Pork and Hops fest is smokin' hot
Jimmy Hemmer with Hammerhead USA BBQ in Grand Junction checks on a rack of ribs during the 10th annual Pork and Hops Festival at Lincoln Park. Professional Kansas City Barbecue Society competition,...
View ArticleBlotter, September 13, 2016
A 37-year-old man accused of flashing his Strive case manager was arrested Thursday and could be charged with felony indecent exposure. Joshua Dean Crum, who has a history of indecent exposure and...
View ArticleA pig in a Pokemon: Did game craze keep teens away from fair?
The young people who usually show up at the Mesa County Fair's big Saturday night didn't this year, and officials said that one reason could be Pokemon Go. The fair lost about $14,000 this year, a...
View ArticleCounty pays up on biz incentives
Mesa County returned nearly $12,000 in business personal property taxes to three Grand Junction companies as part of the county's incentives for businesses to relocate or expand. Lewis Engineering, an...
View ArticlePalisade debates selling property in town
Palisade trustees are considering selling a parcel of town property at 225 West Third Street, but will make the decision after meeting with a potential buyer. Trustees unanimously agreed on Tuesday...
View ArticleCommission candidate wants medical school to be built in the valley
The prescription for too few physicians in Mesa County is clear, said one of the Democrats seeking a seat on the Mesa County Commission. Build a medical school, said Dave Edwards, a Palisade town...
View ArticleFamily sues Mesa County social services for leaving child in abusive home...
The family of an 11-month-old girl taken from a safe foster home and killed in the home of a woman repeatedly reported for possible child abuse has sued Mesa County social workers claiming they ignored...
View ArticleMen suspected of drug distribution
The Lost Solar Fire was burning in the Flat Tops northwest of Glenwood Springs as seen in this Sept. 8 photograph.
View ArticleForget McDreamy notions of a medical school - drones are the better bet
Economics is sometimes referred to as "the dismal science," having been given that name by the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle who, by living through winters in Scotland, was an expert on...
View ArticleClub 20 debate hits on economic impacts of Amend 69
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View ArticleCelebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with art from Ortega, others
It is Hispanic Heritage Month - Sept. 13 through Oct. 15 - and a number of events are planned to highlight the contributions and culture of the Hispanic community.
View ArticleBlotter, Sept. 14, 2016
An inmate working on a work crew at the Delta City Cemetery on Monday walked away from the work site, and was picked up along U.S. Highway 50 a short time later, according to police. Ray E. Butler, 55,...
View ArticleDonald Trump Jr. to visit Grand Junction
Donald Trump Jr., son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, is scheduled to speak on his father's behalf at 6 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, according to a press release...
View ArticleMurder-case retrial set for holidays
While most others will be hopping between holiday parties, getting in their turns on the ski slopes or just relaxing with family and friends, more than a dozen residents - here in Mesa County or...
View ArticleRed flags preceded GJ toddler's killing
In a child welfare system that favors kinship care, a 3-year-old girl ended up living with an aunt reportedly victimized by domestic violence and a woman previously suspected of child abuse. Six months...
View ArticleBlotter, Sept. 18, 2016
Deputies with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office responded Sept. 10 to the area of 45 1/2 Road-Horse Canyon Road, on a report of a missing 23-year-old autistic person who had taken a bicycle ride in the...
View ArticleMesa County Sheriff Apologizes To Family In Drug Raid At Wrong Home
The Mesa County Sheriff has apologized to a family for an early morning drug raid on their home which included busting windows and breaking into the home. The Grand Junction Police Department received...
View ArticleSWAT officers raid home in Mesa County only to find innocent family with...
SWAT officers raided a Mesa County home they believed to be full of methamphetamine early Wednesday, breaching its front door and breaking several windows, only to find inside an innocent family with...
View ArticleBiz Buzz, Sept. 18, 2016
Grand Junction is nearly set up with one of the latest trends in entrepreneurship - a cooperative, shared workspace with lightning-fast internet and modern work environments for all toiling types....
View ArticleYou Said It, Sept. 18, 2016
Good for Shane Place, who filed a lawsuit against employees of the Mesa County Department of Human Services. When this case first hit the news, I couldn't imagine why the department would place a baby...
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