City of Glenwood Springs

A short-term ICE detention facility in west Glenwood Springs could be one step closer to shutting down after the City Council on Thursday voted to sue the property's Florida-based landlord for allegedly violating municipal code by allowing immigration detentions in a commercial zone without a city permit. ICE and its landlord did not respond to previous violation notices or appeal the city’s April decision to revoke its special use permit.

A resident-led cooperative went under contract this week to buy their mobile home park for $23 million from Maryland-based Horizon Land Management. Cavern Springs residents hope to raise an additional $1.9 million before closing on the property in October to keep loan repayments down.

The county claims the city filed an incomplete land use application, but Glenwood says it doesn’t need to file one at all.

The bridge would cross sections of unincorporated Garfield County, and commissioners argue the city needs their approval. Glenwood Springs argues that both the city and the Colorado Department of Transportation have determined the county doesn’t have jurisdiction under state law.

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.

Residents of the 98-lot Cavern Springs Mobile Home Park, located between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, asked council members to contribute funding toward their efforts to purchase the park that was listed for sale last year.

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.

School officials and law enforcement launched an investigation after receiving multiple tips through Colorado’s anonymous school-based reporting system. After an investigation, police arrested a student.

Funding cuts from Garfield County are contributing to decreases in the summer and fall bus services. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is continuing to seek funding to keep the Hogback service fully operational.

Glenwood Springs High School closed on Friday after too many teachers called out to join a national day of action protesting ICE activity in Minneapolis. Students from Carbondale also walked out of school to protest on Main Street.