New Garfield County Education Center planned
mock-up of new Garfield County Education Center

Education center coming to Rifle
Construction and renovation on the new 12,000-square-foot Garfield County Education Center begins this spring on Railroad Avenue in Rifle. The work is designed to create a two-story shop and expo space with room for the community to study woodworking, metalsmithing, cooking, gardening, quilting, sewing, robotics and much more.

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Evans named new Garfield County fair and events coordinator
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Garfield County has named Cassidy Evans its new fair and events coordinator, which oversees the annual Garfield County Fair and Rodeo. The New Mexico native brings a wealth of experience, southwestern roots and an upbringing in 4-H to the role. Evans was most recently director of catering and conference services at Mountain Shadows Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. Evans grew up in Truth or Consequences, NM, and then moved to Las Cruces, before settling in a small town in rural western New Mexico. “We moved out to a ranch in a town called Datil, NM, which was
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Midland is special guest at Garfield County Fair and Rodeo concert
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Grammy-nominated country artist Midland brings its electrifying live show to Rifle for the 80th annual Garfield County Fair and Rodeo. Midland will be the special guest at the fair’s concert on Friday, August 3, at the Garfield County Fairgrounds. Tickets go on sale June 1, and the headlining act will be announced in two weeks. Midland (singer Mark Wystrach, guitarist Cameron Duddy, and bassist Jess Carson) first came together at Duddy’s wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where the three members ended up jamming on stage at the rehearsal dinner. “It was this serendipitous chain of events,”
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