Determing Homeless Numbers on Our Streets
MESA COUNTY, Colo. Each year Colorado is mandated to determine actual numbers of homeless individuals that are living in designated areas of our state.
View ArticlePartners Wait List Tops 100 Kids Waiting for Mentors
January was recently proclaimed as "Mentoring Month" in Mesa County and one local mentoring group is hoping the increased awareness helps them find volunteers.
View ArticleMesa County administrator resigns
In a two-sentence statement issued around 5:30 p.m., commissioners said they and Unfug had come to a "mutual agreement" on her resignation and thanked her for "her leadership and wish her will in her...
View ArticleColo. 2nd in Nation for Prescription Painkiller Abuse
MESA COUNTY, Colo. Prescription painkiller abuse is plaguing the nation, especially in our home state of Colorado.
View ArticleLocal man stands his ground against a new cell tower
A local man is standing his ground, trying to discourage a church from going through with plans to construct a cell tower next door to his house, but county officials said it may be too late.
View ArticleInversion creates domino effect on cold, health, drought
It's a question we've been asking ourselves since the temperatures dropped: When is the Valley going to finally warm up? Know More about the inversion and how it's affecting us besides just making us...
View Articleto have a new look, new way to travel starting Jan. 31
The Fruita Times has undergone a re-design to update appearances and to accommodate new press configurations.
View ArticlePolice Report
A traffic accident occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 6&50 and 18 Road. Samuel Briscoe, 21, collided with another vehicle stopped at the red light.
View ArticleMom, boyfriend arrested in child abuse probe
A mother and her boyfriend are accused of causing a "constellation" of serious injuries suffered by a 4-year-old boy, now barely clinging to life, according to arrest warrant affidavits.
View ArticleOne Book, One Mesa County
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- A new book has been selected this year by the One Book, One Mesa County program, encouraging residents to share in reading.
View ArticleMesa County Couple Arrested for Child Abuse
MESA COUNTY, Colo.- A Mesa County couple is arrested for child abuse. According to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office Jessie Martinez, 30, is charged with two counts of Felony Child Abuse and Child Abuse .
View ArticleClimate change is real, and Ray Scott is clueless
I gleefully watched President Obama's inaugural speech. My readers probably won't be surprised to learn that the one moment when I actually cheered out loud, causing my excitable dog to bark his head...
View ArticleUN expert launches investigation into drone warfare and targeted killings
A photographer takes pictures of an Israel Aero Space Industries Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle during a media presentation at the airbase in the central Swiss town of Emmen in 2012.
View ArticleExamining child abuse on the Western Slope
Just four weeks into 2013 and already three people are in custody facing felony child abuse charges in Mesa County.
View ArticleMesa County sees another flu case spike
It might be slowing down across the nation with the number of flu cases going down; but in Colorado, we're seeing quite the opposite.
View ArticleGrand Valley teen shows steers at National Western Stock Show
Kyler Frye, a senior at Fruita Monument High School, leads one of his steers. His mother, Mickie Rogers, is in the background.
View ArticleAir trap: Inversions can spell hell for many in valley
Dawn Morrow, who suffers from a terminal lung disease, looks over the inversion in the Grand Valley near her home on Orchard Mesa.
View ArticleCounty kept lid on firing of Unfug
Mesa County commissioners held a hastily called meeting - and provided a vaguely worded public notice about that meeting - in order to officially exercise their option to fire County Administrator...
View ArticleGJ History: An unwelcome guest arrives in Mesa County, 1901
There was a time in Mesa County and the country, when illnesses ran wild; the number of deaths from sickness would be considered a plague today.
View ArticleMesa County Libraries seek community views in survey
Libraries in Mesa County want to hear how the community uses the libraries and how they will be used for the next three years.
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