Basalt News

Basalt Elementary School parent Rebecca Leibinger finally decided this fall that she had spent enough time listening to parents trade opinions about the school.

Explore the Colorado Rocky Mountain School from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at Plato's Restaurant in the Aspen Meadows Resort.

Three businesses that recently found themselves facing what were rumored to be steep rent increases at Aspen's Mill Street Commercial Center have found three separate ways to stay open.

Posted November 15th, 2008 By Amanda Allen Just days after the Montrose school slashing there's more crime plaguing our schools.

A 13-year-old Basalt Middle School student has been suspended for allegedly brandishing a knife at male classmate, an authority said Friday.

The body of a pilot who crashed Tuesday in the upper Fryingpan Valley drainage was recovered Thursday by West Eagle County Search and Rescue, according to rescue team member Scott Thompson.

The body of a Utah man was found Wednesday at the site of a single-engine airplane crash in the wilderness near Mount of the Holy Cross.

Eagle County authorities, including a search and rescue team from Basalt and El Jebel, are trying to locate a Cessna 182 aircraft that is believed to have crashed in the upper Fryingpan Valley drainage Tuesday.

The Basalt Town Council decided Monday night to ask Eagle County not to approve a development proposal that would add 549 residences and almost 95,000 square feet of commercial space in El Jebel.

The promise of better bus service between Aspen and Glenwood Springs and beyond apparently appeals to a number of voters in the Roaring Fork Valley.

Harlan & Mastro Real Estate, 51241 Highway 6 in Glenwood Springs has been designated an additional LIFT-UP food drive location.

One of the three candidates for Basalt town manager has removed himself from consideration after accepting a different job.

Between 20 and 50 people were evacuated Wednesday morning from a neighborhood in the Basalt area after a 'mislocated' natural gas line was punctured during construction activity, authorities said.

Big real estate projects continued to fuel the Eagle County market in September.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - A fake newspaper reporting false and libelous attacks on Democratic Garfield County commissioner candidates has appeared in thousands of mailboxes throughout the county, according ...

A coalition of eight mayors from Aspen to Parachute have all come out in opposition to Amendment 52.

A citizens group is raising funds to prevent seven brick kilns built in 1882 from being further ravaged by the weather.

Aspen-area artist Dick Carter sits with Joey, a 13-year-old Jack Russell terrier and the star of his Web page, 'Dog of the Day,' Tuesday morning in his Basalt studio.

Someone is up to dirty tricks that sent people in Eagle County and possibly Pitkin County to the polls when they are closed.

The Basalt Town Council agreed to spend $200,000 last night to try to solve a problem that is turning neighbor against neighbor in one part of town.