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Mayor Jonathan Godes, Charlie Willman and Paula Stepp voted against the motion, which passed 4-3. That brings the total estimated cost to $56 million, but the other design option that would remove a portion of the runway on the southern end isn’t off the table completely. A motion to analyze the second option by conducting an airspace study and track the number of flights over the course of several months was also approved during Thursday’s meeting with Councilor Tony Hershey being the lon...

A view of the proposed location for the South Bridge project at Glenwood Springs Airport. Shannon Marvel / Post Independent No one dismisses the need for the South Bridge Project, but where to construct the alternative route is a subject of debate in Glenwood Springs. The Glenwood Springs City Council will vote on whether to go with the first option for the project route, which would bore underneath the runway at the municipal airport. That route would begin at Midland Avenue and Four Mile Roa...

Guest column According to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Aviation Division, the Glenwood Springs airport injects $17 million annually into the economy of Glenwood Springs. The airport costs the City nothing. It pays for itself with fuel sales and user fees. The $17 million annual injection is free. Yet council is considering doing away with this $17 million annual injection by building a road across the airport that would close it. It would decrease the cost of the $56 million So...

Even politicians with the largest social media following don’t run campaign ads touting their tweets and posts as a qualification for holding office.  And for good reason. Last July, Pew Research found that 55 percent of all social media users were “worn out” by political posts and discussions.  These numbers grew markedly worse during the past four years, but applied to both parties: 63 percent of Republicans, 49 percent of Democrats. Only 15 percent actually liked seeing ...

Post Independent Editorial Board At the last Glenwood Spring City Council meeting, Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathan Godes offered up a rare thing for a politician in this day and age — an apology. Earlier in January, Godes was one of many people to distribute a photo of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) posing with some members of the III-percenter movement, a loose band of far-right militia types who erroneously believe that just 3% of colonists fought against the British in the Revolutionar...

Glenwood Springs restaurant owner Ricardo “Ricky” Rodriguez made it official Wednesday that he intends to challenge Glenwood City Councilor Shelley Kaup for an At-Large seat in the April 6 City Council election.

Monday is the final day for prospective candidates to circulate and submit petitions to run for three Glenwood Springs City Council seats that will be up for election April 6. As of late last week, only the three incumbents had turned in their petitions — Shelley Kaup for the At-Large seat, Jonathan Godes for Ward 5 and Ingrid Wussow for Ward 2. However, Acting City Clerk Steve Boyd said the City Clerk’s Office had handed out additional candidate packets for the At Large and Ward 5 seats, b...

The burn scar of the Grizzly Creek Fire is seen on the hillside above Interstate 70 and the Colorado River near the Grizzly Creek exit in Glenwood Canyon in 2020. Chelsea Self / Post Independent With the 20 worst wildfires in Colorado’s history all occurring since 2002 — including 2020’s Grizzly Creek Fire — officials and experts have begun addressing what the Roaring Fork Valley should anticipate in relation to long-term impacts of wildland fires. Flooding and water quality remain the ...

The three incumbents are declared, and challengers have until Jan. 25 to gather nominating signatures to run for Glenwood Springs City Council April 6. Formally announcing their intentions over the weekend for reelection to the Ward 2 and Ward 5 seats, respectively, were Ingrid Wussow and Jonathan Godes. Their announcements come on the heels of At-Large Councilwoman Shelley Kaup’s Thursday announcement that she, too, will be seeking a second consecutive four-year term on council. As of Friday...

In this April 2017 file photo, Shelley Kaup spends the evening with friends, family and supporters at the Rivers Restaurant waiting for election results. Glenwood Springs City Council member Shelley Kaup says she will seek reelection to another four-year term to one of council’s two at-large seats in the April 3 election. “The next few years are critical to help the city recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Grizzly Creek Fire,” Kaup said in a formal statement announci...