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A fire that began on Tuesday has grown to 315 acres and is continuing to force evacuations south of Rifle near Grass Mesa. As of Wednesday afternoon, the fire was 35% contained.
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Garfield County’s longtime sheriff, Lou Vallario, is stepping down at the end of this year, and two Republican candidates — Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Lt. Brent Baker and Eagle County Undersheriff Dan Loya — are competing to take over his position in the June 30 primary election.
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Tina Peters, convicted on several counts and sentenced to nearly nine years in prison, was released early after Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence.
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Basalt is floating a sales tax increase to fund the construction of a multi-million dollar facility that would combine the police department and all Public Works departments into one building.
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A power outage from Glenwood Springs to Silt shut off electricity to thousands Saturday afternoon. Residents reported a flash and a boom near New Castle along a transmission line that afternoon, but as of the evening, Xcel Energy had not confirmed the cause of the outage.
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The bill would let Colorado residents sue federal immigration authorities for civil rights violations.
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A passenger train struck a semi-tanker truck off Highway 6 just east of Rifle Wednesday morning. The tanker driver sustained minor injuries, but no other injuries were reported.
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The new proposal would require companies to take more action around problem drivers.
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Carbondale’s police department is now using an AI service to draft police reports. Town trustees approved a contract for the software late last month.
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Data-privacy concerns raised about Glenwood Springs' Automatic License Plate Recognition cameras are widespread across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, an Aspen Journalism analysis found.
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Highway 133 was closed at mile marker 63 near Sunfire Ranch due to a wildfire.
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The city of Glenwood Springs is conducting its own investigation and analysis of ICE data after hearing from local residents about a range of concerns involving the agency’s holding facility at the Midland Center, including that some people were detained there last year over the maximum time allowed under ICE’s own policy and the city’s special use permit.