Transfer Trail News Today

A grassroots group opposing expansion plans for a limestone quarry near Glenwood Springs continues to seek more information from the Bureau of Land Management on the mine. The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance filed a lawsuit...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has rejected Rocky Mountain Industrials’ (RMI) claim that its limestone mine expansion must be allowed under the Mining Law of 1872, according to two separate news releases from...

A major rock slide inside the Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI) limestone quarry near Transfer Trail north of Glenwood Springs on Jan. 18 shut down operations for several months, pending investigations by federal and state agencies....

Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs have together been designated as a National Natural Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a Wednesday news release states. The region’s iconic fixtures are owned by...

Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs have together been designated as a National Natural Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a Wednesday news release states. The region’s iconic fixtures are owned by...

Glenwood Caverns and Iron Mountain Hot Springs have together been designated as a National Natural Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a Wednesday news release states. The region’s iconic fixtures are owned by...

Like a lot of people, Dylan Brown sought shelter from the COVID-19 storm in 2020 by retreating to an out-of-the-way, uncrowded place to ride things out — in his case the Utah desert. Brown didn’t...

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has shut down a major portion of the Glenwood Springs limestone quarry operated by Rocky Mountain Industrials following a major rockslide incident last week. U.S. Bureau of Land...

Like any other ski day, Tim Burr was thinking about the snow conditions. It never crossed his mind just how much his life would change that day. “I was upset because I knew the upcoming...

The Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone quarry north of Glenwood Springs is officially on notice that it is operating outside the scope of its approved plan of operations, and has 30 days to correct the situation,...