The Pitkin County jail has been back to housing inmates ever since their return from Eagle County last June thanks to the quick and thoughtful action of Sheriff Michael Buglione. Now he looks to house his deputies in-county, as well.
Sometimes, I like to use the weekly newspaper poll for possible answers to questions embedded inside the ones we ask. These surveys are blunt instruments, thoroughly unscientific. But broadly, at least, they can be remarkably.
Eagle County Detention Facility can house Pitkin County inmates on a temporary basis, but a long-term arrangement is doubtful, Sheriff James van Beek said Friday.