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Fighting fire boils down to simple math: More people on shift mean more responders taking calls. Colorado River Fire Rescue Chief Leif Sackett knows all too well what critical issues a fire district endures when...
Wednesday was an easier-than-some day extinguishing threats for Leif Sackett. Just a few small, potentially volatile brush fires on U.S. Highway 6 for the Colorado River Fire Rescue chief. “We’ve had multiple of those kinds...
The Citizen Telegram had some major stories land on its pages in 2021. Throughout the course of this year, local communities endured a heavy mix of ups and downs. Stories ranged from improving infrastructure, maintaining…
The Post Independent begins its review of the top stories of 2021 in Garfield County as the year concludes. We narrowed it down to 10 based on our own staff votes and a little help…
File photo / Post Independent As funding drops, Colorado River Fire Rescue plans to ask voters for the second time in two years to bolster funding through property taxes. Though annual funding has dropped by more than $2.5 million since 2017, call volume for the Colorado River Fire Rescue district continues to increase, said a fire official. In May 2020, a measure to add 6.099 mills to the current levy, which would have generated $4.72 million to help balance the fire district’s budget, was defeated by the voters. The outcome meant the district was forced to close Station 43 in south Rifle....