Literacy Outreach’s annual Spellebration, a Royal Spelling Bee, brought together 15 fiefdoms to compete to be crowned the spelling bee champions of Garfield County. The teams were given 72 words to compete over with only.
Five major goals to be reached by 2030 are currently in Garfield Clean Energy’s crosshairs: Reduce energy consumption in the built environment by 12%; Make Garfield County’s electricity supply 100% carbon free; Increase the share.
New Castle Town Council incumbents Art Riddile, Bruce Leland and Brandy Copeland won reelection, while newcomer Caitlin Carey has won her first four-year term, according to unofficial results Tuesday night.
Voters in four Garfield County towns have until 7 p.m. Tuesday to return ballots for town board seats and, in the case of Carbondale and Silt, ballot questions.
New Castle’s four candidates vying for town council focused on top issues like infrastructure and economic development during a public forum held at the New Castle Community Center on Thursday evening.