Garfield County Commissioners

In late July the City of Glenwood Springs hosted a virtual town hall webinar on homelessness. The meeting came about a month after a fire broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart, causing a nearby apartment building to be evacuated. Although the fire lasted less than a day and reached only one and a half acres in size, its proximity to the town and likely origin in a homeless camp caught officials’ attention. The panel included Glenwood’s Chief of Public Safety, Fire Marshall, Parks and Recreation director, the District Attorney and Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario.KDNK reporters Lily Jones and Amy Hadden Marsh and News Director Marilyn Gleason all attended the Zoom meeting separately. In Part 2 of our reporter's roundtable, Amy Hadden Marsh digs into the private property inhabited by the unhoused at the Palmer Fire, and Marilyn Gleason remarks on law enforcement's 'revolving door.'

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Three Garfield County Library Board of Trustee positions are open - in Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, and New Castle. But the library board and Garfield County Commissioners disagree on how to appoint the two incumbents.

KDNK's Lily Jones interviews candidate Steven Arauza about his priorities and what he has to offer constituents in Garfield County Commissioner District 3

The Garfield County Commissioners had a meeting earlier this week, KDNK’s Hattison Rensberry has more.

Garfield County Commissioners and Adrian Rippy-Sheehy, president of the Garco library board of trustees, interviewed nine candidates for a library board vacancy on Tuesday in front of an audience of close to 80 concerned citizens.

An update on recent press releases from Garfield County and the commissioners.