GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — UPDATE: As of 9:30 p.m. Sunday: According to the Grand Valley Fire Protection District, residents that live in The Reserve or Battlement Mesa Village are now able to ...

A new wildfire sparked on Sunday in western Colorado, prompting Garfield County officials to issue an evacuation order for nearby residents.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office reported a fire at Battlement Mesa Golf Course at 4:50 p.m. Sunday. The fire is called the Battlement Trail Fire. UPDATE 9:30 P.M. - ...

Battlement Mesa is actually just as old as its near neighbor Parachute, though it didn’t see much development until the 1970s and ’80s. That’s when Exxon Corporation began building houses and schools ...

BATTLEMENT MESA, Colorado – As in the cinematic fables of Rocky Balboa versus Apollo Creed, or the Mighty Ducks against the Hawks, the controversy over gas drilling here is a story of underdogs ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PARACHUTE — From his deck, Bob Arrington can hear the rustle of aspens and the chirp of birds. He can see the golf course; Battlement Mesa, still spring ...

Running Battlement Mesa as a municipality would cost up to $2 million a year, an amount that wouldn't fully be made up even with substantial new taxes on residents, a study has found. "It would be an ...