Buyers gain borrowing power at RV show
Approaching the Mesa County Fairgrounds from U.S. Highway 50, first-timers might feel overwhelmed by the gleaming array of 21st century super vehicles parked there in anticipation of "the largest...
View ArticleState must engage Strive for solution
The issue has become a knot of bureaucratic red tape as two state agencies, the Legislature and its Joint Budget Committee, Regional Center staff and a Mesa County Community Centered Board try to move...
View ArticleNext Holzer hearings set for 3 days in October
Attorneys for Austin Holzer will ask in October that the 17-year-old accused of killing Mesa County Sheriff's Deputy Derek Geer be returned to the juvenile system - six months after Holzer's 18th...
View ArticleBlotter, April 2, 2016
A 36-year-old man appeared before a Mesa County judge Friday, accused of taking a bat into a residence he was formerly restricted from entering. A person who lives at the residence in the 100 block of...
View ArticleJunction rapist from 1991 not eligible for release
A judge ruled that a former Mesa County man serving an indeterminate prison sentence for raping two women in Grand Junction in 1990 isn't yet eligible to be considered for release. Mesa County Chief...
View ArticleBook notes, April 3, 2016
The One Book 4 Colorado will give away copies of a children's book to all 4-year-olds in Colorado between April 1125. Mesa County 4-year-olds can pick up a copy of the free book at any Mesa County...
View ArticleYour Town, April 2, 2016
In typical spring fashion, I wore open-toed shoes on the day it snowed last week and a few too many layers on the day it was warm and sunny. However, when it came to choosing what today's "Your Town:...
View ArticleBlotter, April 4, 2016
A man who had been released from Mesa County Jail only 15 minutes earlier threatened to rob a City Market because he wanted to go back to jail where he felt "safe and stable," according to the Grand...
View ArticlePot sales healing economic woes of the Colorado town of DeBeque
Randy Sheley helps customer Joseph Moore at Elk Mountain Trading Post, a recreational cannabis store in DeBeque, Colo. Sheley's wife, Suzanne, is also behind the counter.
View ArticleCounty Commission discusses offer on former administration building
This building at 750 Main St. used to house the Mesa County Commission administration offices. On Monday, the commission heard a sales pitch for it from Aaron Young of the Kaart Group, who wants to...
View ArticleBlotter, April 5, 2016
A man who died in a car accident west of Clifton early Saturday morning has been identified as a resident of Wisconsin. Brock Sennott, 26, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died of blunt force injuries to the...
View ArticlePeople who care about foster children are 'superheroes'
Mark Tennant of Arrow Child & Family Ministries, a child placement agency, talks about his difficult upbringing as a foster child removed from an abusive home. Tennant, whose organization has...
View ArticlePrinted Letters: April 6, 2016
We shouldn't pay one dime of drainage fee In the world of discriminatory practice, here we are with a governing body on the Western Slope openly practicing discrimination against anyone that lives...
View ArticleBlotter, April 6, 2016
An inmate at the Mesa County Jail was advised of possible second-degree assault charges Tuesday, after allegedly assaulting another inmate who handed him a tray of food. According to an arrest...
View ArticlePohto sentenced for the killing of Justin Burns
A Minnesota man is to serve five years in prison for the killing of a 14-year-old Grand Valley boy last fall.
View ArticleInitiative: Ban non-ag burning within city limits
A Grand Valley citizens' group plans to ask the Grand Junction City Council to ban residential burning, saying the tradition of setting fire to garden waste, tree trimmings and other materials harms...
View ArticleLost in translation
Before the city undertakes a project of any significance, it usually commissions a study from a private consulting group detailing pros and cons, variables, upfront costs, financing mechanisms, the...
View ArticleCounty: BMX track breaches lease
Grand Valley BMX is in breach of its lease on the Mesa County Fairgrounds, the county says in its answer to a lawsuit in which a California company is seeking $157,000 for a ramp it built for the BMX...
View ArticleJail inmate dies
A male inmate at the Mesa County Jail who jumped from a second story on Thursday afternoon died after striking his head in the fall, according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office. The man had been...
View ArticleBlotter: April 9, 2016
A 22-year-old Fruita man faces a drug possession charge for allegedly having methamphetamine on top of his television, noticed by a police officer he invited into his residence on Thursday morning....
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