H1N1 INFLUENZA CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD RIFLE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AUSTIN BOOTH MONDAY. THE HEALTHY STUDENT-ATHLETE WAS FLOWN TO SAINT MARY’S HOSPITAL LAST WEEK WITH SEVERE FLU SYMPTOMS. MONDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN WORD SPREAD THAT BOOTH HAD DIED, COUNSELORS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AT RIFLE HIGH SCHOOL. GARFIELD COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR JIM RADA … Read more
SOLAR PANELS STOLEN KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR SOLAR PANELS. THIEVES APPARENTLY ARE GOING AFTER THEM AGAIN. THE GARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL SOLAR PANELS WERE STOLEN FROM CARBONDALE A FEW DAYS AGO. THE CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. LAST SUMMER AND FALL, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PANELS, BATTERIES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT WERE STOLEN … Read more
AUTHORITIES SAY WILLITS HOME FIRE WAS ARSON THEIR SUSPICIONS WERE ACCURATE. SOMEONE DELIBERATELY SET FIRE TO A HOME IN THE WILLITS SUBDIVISION LAST WEDNESDAY. AUTHORITIES WITH THE BASALT POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE EAGLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT A HYDROCARBON METER VERIFIED THAT AN ACCELERANT OF SOME … Read more
REEVES BROWN/DOLA/HICKENLOOPER LET’S ALL WORK TOGETHER. LET’S ALL GET ALONG AND PLAY NICE….REEVES BROWN HAS HEARD IT ALL BEFORE FROM PAST GOVERNORS. THE FORMER CLUB 20 PRESIDENT WAS CHOSEN BY JOHN HICKENLOOPER TO HEAD UP DOLA, THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS. BROWN BELIEVES HICKENLOOPER’S TEAM APPROACH TO SOLVING THE STATE’S PROBLEMS IS GENUINE. HE SAYS … Read more
DENVER (AP) – Gov. John Hickenlooper says he’ll offer core principles but no major new programs in his first State of the State speech today. The Democrat say his first address to lawmakers will focus on jobs and the economy, with an emphasis on streamlining programs the state already has in place. DENVER (AP) – … Read more
Gov.-elect also appoints Directors of Public Health and Natural Resources
HWY 82 FATAL AN EL JEBEL MAN WAS KILLED INSTANTLY IN A HIGH-SPEED HEAD-ON COLLISION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 82. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM THE COLORADO STATE PATROL, 21 YEAR OLD JOSE NACHADO ANDRADE WAS HEADING UP VALLEY INTO ASPEN WHEN HIS CAR SWERVED INTO THE ONCOMING LANES AND SLAMMED INTO A STATION WAGON. THE … Read more
ANTERO AGREEMENT / NEGOTIATIONS GARFIELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TOOK THEIR SHOW ON THE ROAD YESTERDAY. THE BOARD HELD IT’S WEEKLY MEETING IN BATTLEMENT MESA, A COMMUNITY THAT’S BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AS RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BATTLING THE OIL AND GAS DRILLING PLANS OF ANTERO RESOURCES. LESLIE ROBINSON, REPRESENTING A … Read more
COLORADO LAWMAKERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS ARE EXPRESSING GRIEF, SHOCK AND SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTINGS IN TUSCON, ARIZONA. ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND IS IN INTENSIVE CARE. A COLORADO SPRINGS WOMAN WAS ONE OF THE SIX PEOPLE THAT DIED. RESCUERS ARE SEARCHING THE SANGRE DE … Read more
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – Colorado issued nearly 6,000 oil and gas drilling permits last year for the state’s third-highest total on record. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director David Neslin says the state issued 5,996 permits last year. The record is 8,027 permits, set in 2008. Weld County had the most permits at … Read more