Text-to-911 used for aid in dangerous traffic stop
The Vail Public Safety Communications center received a 911 call at 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 26 from a female reporting her boyfriend as suicidal. The man and woman were in a vehicle headed westbound on...
View ArticleOwner takes dim view of sign
Greg Coffman, owner of Insurance Planning Alternatives, 315 N. Seventh St., won a default judgment of $32,703 after bringing a civil case against Martin Durate, owner of Premier Signs & Neon, LLC....
View ArticleYour Town, Jan. 10, 2016
We Colorado natives know the drill and drove cautiously Thursday morning on the main corridors where most of the traffic was, allowing ample space between cars for stopping on the icy roads. Admit it...
View ArticleState budget hinges on fate of hospital fee
If you don't know what the hospital provider fee is, you will soon enough because it's the fulcrum upon which the see-saw battle over the budget will play out in this year's upcoming legislative...
View ArticleDetermined, and a bit overwhelmed, I work through rigorous CASA training
EDITOR'S NOTE: Grand Junction resident Nancy Lofholm decided last spring to volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County, a nonprofit organization that provides a voice for That...
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 10, 2016
Climbing gear was stolen from a parked vehicle in the 800 block of Hill Avenue sometime between 9 p.m. on Dec. 7 and 4:40 p.m. on Dec. 8, according to Crime Stoppers of Mesa County. Stolen items...
View ArticleHuman Services chief in hot seat today after his 90-day probation
The Mesa County Commission will deliberate today on the fate of Tracey Garchar, the head of the county's Human Services Department put on a probation of sorts in October until Tuesday. Commission...
View Article'Panty perp' connected to 4 burglaries, 7 victims
Nearly 100 articles of women's clothing from four residential burglaries in downtown Grand Junction have been connected to the same suspect, authorities say in an arrest affidavit. Jerry Madrid, 49, a...
View ArticleLions Club pledges $110K to nonprofits
Dream Big Adaptive Watersports received $3,300 to help build shade shelters for its clients who enjoy getting wet. Partners of Mesa County was awarded $12,500 to buy a trusted vehicle to haul its young...
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 12, 2016
Thomas Hopkins, 62, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of false reporting after he allegedly called 911 six times in five days falsely reporting serious injuries and summoning the Grand Junction Fire...
View ArticleIn Brief, Jan. 12, 2016
Connie Blaine, volunteer with Grand Valley Pets Alive, will conduct a project demonstration of the group's distributed shelters for outdoor or community cats in the valley at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at 164 N...
View ArticleDA: Blagg targeted wife in gas leak plot
Four months before he allegedly shot and killed his wife as she slept in November 2001, Michael Blagg tried to kill Jennifer Blagg by creating a gas leak when she was alone at the couple's Redlands...
View ArticleKeys to a brand new life
Sarah Balerio, center, and her children, from left to right, Juan, Marcos, Jahnessa and Lily, stand in front of their new home at 390 Wedgewood Road in Grand Junction. The home was built for the...
View ArticleMan was asked to leave hospital before allegedly crashing into it
Broken glass is scattered at the base of the St. Mary's Hospital emergency sign. Christopher Cox, 31, of Grand Junction, is suspected of driving drunk and crashing his pickup into the sign on Sunday.
View ArticleFantasy finances
There's nothing like a Powerball jackpot bigger than the gross domestic product of some island nations to make us fantasize about what we'd do with all that money. Who can resist plunking down $2 for a...
View ArticleGarCo orders public road reopened
Garfield County commissioners recently directed a guest ranch outside De Beque to reopen to the public some four and a half miles of county road west of town. Still to be determined is whether the move...
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 13, 2016
Lee Reed, 22, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree assault and disorderly conduct after he allegedly attacked another man who had given him a cigarette in the area of 29 Road and Dawn...
View ArticleKitty pity leads to warm gesture
Under the watchful eye of her feline friend, Percy, Connie Blaine of Fruita stuffs a little more straw into a shelter she made for cats that spend all their time outdoors. When nighttime temperatures...
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 14, 2016
Pablo Chairez, 22, of Grand Junction, was arrested Tuesday night for three outstanding domestic violence warrants after a prolonged standoff with SWAT officers inside a unit at Racquet Club Apartments,...
View ArticleSmall plane crashes on Glade Park; pilot not injured
A pilot was uninjured after a Cessna 150 aircraft crashed this afternoon in a remote canyon on Glade Park, near the Colorado-Utah line, before apparently calling on a cellphone for a ride home,...
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