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If Sweetwater Lake is to become a state park, it doesn’t need to change much. That was a point of agreement during a Tuesday afternoon meeting between county commissioners from Eagle County and Garfield County. ...

If Sweetwater Lake is to become a state park, it doesn’t need to change much. That was a point of agreement during a Tuesday afternoon meeting between county commissioners from Eagle County and Garfield County....

Hiker dies from fall near Pierre Lakes Basin A hiker between Heckart Pass and Pierre Lakes Basin died on Saturday morning in a fall into a gully and over a cliff, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s...

Basalt climate group wins $100,000 for efforts The U.S. Department of Energy chose Basalt’s Regional Climate Solutions Team of Basalt as one of 67 rural winners from across the country for the DOE’s $6.7 million Energizing Rural Communities...

Garfield County commissioners on Monday unanimously agreed to opt in to receiving further funds from opioid litigation settlements reached for Colorado. Per opioid litigation, the county originally participated in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) spearheaded...

Garfield County has a new county attorney and a new deputy county manager, following the recent departure of former county attorney Tari Williams and the promotion for former deputy manager Fred Jarman to the county’s...

Garfield County commissioners say they stand behind a public-lands lobbyist, working on behalf of the county in Washington, D.C., after some recently questioned the cost to retain him. At the Oct. 3 Board of County...

Garfield County government looks to spend about $20 million more in the proposed 2023 budget than 2022, as a month-long public hearing process began this week before final adoption is considered on Nov. 7. Much...

Jarman, who has been with Garfield County for 20 years, will replace Kevin Batchelder, who is retiring on Sept. 16.

Longtime Garfield County staffer Fred Jarman is in line to become the next county manager. County commissioners, at their regular Monday meeting, announced Jarman as their lone in-house finalist to succeed County Manager Kevin Batchelder,...