Judge rules suspect competent for trial in mother's death
A suspect who spent about 10 months at a mental health institution is now competent to stand trial in his mother's death. The Daily Sentinel reports Chief Mesa County Judge David Bottger ruled Thursday...
View ArticleBLM approves connector trail increasing off-highway vehicle opportunities
The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office today approved a connector trail linking two sections of the popular Tabeguache long-distance trail currently blocked by private land. The...
View ArticleMarijuana campaign aims to educate teens
The Mesa Country Drug Threat Oversight collaborative are rolling out a new educational campaign to tackle pot use among teenagers. Pro drug free is an initiative that aims to inform teenagers and their...
View ArticleMesa Land Trust conserves family-run Ruckman Peach Farm
Al Ruckman and his son and grandson, recently had their farm conserved through the Fruitland Farms intitative through Mesa Land Trust. Peaches are a large export for Western Colorado and the Ruckman...
View ArticleFriends of Mesa County Libraries asking for book donations
Libraries in Mesa County need your help - they are asking the community for donations of good quality gently read books. Donations of good quality books are essential to the success of the libraries'...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers looks for suspects that stole Dodge truck
Mesa County Crime Stoppers needs your help finding suspects that stole a Dodge truck from the parking lot of the North Avenue Walgreens in April. Sometime between 10:00 p.m. April 27th and 8:00 a.m....
View ArticleSecond arrest made in cops' investigation of human trafficking
A Grand Junction woman was jailed Wednesday on allegations she aimed to profit by allowing a 12-year-old girl to be photographed nude, as revealed during a human trafficking investigation by the Grand...
View ArticleNew trial ordered in assault conviction
A former teacher's assistant at Mount Garfield Middle School and Girl Scout leader, who was convicted at trial of molesting two young girls, was granted a new trial Thursday after an appellate court...
View ArticleThe stormwater fee
The Grand Valley Drainage District isn't inspiring a great deal of confidence in a new fee structure it approved Wednesday aimed at funding $22 million in stormwater improvement projects over the next...
View Article3 schools outpace Colorado in tests
Juniors at Fruita Monument High School, Palisade High School and Mesa Valley Community School exceeded the state's average ACT composite score, which was 20.1 this year, according to Mesa County School...
View ArticleBlotter, Sept. 12, 2015
Aspen police Thursday morning discovered the body of a Grand Junction man who had died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Paepcke Park, located in downtown Aspen. No foul play is...
View ArticleDinosaurs come to life
Melvin Williams holds a baby Tyranosaurus Rex as he is surrounded by a crush of children eager to pet the animatronic dinosaur Saturday at Jurassic Quest. The event continues today from 9:00 a.m. until...
View ArticlePugliese vote on tax break was proper, attorney says
Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese's vote to give a property tax break worth more than $3,500 to a former law client was proper, County Attorney Patrick Coleman said earlier this week. The vote was...
View ArticleJurassic Quest comes to Grand Junction.
Jurassic quest is the largest exhibition of life size moving museum quality dinosaurs in North America and this weekend its making a stop in grand junction. More than 50 true to scale dinosaurs have...
View ArticleGrand Valley news briefs Sept. 11-17
Join Grand Junction Parks and Recreation for the 11th annual "Dog Days" at Lincoln Park Pool on Sunday, Sept. 13. New this year from 10-11:30 a.m. will be small dogs only , from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m....
View ArticleWoman gets probation for welfare fraud
A woman who has been investigated three times for welfare fraud in Mesa County was sentenced Friday to serve 20 years probation and one year in the county's work release program. This, after admitting...
View ArticleLWCF's days are limited if Congress fails to reauthorize
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a popular and bi-partisan program. Over its 50 year history LWCF has conserved iconic landscapes in every state and is our nation's most important conservation...
View ArticleAppeals court: GJ teen's sentence valid in cruelty case
The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday said changes in juvenile law that happened in 2012 should not invalidate the sentence in the case of a Grand Junction boy who admitted torturing and killing...
View ArticlePrior to road, going to De Beque was a heck of a trek
Travelers on the Palisade Ferry, which traveled from the east end of Fourth Street, across the Colorado River to the Vinelands. The ferry came later than the Roan CreekToll Road, but helped make the...
View ArticleBlotter, Sept. 14, 2015
Neighbors in an apartment complex at 494 32 1/8 Road for the past few weeks have alerted deputies to a woman who had several ill cats in her home and they had seen her taking dead cats to the trash,...
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