Kerry Yamaguchi said at a news conference Monday that a suspect is in custody and is getting medical treatment. Police say they’re still investigating and didn’t have details on ...
    • State Begins Relaxing Restrictions
      DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s health department is moving to relax its statewide mask mandate and limits on gathering capacity, saying the state’s role in determining COVID-19 restrictions will lessen in favor of more local control as vaccination eligibility opens more widely. The proposal announced Friday would allow local authorities and “private entities” in the counties ...
    • Minor League Ball Player Facing Major League Charges
      VAIL, Colo. (AP) – A minor league baseball player is facing drug charges after police in Colorado found 21 pounds of methamphetamine and 1.2 pounds of oxycodone pills in his Chicago Cubs duffel bag. Twenty-five-year-old Jesus Camargo-Corrales, of Tempe, Arizona, appeared in Eagle County Court on Thursday on drug charges and ordered held on $75,000 ...
    • Colorado Supreme Court Rules in Constitution Violation Case
      (AP) – The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that state Senate Democrats violated the constitution in 2019 when they responded to Republicans’ request that bills be read at length by having computers speed-read the bills in an intelligible garble.  In Monday’s 4 to 3 ruling the court said the speed-reading tactic violated the constitution’s mandate ...
    • Gregg Smith Ends Congressional Campaign
      DENVER (AP) – Gregg Smith, a rancher, former U.S. Marine and former business executive, has announced he is abandoning his bid for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2022. In a tweet on Monday, Smith said that he has concluded that his chances of wining ...
    • Schools Remain Closed Two Days After Historic Blizzard
      CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Schools are still closed and roads are impassable in eastern Wyoming and northern Colorado, two days after a record blizzard. Crews started reopening Interstate 25 south of Cheyenne on Tuesday for the first time since Saturday. Some other major routes in the region aren’t expected to be cleared for another day. ...
    • Joachim Blichfeld Suspended for Check on Nathan MacKinnon
      NEW YORK (AP) – San Jose Sharks forward Joachim Blichfeld was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Thursday for an illegal check to the head of Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon.Blichfeld was called for a match penalty Wednesday night when he hit MacKinnon on the way to the bench in the third period ...
    • Broncos GM Wants More Information on Von Miller Investigation
      ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Denver Broncos new general manager George Paton says he wants Von Miller to stay with the team but he wants to hear more about an unspecified criminal investigation into Miller before a decision is made. The Broncos and Miller are awaiting a decision from the district attorney in the 18th Judicial ...
    • High School Basketball: Palisade at Rifle – Listen Here
      Listen to the games here.
    • High School Basketball: Rifle at Glenwood – Listen Here
      The Bears and the Demons split games. Listen here.
    • College Basketball
      Top 25 Rankings: (AP) – Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot behind the Bulldogs. Illinois climbed one spot to fourth and Iowa gave the Big Ten three teams in the ...
    • Rockies Blackmon Motivated to Improve at the Plate
      (AP) – Success on the field doesn’t motivate Charlie Blackmon nearly as much as failure. Nothing makes the Colorado Rockies outfielder feel more determined than striking out in a big spot or making a costly error. It drives him to succeed even more. The player known for his bushy beard and mullet haircut was off ...
    • Sharks Pull Away From Avalanche Late
      SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Erik Karlsson scored for the first time this season during a four-goal third period that helped the San Jose Sharks roll past the Colorado Avalanche 6-2. Rudolfs Balcers broke a tie early in the third, John Leonard scored on a breakaway and Evander Kane added an empty-netter as the Sharks ...
    • Nuggets Dominate Bulls with a Huge Night from Jokic
      CHICAGO (AP) – Nikola Jokic dominated with 39 points and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls 118-112. The three-time All-Star scored 17 in the fourth quarter to help the Nuggets come away with the win after blowing a 15-point lead. Jokic also finished with nine assists, just missing his 50th career ...
    • High School Basketball
      Boys Steamboat Springs – 54          Coal Ridge Titans – 51 Andrew Herrera, 17 points  5-8 3pt, Karsen DuBois, 10 points Tonight: Rifle at Glenwood Springs   Girls tip-off at 4:30   Boys tip-off around 6:30
    • High School Basketball: Glenwood at Palisade – Listen Here
      Listen to the game here.
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