BLM oil lease sales shifting to internet
A December federal oil and gas lease sale including some 18,330 acres in Mesa and Garfield counties will be conducted online, as the Bureau of Land Management acts to shift more such auctions away from...
View ArticleYour Town, Oct. 16, 2016
I'm smack dab in the middle of harvesting the ripened tomatoes and peppers from my brick garden and have been cooking down batches of tomato sauce and roasting the peppers for freezing. I'd had my eye...
View ArticleYou Said It, Oct. 16, 2016
Thanks, School District 51. Now I have to alter my message to my kids. Instead of "do the crime and you'll do the time, I'll preach to the new morality of "do the crime and get promoted on the...
View ArticleClifton acreage emblematic of Tipton-Schwartz public lands scrap
Mesa County has its eye on 28 acres of adobe lands south of Interstate 70 that officials hope can be turned into a business park, providing an economic boost to the Clifton area. The U.S. Bureau of...
View ArticleHuman remains found in Mesa County ID'd
Fire Weather Watch issued October 14 at 2:53PM MDT expiring October 16 at 9:00PM MDT in effect for: Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero,...
View ArticleBlotter, Oct. 17, 2016
Crime Stoppers of Mesa County is seeking the public's help in identifying the subject who stole a moped sometime between Aug. 27-28 in the 1200 block of Elm Avenue. The 2014 silver and blue-colored Tao...
View ArticleWatch mailbox: Ballots sent out today, clerk says
Ballots for this year's general election go into the mail today, so voters should expect to get them within a day or two, Mesa County Clerk Sheila Reiner said. If they don't show up in mailboxes by the...
View ArticleHomicide investigated in shooting overnight in Palisade
Investigators with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office are combing through evidence at the scene of an alleged homicide that happened overnight in Palisade. Deputies were called to a home in the 3600...
View ArticleGroup starts petition drive to put marijuana to citywide vote
DJ McFadden with Grand Junction CAN kicks off a petition drive at Hawthorne Park on Saturday morning. About 15 people were going door-to-door in town seeking signatures to put the issue on the ballot.
View ArticleDetails in alleged sex-slave case discussed
A woman's story about being chained up for months in a Gateway home and used as a sex slave by the owner is backed up by the chains and padlocks investigators found there, along with DNA evidence from...
View ArticleBrush fire gobbles 2 acres near Pear Park
A brush fire near the 400 block of Marianne Drive quickly spread across two acres of land on Monday afternoon before being contained by firefighters, according to the Grand Junction Fire Department....
View ArticleAffidavit: Man tries to prod officer into shooting him
A 42-year-old Grand Junction man repeatedly told a sheriff's deputy to shoot him during a confrontation in the 500 block of Fruitvale Court on Friday night, according to law enforcement reports. Eric...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Palisade
Mesa County Sheriff's Office investigators are at the scene Monday of a homicide that occurred late Sunday night at this mobile home at 3644 G 7/10 Road in Palisade. A 56-year-old man was found dead of...
View ArticleHuman remains found in Mesa County desert that of 74-year-old missing since 2013
The county coroner's office said the remains Roger Alfonso Vigil, of Loma, were found Oct. 11 off 16 Road northwest of Grand Junction The county coroner's office said the remains Roger Alfonso Vigil,...
View ArticleTestimony continues on whether Holzer is tried as as adult
An eyewitness to the shooting of Mesa County Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer saw Geer standing near a larger man as the larger man stood up, leveled a handgun and fired two or three times. Gracie Lane...
View ArticleBiz Buzz: Oct. 20, 2016
The folks at Rooted Gypsy Farms are committed to changing the way people get their food, and have a unique boutique farm that is central to that aim. They're opening up their operation this Sunday - at...
View ArticlePolice say pot grow motive for shooting
Mesa County sheriff's investigators believe the presence of "a very large" marijuana growing operation is the motive behind the shooting death of a 51-year-old Palisade man. Paul Davis was found dead...
View ArticleSex-slave suspect headed for trial; no word on bond
A judge on Wednesday ordered a Gateway man to stand trial on charges he kept a sex slave chained for months in his basement, but delayed a decision on whether to reduce the man's bond after defense...
View Article3 in running for district judge
Gov. John Hickenlooper will have a second opportunity this year to name a new judge to the Mesa County District Court bench. When he does that, he might recognize at least two of the three names...
View ArticleMom testifies of son's hard upbringing
Austin Holzer's childhood was one of family instability, being passed across the Continental Divide from parent to parent, involvement in drugs and alcohol, sexual assault and failure at school,...
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