Mesa County working to get rid of noxious weeds
Information and photos of noxious weeds can be found at colorado.gov/pacific/agconservation/noxiousweeds. The site also offers details on county weed programs.
View ArticleSnapshots: Scholarships, recognitions and animals needing adoption
A 2012 Fruita Monument High School graduate and Grand Junction native is serving with a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron that flies the Navy's newest and most technologically-advanced helicopter, the...
View ArticleGJFD rescues four people from Colorado River
According to Grand Junction Fire Department Battalion Chief John Williams The Mesa County Sheriff's Office and the GJFD responded to a river rescue around 9:00 p.m. Thursday night at the 29 Road Bridge...
View Article2 survive plunge off cliff
Mesa County Search and Rescue staffers lift one of two people in a truck out of a canyon after the truck went off 21 1/2 Road near Little Park Road on Saturday afternoon. The driver of a truck with two...
View ArticleHolding Their Breath
From left to right, representatives of local businesses Brenda Brock, Darshann Ruckman, Vara Kusac and Chuck Keller stand along the busy Horizon Drive. While members of the Horizon Drive Business...
View ArticleMesa County Mountain Bike Rides: 18 Road in Fruita
Trails in north Fruita, called 18 Road Trails, are world-renowned and considered some of the greatest mountain biking in the country. Mesa County, Colorado, features some of the best mountain biking in...
View ArticleCommunity solar garden celebrates the launch of the pilot program
The community solar garden project that Grand Valley Power and the non-profit solar organization - GRID Alternatives- teamed up for is up and running. People from all over Colorado, California, and as...
View ArticleColorado man accused of bringing meth, heroin into jail in his rectum
A Clifton man is accused of sneaking heroin and methamphetamine into the Mesa County jail in his rectum on Saturday evening as deputies booked him on drug distribution charges. Charles Mosby, 54, was...
View ArticleMan, woman face drug, child abuse charges
Two Grand Junction residents have been arrested on drug distribution charges, one of whom is accused of bringing her 6-week-old child to a drug deal. Western Colorado Drug Task Force officers late...
View ArticleCop who shot, killed suspect is back on duty
The veteran Grand Junction police officer who fatally shot a teenager May 19 at a downtown park is back on the job after an internal review concluded the force was consistent with department policy....
View ArticleMesa County deputies investigate a man's suspicious death
Mesa County deputies are looking into what they're calling a suspicious death. At about 4:00pm this afternoon deputies were dispatched to 2976 Globe Willow Ave. Deputies found the body of an adult male...
View ArticleAlleged Aspen house invader released from jail
Pitkin County District Judge Gail Nichols released Brittany Lynn Storms, 18, from the county jail, where she has been incarcerated since her May 17 arrest. "I don't like you being in jail because...
View ArticlePolice looking for stolen truck connected to homicide
Authorities are looking this morning for a stolen truck they say is connected to a homicide that occurred at a Grand Junction home Monday. The Grand Junction Regional Communication Center at 8:30 this...
View ArticlePressure building for a fix on Horizon Drive
It's a shame that members of the Horizon Drive Business Improvement District have been forced to become advocates for the safety of pedestrians along the busy thoroughfare. When businesses owners...
View ArticleHow about a living wage?
Los Angeles is America's second largest city and 40 percent of the city's workforce currently earns less than $15 an hour. It is notable that two other California cities, San Francisco and Oakland,...
View ArticleEx-cop avoids prison
A veteran police officer and former De Beque town marshal said he "made a mistake" when he pocketed $5,000 by selling a truck that had been gifted to De Beque by the Garfield County board of...
View ArticleDeath probe narrows
Investigators with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office at 2976 Globe Willow Ave. the reported scene of one dead Monday evening. Barbara Ann Blanton-Marez, 39, was named Tuesday as a person of interest in...
View ArticleHeightened awareness at Landslide area, run-off likely to spill pond
Officials with Mesa County are warning residents on the Mesa to get ready for spring runoff that could spill a pond near the landslide area heightening the risk for more flooding. They're asking...
View ArticlePond may threaten Collbran; prepare to run, residents told
A pond that formed after last year's landslide near the town of Collbran is filling with snowmelt and is expected to overflow soon. Officials anticipate the water in the pond will come out through an...
View ArticleFederal grant may transform busy North Avenue
If a large federal grant comes through, the city can create safer areas to walk and bicycle along busy North Avenue. The route would have a seamless look and be more inviting for businesses and shoppers.
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