A large, lettuce-growing greenhouse near Silt shut down its operations and laid off its employees last week following challenges breaking into Colorado’s retail grocery market, but its owner was working
Colorado campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State’s Office last week give the slight monetary edge to the incumbent in one of the bigger local contests on the Nov. 8 ballot. As of.
As Election Day approaches, several state and county debates took place in the Roaring Fork Valley this week. On Wednesday Aspen held its traditional “Squirm Night” for Pitkin County commissioner and sheriff candidates. And on Thursday, Glenwood Springs held its “Issues and Answers Night” for various state and county seats.
The challenger for Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky’s seat in the November election questions the use of taxpayer dollars for legal services in the county’s dispute with state and federal officials over plans to develop.
Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky had been leaning toward a $50,000 contribution to Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley’s Wapiti Commons project in Rifle. But an intriguing perk convinced him and his fellow.