Man allegedly shoplifts, leaves kids unattended
A man responsible for two small children who were allegedly wandering a Grand Junction neighborhood unsupervised Monday had been warned the day before about leaving the children unattended, and earlier...
View ArticleDA takes federal prosecutor job
District Attorney Pete Hautzinger will leave office later this year - the third year of his final term - to head up the Grand Junction branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office, The Daily Sentinel has...
View ArticleBlotter: June 24, 2015
A fire that started in a sport-utility vehicle on Interstate 70 near the Utah state line early Tuesday morning grew into a small brush fire before firefighters were able to extinguish it. Sheriff's...
View ArticleRoutes in limbo until plan emerges
Route F569 behind the Bookcliffs, south of De Beque, snakes along a dry creekbed. It wasn't built by the Bureau of Land Management, it goes nowhere in particular, though it does cross the creek on...
View ArticleWednesday is Bike to Work Day
Wednesday is Bike to Work Day. Hundreds will make daily commutes via bike. June is Bike Month in Colorado promoting cycling as a commuting option.
View ArticleAs Colorado tourism hits record high, Mesa County tourists spent 275 million...
A new report by the Colorado Tourism Office reveals that Colorado has hit a record high when it comes to tourism. 71.3 million visitors spent 18.6 billion dollars in Colorado in 2014.
View ArticleThe Mesa County Public Works Department gets approval for the second...
Phase two and three are a-go-The Mesa County Public Works Department moves forward with a major sidewalk creation project in the Redlands. Mesa County Commissioners have green-lighted the second and...
View ArticleRider badly hurt in hit-and-run
A Mesa County sheriff's deputy talks with a man at the scene of a hit-and-run accident between a motorcyclist and a vehicle Wednesday at the intersection of D 1/4 and 32 Roads on Wednesday afternoon....
View ArticleHundreds attend town hall meeting to discuss BLM's plan for closures of...
It's a hot debate that's sparked a lot of controversy in Mesa County. The updating of the Resource Management Plan has been in the works for years.
View ArticleBlotter, June 26, 2015
A woman called Mesa County sheriff's deputies on Tuesday to report a suicidal person, after she received a photo from a neighbor that showed a juvenile girl apparently cutting the left side of her...
View ArticleBig three providers launch health care innovation
Monument Health is a health care partnership between Primary Care Partners, St. Mary's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Health Plans. Network savings will be used to lower premiums and out-of-pocket...
View ArticleSuspended Aspen postal employee pleas not guilty to federal weapons charges
A suspended mail sorter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two federal charges connected to allegations that he had a handgun and switchblade knife at the Aspen post office. Mauro Pennini, 56, waived...
View ArticleLunch Lizard free summer lunch program has been extended
The Lunch Lizard food truck stops at five locations throughout Grand Junction. Volunteers from AmericCorps help serve food and keep track of guests.
View ArticleCounties to receive lower payments
Mesa, Garfield and Montrose counties will receive the most in federal PILT payments in the state again this year, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., announced Thursday. But the three counties will each...
View ArticleBlotter, June 27, 2015
Gabriel Muniz, 35, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of sexual assault on a child as a pattern of abuse, according to the Grand Junction Police Department. According to an arrest affidavit,...
View ArticleEconomic indicators across local industries reveal more of the same
The construction activity is healthy in this March file photo at Red Rocks Valley, where 12 new homes were under construction, with one of the near-completed ones open for showing in the Custom Home...
View ArticleDeath Notices, June 28, 2015
Survivors include three sons, Michael Lee and Damion Clark, both of Grand Junction, and Mark Daniel of Canon City; one daughter, Michelle Kleiner of Granby; one brother, Ronald of Las Vegas; one...
View ArticlePrinted Letters: June 28, 2015
Not every place has to be accessible to every person Does every place in Colorado need to be accessible to everyone? I picked up a copy of the magazine "Rock and Ice" from the library's exchange rack....
View ArticleYour Town, June 28, 2015
A few weeks ago, I attempted to investigate the tree on the west side of the yard, where we often saw a hummingbird emerge to feed on the trumpet vines and other flowering shrubs in the secluded,...
View ArticleYou Said It, June 28, 2015
We're so lucky to have so many "conservatives" on City Council. They meet in private to develop the script they read in official meetings.
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