You Said It, Aug. 7, 2016
I would bet the farm that the racist "wetback" rant woman and all her friends are Trump supporters. They wonder what is wrong with the United States and don't even realize that it's them.
View ArticleAlternate jurors limited in complex Jones trial
The Mesa County jury chosen to hear the murder trial of the man accused of killing single mother and call girl Paige Birgfeld nine years ago made it through one day of testimony last week before losing...
View ArticleCounty should put retail pot to a vote
Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese says if Mesa County residents want all of the drawbacks she associates with the commercial sale of marijuana - like "kids being born addicted to marijuana," for...
View ArticleLet's support American-made goods to the fullest extent possible
There's no question American manufacturing jobs are at risk. Our state alone has lost nearly 6,000 manufacturing jobs since 2005.
View ArticleViral video: Racist insults hurled at CO family
Denver7 reporter Lance Hernandez talked to the girl who recorded the incident and tells us she feels the woman's apology after the tirade went viral were not sincere. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.
View ArticleDeputy: Tiff erupts in fire
The eerie glow of reddish light from emergency vehicles illuminates the scene as authorities investigate a fire in Mack on Sunday night. Lower Valley Fire Protection District put the fire out, but...
View ArticleTools in tow, teen peddles repairs
Fourteen-year-old Bobby of Grand Junction works on his bicycle, which he uses to tow his new tool trailer for his bike repair business. The staff at Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County...
View ArticleMan, 'no stranger' to police, held
A homeless man well-known to local law enforcement appeared in Mesa County court on Friday, accused of theft, burglary and trespass charges that will end up being his 11th pending case. Prosecutors...
View ArticleGrand Junction Woman's Racist Rant Caught on Video
This video is what's wrong with the world today. Like every good mom taught their kids, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
View ArticleMesa County man arrested after setting mobile home ablaze, injuring wife
Mesa County authorities have arrested a 46-year-old man after they say he doused his mobile home with gasoline and ignited it Sunday night, injuring his wife. Laurance Tiffin was booked into the county...
View ArticleMan banned from hospital after allegedly threatening staff
A Mesa County man has been banned from St. Mary's Hospital after being accused of trashing a room where emergency room staff barricaded him when he threatened them after demanding medication Sunday...
View ArticleCops: Man jailed after setting fire to his home
A Mack man accused of setting fire to his house Sunday evening and causing his wife to catch fire in the process also reportedly threatened another man who rushed in with a garden hose to douse the...
View ArticleVision and knowledge
Vision and knowledge are two things important in leaders, especially those we elect to represent and govern us. I am increasingly concerned that voters don't look for either when casting their vote.
View ArticleBlotter, Aug. 10, 2016
Crime Stoppers of Mesa County and the Grand Junction Police Department hope someone can help them solve a June robbery of Partners and the Western Colorado Conservation Corps. Sometime between 8 p.m....
View ArticleCommissioners restrict hours at pumpkin patch
Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis questions Jennifer Studt as Commissioner Rose Pugliese listens Tuesday during the hearing about the conditional-use permit for Studts' Pumpkin Patch and Corn...
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly strangling kitten and girlfriend in Grand Junction...
A woman who tried to save her kitten while her boyfriend was strangling it late Monday night was herself brutally assaulted and strangled, authorities said. Tyler Milo Porter, 19, who lives in a...
View ArticleJones''awkward' encounter with victim noted on police videotape
Jurors in the murder trial of Lester Jones on Tuesday watched a recording of him telling police about an "awkward" encounter with slain Grand Junction call girl Paige Birgfeld, whom Jones said he...
View ArticleDesign work starts for Buthorn drain project
Design work is beginning for the improvement of the Grand Valley Drainage District's drainage system in a densely populated area of Grand Junction. The Buthorn drain is frequently overwhelmed with...
View ArticleWoman accused in death of toddler is formally charged
A Grand Junction woman accused in the brutal beating death of a 3-year-old girl in March appeared in district court Tuesday morning to be formally charged and ask for a preliminary hearing in her case....
View ArticleGrand Junction woman charged in beating death of girlfrienda s 3-year-old niece
A Grand Junction woman has been formally charged with murder in the death of her girlfriend's 3-year-old niece, the Daily Sentinel reports . Rebekah Wallin, 32, was arrested in late July and charged in...
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