District 51 and the Gateway community ban together to save Gateway School
A tightening District 51 budget forces Gateway School to cut down on its expenses in order to keep its doors open. Parents, teachers, and the District 51 School Board met Tuesday night to discuss...
View ArticlePrinted Letters: Feb. 25, 2015
Alternative viewpoints deserve to be heard The 10th Annual Energy Forum and Expo will be held this Friday, Feb. 27 at Two Rivers Convention Center. The event provides rich opportunities to visit with...
View ArticlePalisade Police say two suspects of home burglary were already in custody
The Palisade Police Department says they've issued warrants for two people linked to recent residential burglaries that were already in custody for other offenses. In a release sent out Wednesday the...
View ArticleMesa County working to lower underage drinking tickets at Country Jam
Last year Mesa County saw a record breaking year, with 213 minor related tickets and 33 other liquor enforcement-related citations. The Mesa County Commissioners have decided to wave the Mesa County...
View ArticleCounty to Jam: Curb underage use of alcohol
The number of tickets for underage drinking jumped from 120 at Country Jam 2013 to 213 at Country Jam 2014, the year Townsquare took over the event. Following assurances from Townsquare that they...
View ArticleMesa County sex offender jailed on new sex assault case
Oscar "Danny" Valdez, 26, of Grand Junction, is being held without bond pending advisement on a warrant including five counts of violating a protection order and two counts of sexual assault on a child...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender in Mesa County arrested on new charges
A registered sex offender in Mesa County was arrested Wednesday on five counts of a violation of a protection order and two counts of sexual assault on a child-pattern of abuse. Officials said Oscar...
View ArticleGJ brother operator arrested
A woman who allegedly admitted running a North Avenue brothel - among four massage parlors targeted by local and federal authorities last summer - was arrested Tuesday night. Su Kyung Chang, 62, of...
View ArticleUnited Way fundraising at 81 percent of goal
Dozens of people attended an event Wednesday hosted by the United Way of Mesa County, to update the results of the organization's 2014-15 fundraising campaign and to hand out some well-earned awards....
View ArticleU.S. Tech pulling the plug
Earl Cogdill, owner of U.S. Tech at 2465 Patterson Road, shown here in a 2011 file photo, is closing the business due to price and cost pressures from his big-box competitors. U.S. Tech, the long-lived...
View ArticleBlotter, Feb. 26, 2015
The Grand Junction Police Department said Wednesday that they have arrested a man with a long history of sex assault convictions on new charges. Oscar "Danny" Daniel Valdez, 26, of Grand Junction, is...
View ArticleDe Beque plans new fire station
As he heads back to the single room that contains the office, kitchen and living space, Firefighter/EMT Jesse Hughson walks through the small space between the nine firefighting vehicles parked in the...
View ArticleGrand Valley Snapshots: Week of Feb. 27, 2015
Happy birthday to my brother/best friend, Glenn Brickey, in the whole world. I don't know where we would be without you.
View ArticleSentinel readers, I bid you adieu
The people, the history, the fractious politics, the bona fide sense of community, the picture perfect climate, Dos Hombres chips and salsa - I can't imagine calling any other place my hometown. When I...
View ArticleLocal Briefs, Feb. 27, 2015
Colorado Legal Services will present a free legal clinic on bankruptcy from 911 a.m. March 5 in the multipurpose room at the Mesa County Courthouse, 544 Rood Ave. All court documents to file bankruptcy...
View ArticleMesa County Health Department's aims to ease Medicaid doctor shortage
According to experts, health care reform has pushed more people to use insurance such as Medicaid, but it did not increase the number of providers available to serve those using this type of insurance...
View ArticleMolester faces new child sex charges
A man was twice convicted of child sexual assault - and under court order to stay away from children under 18 - before he started having sex with a 14-year-old girl, as evidenced by the couple's...
View ArticleStop by a Farm, Eat Fresh, even Birdwatch: Take an Agritour
The bounty of farms, ranches, orchards and vineyards in western Colorado has made agritourism an increasingly popular draw for visitors wanting to learn more about agriculture and meet the men and...
View ArticleRemains of missing Grand Junction teen found, death considered suspicious
Kelly Mae Myers was reported missing by her family in December 2014 and an unfortunate break in the case was made. The remains of the 18-year-old from Grand Junction were recovered Saturday in the...
View ArticleRemains of missing teenager found in Mesa County
Remains of an 18-year-old woman who went missing in December were found Saturday by Mesa County officials near Cactus Park. Kelly Mae Myers, of Grand Junction, was reported missing by her family in...
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