Program for low income moms-to-be has open spots for new clients
Nurse Michelle Howland has been with her client Jessika Baleztena-Blair since she was pregnant with her first child Emmie-Marie. "We love Michelle she's pointed out things that I didn't realize was the...
View ArticleCoroner: Kelly Myers died of 'mixed drug intoxication'
Kelly Myers was reported missing in late December by family, who last reported hearing from her on Dec. 18. While the Sheriff's Office has said they had no information suggesting Myers was endangered,...
View ArticleTeen found in suitcase died of drug intoxication
Fire Weather Watch issued March 31 at 1:32PM MDT expiring April 1 at 8:00PM MDT in effect for: Cheyenne Fire Weather Warning issued March 31 at 1:01PM MDT expiring April 1 at 7:00PM MDT in effect for:...
View ArticleFruita man jailed in wife's murder
A Fruita man hospitalized since early January in the failed alleged murder-suicide attempt was booked today at the Mesa County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. Steven Scott Spiess, 47, was...
View ArticleTen Western Slope seniors win scholarships from Daniels Fund
Daniels Fund scholarships pay for the entire cost of a four-year education at an accredited, not-for-profit university or college in the United States, minus any financial aid or other scholarships a...
View ArticleJunk pile halts subdivision development
The planning process for a potential subdivision north of Fruita city limits will screech to a halt following a suggestion Tuesday by Mesa County commissioners. Commissioners last Tuesday approved a...
View ArticleIllinois man arrested in Mesa County with 84 pounds of pot in van
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office arrested a 37-year-old Illinois man on I-70 Tuesday night after deputies found 84 pounds of marijuana in a van he was driving. Peter Vercillo, of Naperville, Illinois,...
View ArticleDeputies: Alleged DUI driver hit nearly 100 mph with infant in car
Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Clifton man Tuesday night after witnessing him drive nearly 100 mph with an infant in the car. At around 9:30 p.m. in the area of E and 32 Roads...
View ArticleDrug-offender monitoring comes to the smartphone
Attorneys looking to give drug offender clients an easy, stigma-free way to comply with court-ordered monitoring may want to check out a new smartphone app from Outreach Smartphone Monitoring ....
View ArticleNational Walking Day promotes the benefits of exercise
Americans are spending more time than ever sitting in front of screens - at work and at home - which means less time being active. Today is National Walking Day.
View ArticleBiz Buzz: April 2, 2015
In order to watch movies at home during the 1980s, people rented videocassettes and videocassette players from a variety of mom-and-pop businesses that had it pretty good until Blockbuster Video...
View ArticleEconomic drivers in focus
This week I thought we would address developments in two of the pillars of Mesa County progress - pot and panhandling. In terms of growth industries, these seem to be leading the charge, although it's...
View ArticleGrant will help De Beque build new fire station
The De Beque Fire Protection District has officially secured enough funding to break ground this summer on a new fire station east of the town's Interstate 70 interchange. The district will get a $2...
View ArticleCounty hoping to add caseworkers
The Colorado Legislature's Joint Budget Committee is debating how to fund and distribute 100 new caseworker jobs across the state's county departments of human services - including the two or three...
View ArticlePrudent moves in coal country
The economic impact would be staggering. We recently noted that the university generated more than $417 million in economic activity last year.
View ArticleSmartphone safety class educates parents on dangerous apps
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office and Crime Stoppers are partnering up to host a smartphone safety class for parents and their teens. The class will go through new and potentially dangerous apps like...
View ArticleMesa County sheriff: Illinois man stopped on I-70 with 84 pounds of pot
Deputies seized 84 pounds of marijuana in a traffic stop in Mesa County, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. An Illinois man was arrested in Mesa County on Tuesday after he was found with 84 pounds of marijuana...
View ArticleCoroner: Colorado girl found stuffed into suitcase died from drug overdose
Two "persons of interest" have been name in the slaying of Grand Junction teen Kelley Myers. Her body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Mesa County last month.
View ArticleBanana-threat case ends in guilty plea
A Fruitvale man who pointed a banana at officers last year in a prank gone wrong pleaded guilty Wednesday in an arrangement that will clear his record - if he doesn't slip up. "Pulling a banana on a...
View ArticleMolester's term to be sliced
A Clifton man convicted in 2007 of molesting five young children will see his sentenced reduced from his current term of 400 years to life in the Colorado Department of Corrections. The Colorado Court...
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