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When Western Garfield County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Julie Vanhoek asked downtown business owners to jot down enough signatures needed to obtain a permit to close down Third Street, there was no pushback.

Interstate 70 closures and parking challenges contributed to a 12% decline in revenue this season for the town of Parachute’s outdoor rental service.

Parents and residents handed the Garfield Re-2 School Board Wednesday a cease and desist letter in response to the district’s recent announcement to switch to universal mask requirements, but it’s unlikely the letter results in…

Rifle City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to officially make Tommy Klein the city’s new manager.

Third Street is now open. Traffic is flowing. Parking is available.

A new 50-unit affordable housing property geared toward accommodating senior citizens opened its doors in Rifle on Tuesday.

Ray K. Erku / Post Independent Newly hired Rifle Police Officer Kalob Foreman refers to the feeling as getting “Monday-morning quarterbacked to death.” Throughout late 2020 and early into 2021, the Rifle Police Department was short four officers. Foreman, a 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer who joined Rifle’s squad in early June, said this is part of the reason why. Say an officer makes a split decision on the street that perhaps leads to an unfavorable outcome, and public a...

Ray K. Erku / Post Independent Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation Director Brian Smith has been all around the country, but he found his place in the mountains where he’s able to provide a rewarding public service to everyone else who lives here. Smith describes himself as a “mutt of culture,” saying that his travels during childhood took him through 10 different states. “As an adult, my wife and I spent six months touring the country with our four children exploring national parks a...

Officer Haley Walker sat beside her stepmother in a windowless interrogation room just before starting the overnight shift on Thursday evening.

Both the Coal Ridge boys and girls teams won their respective divisions to crown themselves 3A Multi-League champions at Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction on Friday.