Rifle, CO
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Local News
Local News — Rifle
- Canon City vs. Rifle: Colorado High School Football, Nov. 6, 2026 — CHSAA
- Rifle lodging tax increase faces opposition in unofficial election results — Post Independent
- Colorado cleared to enforce assault rifle restrictions — Courthouse News
- Aspen vs. Rifle: Colorado High School Girls Basketball, Jan. 21, 2027 — CHSAA
- A firsthand look at how an underpass near Rifle, Colorado is saving local wildlife — Environment America
Official Local Resources
City of Rifle · Garfield County · colorado.gov · Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles
Rifle is a home-rule municipality in, and the most populous community of, Garfield County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle-ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1905 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. The community takes its name from the creek.