State Health Foundation holds final talk in Grand Junction
New president and CEO Karen McNeil-Miller, addressed local concerns at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens. Around fifty people from local health services were in attendance to offer their input...
View Article'Monster' gets 324 years for assaulting 6 children
A Grand Junction man was openly taunted in court Thursday after being sentenced to 324 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting six young children over several years. "Hey, Mike," a man yelled...
View ArticleNew ozone rule may pinch Rio Blanco
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a lower allowable standard for ground-level ozone, raising the possibility for western Rio Blanco County to be considered out of attainment...
View ArticleDrilling decline hits Halliburton's local workforce
A continuing slowdown in domestic oil and gas development is taking a growing toll on Halliburton's Grand Junction workforce. The oil and gas energy services company already had made significant...
View ArticleColorado geologists: Landslide danger still present on Grand Mesa
A new report on last year's massive landslide near the western Colorado town of Collbran says conditions remain that could prompt another disaster of comparable magnitude. The 55-page Colorado...
View ArticleFaux summer winding down in valley
Emily Predovich enjoys reading a book in the sun Friday in downtown Grand Junction. Thursday tied for the hottest October 1st on record - 88 degrees - in Grand Junction.
View ArticleCops: Shelly Serra Turned Yard Sale Into Punch-Tossing, Glass-Stabbing Melee
The crazy story comes to us courtesy of the Mesa County Sheriff's Office and the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel , which cites an arrest report that goes from bad to worse. On Friday, September 28,...
View ArticleReligion briefs, Oct. 3, 2015
Mesa County Right to Life and Messiah Lutheran Church will co-sponsor the Grand Valley Life Chain at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Messiah Lutheran, 840 N. 11th St. The national prayer event remembers the...
View ArticleSix jailed in huge pot grow
Six men were arrested this week after local and federal authorities targeted an elaborate illegal marijuana grow that covered a full mile of federal land, adjacent to Colorado Highway 141 at the...
View ArticlePrinted Letters: Oct. 4, 2015
Man identified in blotter wants good name restored I expect that the individual with a name similar to mine appreciated the "Getting it Right" section's clarification that he had not been accused of...
View ArticleThree men arrested in ongoing probe of child prostitution
Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger told a judge court records are sealed after the arrests of three local men as part of an ongoing investigation of Internet solicitation of child...
View ArticleSound investment for library
Carlos Macias smooths the top of the concrete that will be the sign outside the Mesa County Libraries' new 970West Studio at the corner of Fifth Street and Ouray Avenue on Thursday. Macias is an...
View ArticleRagged Union will perform on Friday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. at Palisade Brewing...
There is plenty of music scheduled this week in Colorado's Grand Valley, including rock and folk between Oct. 9-15. Deerpeople and Billy Pogany will perform on Friday, Oct. 9, at Barons .
View ArticleFormer Mesa County Deputy fights battle with brain cancer
It was just a few weeks after Bridgette and Keith Chadd's 20 wedding anniversary when their whole world turned upside down. "I can remember the nurse walking down the hall, and she looked at me, and I...
View ArticleLongtime activist for GOP dies
Judith Allen Burford, the first woman chairwoman of the Mesa County Republican Party and a well-known volunteer and Western Slope rancher, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer. She was 88....
View ArticleMesa Theater under new ownership, but reopening date still on horizon
Mesa Theater, 538 Main St. in downtown Grand Junction was bought by a company called C&E Productions for $425,000, the Mesa County Assessor's Office reported. Grand Valley music lovers eager to...
View ArticleYou Said It, Oct. 11, 2015
My fellow unemployed friends and I would like to thank Mesa County for spending time and resources fixing up the concrete marker on the Utah state line. True, none of us even knew it was there to begin...
View ArticleBook notes, Oct. 11, 2015
The Friends of Mesa County Libraries Book Sale is set for Wednesday through Saturday at the First Congregational Church, 1425 N. Fifth St. The early-bird sale will be from 37 p.m. Wednesday. Admission...
View ArticleBlagg lawyers sparring over 'expert' witness
Attacking most aspects of the prosecution's case, Michael Blagg's lawyers have filed no less than 23 pretrial motions seeking to preclude or limit testimony from key witnesses in Blagg's first trial in...
View ArticleBetter roads and services in Clifton
This home at 3220 E 1/2 Road in Clifton has been completely remodeled and has three bedrooms and three baths in 2,080 square feet. It also has 2,500-square foot shop in the back and sits on 1.38 acres,...
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