Mind Springs rebounds from the brink of bankruptcy to being named best health...
Sharon Raggio is president and CEO of Mind Springs Health on 28¾ Road. Mind Springs Health was named Top Health Care Company of 2015 by ColoradoBiz Magazine.
View ArticleHistory of Glade Park 'cave woman' a complicated tale
A recent photo, showing what the cave looks like today. The cave, or alcove, is on private land.
View ArticleMcInnis battles feds, ruffles feathers as Mesa County commissioner
Being a Mesa County commissioner means dealing with a slew of problems. He is buttonholed by constituents over breakfast, stopped as he walks his dogs through his subdivision, and hailed from passing...
View ArticleEx-DA awarded new trial
Disgraced former Montrose County District Attorney Myrl Serra won himself a new trial on some of the charges he was convicted of in 2011. While Serra's convictions for criminal extortion and unlawful...
View ArticleFree law clinics set for Friday
The Colorado Judicial Branch celebrates Legal Resource Day on Friday with free law clinics presented by volunteer lawyers at two Western Slope courthouses. Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy E....
View ArticleBlotter, Sept. 29, 2015
Timothy Pope, 40, reported on Saturday that the camp trailer where he had been living in the 700 block of 33 Road had been repossessed and he was missing some of the personal items that were stored...
View ArticleShoot myself once, shame on you. Shoot myself twice, shame on me. GunFAIL CXXXIX
Seventeen of 67 guns discovered by TSA agents at airports across the country, during the week of 9/11-9/17/15. Once again, about half of our GunFAIL list is made up of accidents in which people with...
View ArticleWe can do better
It stands to reason that the Mesa County Jail's daily census is going to include a number of mentally ill inmates. A person with compromised mental faculties, after all, may not be able to process...
View ArticlePublic library honors books known to stir controversy
Wearing a sign that proclaims "I read banned books," Keyrsten Paresa relaxes in a chair Monday as she reads "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, one of dozens of banned books that the Mesa County...
View ArticleOne injured in yard sale fight
A joint yard sale in Clifton on Friday turned dangerous when one of two women who decided to sell their wares together started drinking alcohol, got belligerent and smashed a glass vase on the other...
View ArticleResidents of De Beque asked to approve $10.65M tax increase to improve school
A packed crowd of residents, teachers and supporters gathered in De Beque High School's cafeteria on Tuesday night for a free dinner of sloppy joes and pie to hear the details of a bond measure hitting...
View ArticleWilderness is good for Mesa County
Given their way, Mesa County commissioners would open all public lands to motorized access and ban the term wilderness from public discourse. Diana DeGette, a Democrat who respresents Colorado's 1st...
View ArticleFBI: Crime inched up in '14
The Grand Valley's two largest police agencies reported small rises in violent crime for 2014 when compared against 2013 data, according to the FBI's annual crime report. Released on Monday, the 2014...
View ArticleNew charges in sex-trafficking probe
Two new Mesa County victims have been identified, and up to five more felony charges will be filed against a man suspected of luring underage girls to be photographed nude as revealed in a human...
View ArticleMesa County Libraries numbers steady; technology embraced | GJFreePress.com
Mesa County Libraries central location has steadied in numbers of visitors over the years, but has seen an increase in use of its internet and downloadable content. Mesa County Libraries central...
View ArticleRubinstein applies for Mesa County DA's job
A veteran Mesa County prosecutor is the lone candidate to serve what's left of District Attorney Pete Hautzinger's final term. Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, 44, had submitted the only...
View ArticleStudy: West Salt Creek landslide path, pond changing
A flyover shot shows a section of the West Salt Creek landslide on Grand Mesa. A new report on the landslide released by the Colorado Geological Survey warns that "continuing threats to nearby...
View ArticlePrinted Letters: Oct. 1, 2015
Residents should have say in federal land use As usual, I am seeing more letters against the "Mesa County leaders" standing up to the overreaching federal government in The Sentinel than letters...
View ArticleChild porn lands Palisade man in Mesa County jail
After finding 19 images of kids being sexually exploited on a computer owned by 24-year-old Stephen Russell Theodore Rice, Mesa County Sheriff's deputies arrested the Palisade man at a home on 37 1/4...
View ArticleCMU renames water center in honor of Western Slope water activist
Ruth Powell Hutchins, who died in 1997, devoted decades to protecting the water rights of small farmers and other waters users. She helped found the Mesa County Water Association which then evolved...
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