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 ...

The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office Threat Assessment Group (TAG), with assistance from the Sheriff’s All-Hazards Response Team, on Tuesday executed a search warrant in Battlement Mesa and ...

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 ...

BATTLEMENT MESA — This community built to house energy workers during the 1980s oil-shale boom, which then morphed into a community for retirees seeking the western Colorado sun, is entering a new ...

Community activists are fighting an application for construction of wastewater injection wells within the Battlement Mesa residential boundaries. Western Colorado Congress, Battlement Concerned ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Following the Cottonwood Flat Fire, a vegetation fire that sparked in Garfield County, water restrictions are in place for residents in the area. The Battlement Mesa Service ...

Garfield County Commissioner Trési Houpt Tuesday told the Colorado Independent she doesn’t have enough information to fully evaluate a proposal by Battlement Mesa residents to use county 1041 powers ...

Garfield County emergency dispatcher Michelle Raymond knows every time she picks up the phone it can be a life-or-death situation. On the morning of Feb. 26 she learned just how much the former can be ...

The Grand River Hospital District said Thursday it will build a $16 million medical facility in Battlement Mesa. The 35,000-square-foot building will house the district's Battlement Mesa Clinic and ...

DENVER – A draft assessment of potential health impacts of natural gas drilling in Battlement Mesa in western Colorado says residents would most likely be affected by chemical exposures through air ...