Basalt, CO

Basalt Town Council unanimously approved an ordinance on second reading to put an option to increase sales tax by 0.5% on the ballot for the election in November. The sales tax increase is an initiative to help fund Basalt’s proposed public works and police facility. If approved by voters, the measure will change Basalt’s total […]

The Basalt High School football team stayed unbeaten on the young season with a 35-14 win at Glenwood Springs on Friday night.

It was late on Wednesday afternoon last week when I first saw the smoke. I was driving home from Basalt, where the temperatures had reached the low 90s and a warm wind was blowing. While...

Basalt's County Road and Bridge Department has begun a road improvement project on the first half-mile of County Road 8.00, starting from the section adjacent to the parking lot near the Hooks Spur Bridge.

Roaring Fork Conservancy has announced they have acquired one of 17 new employee housing units in the Midland Residences in Basalt. 

The Wildfire Collaborative Roaring Fork Valley and Eagle County are bringing free curbside chipping back to Basalt-area neighborhoods this September following a successful first round in June. 

When the Rifle Bears got the ball back trailing by nine with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, their 2026 home opener against the Basalt High School football team felt all but over.

Basalt has a new taste of Italy. At Gemma, Chef Angelo Elia is serving up handmade pastas, family recipes and the flavors of his Italian upbringing in the former Free Range Kitchen space overlooking Basalt River Park.

The cross-country season got underway on Saturday with the annual Longhorn Invitational, hosted by Basalt High School at Crown Mountain Park.

Dallas-based Realty Capital Residential have officially opened The Kodiak Club and Residences, a 72 unit residential community in Basalt.