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Wednesday, July 25, 2012  Police in Glenwood Springs say they were acting out of an abundance of caution when they asked a protester wearing a white mask and holding a sign declaring "The Beginning is Near" to end his one-man demonstration.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  The U.S. Forest Service will limit operations at a Colorado alabaster and marble mine because of the possible impact on bighorn sheep.

Monday, March 28, 2011  Glenwood Springs officials are getting closer to adopting rules to govern how medical marijuana businesses can operate.

Sunday, July 04, 2010  A driver is dead and two people are injured following a two-car crash on Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  The Colorado Department of Transportation had given a contractor until May 31 to complete repairs and add 14,000 square feet of wire mesh along the canyon wall to keep smaller rocks from falling, but the project was deemed complete Wednesday.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  The Colorado Supreme Court's Attorney Regulation Counsel lists no public disciplinary history for Garfield County Court Judge Jason Jovanovich on its website.

Thursday, May 06, 2010  Search crews stopped the search Wednesday after dark but resumed Thursday morning.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  Public hearings on the proposal will be held April 21 and April 22 at the ranger offices in Silverthorne and Minturn, respectively.

Thursday, March 11, 2010  One lane in each direction reopened Thursday afternoon. Repairs are still needed on other parts of the highway through Glenwood Canyon, about 115 miles west of Denver.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  When the boulder is down, the hillside scaled and stabilized, and any resulting highway damage is assessed, Colorado Department of Transportation officials will begin to send information regarding estimated highway re-open times.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  CDOT crews will start scaling above the unstable rock and work towards it with the goal of prying it loose and/or gaining a better understanding of its stability.

Thursday, March 04, 2010  The Garfield County Jail bans newspapers because the commander says they make inmates unsafe. The commander tells the Aspen Daily News that inmates can be targeted for violence if other inmates learn in the newspaper what others have been convicted of.

Monday, February 15, 2010  The Instacheck Unit of the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, which handles statewide background checks for firearms, approved 202,613 background checks in 2009, up from 196,980 in 2008.

Monday, February 01, 2010  A Colorado prosecutor has agreed not to seek the death penalty against a British poker champion accused of killing his wife and dumping her body after a trip to Dinosaur National Monument.

Sunday, January 24, 2010  One woman suffered a broken pelvis Saturday when she got out of her vehicle and was struck by another vehicle. Five others were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital and released.