Cop cleared in Monument Inn shooting
Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein will not file charges against the police officer who shot a suicidal man in the hand in October at the Monument Inn, according to a letter sent to the...
View ArticleHickenlooper appoints judge to 21st Judicial District
Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Mesa County Judge Gretchen Larson today as the new district court judge in the 21st Judicial District. Her appointment is effective Jan. 1. Larson has been a county...
View ArticleCivic brag: Worn with pride, the 'I Voted' sticker a meaningful accessory
"Always vote for principle," John Quincy Adams said, "though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." The "I voted" sticker, that is, pride of...
View ArticleBlotter, Nov. 3, 2016
A Mesa County district judge sentenced a 30-year-old child molester to four years to life in prison Wednesday, a little more than a month after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a toddler....
View ArticleCity hedges on burn decision
Grand Junction residents annoyed by the backyard burning of yard waste should smell some relief by the spring, as the Grand Junction City Council seemed in favor of enacting a ban on the practice....
View ArticleLarson picked as district court judge
Mesa County Judge Gretchen Larson has been appointed to fill a district court judge vacancy that will be left by the end-of-year retirement of current District Court Judge Thomas Deister, according to...
View ArticleSome county residents consider mill levy hikes
Beyond the candidate races and statewide ballot questions, a handful of Mesa County voters also have a few very local issues to consider on Election Day. For about 550 residents and property owners...
View ArticleCelebrate, learn about western heritage gathering
Join the gathering and experience a blending of cowboy poetry and western music on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 45, at the Museum of Western Colorado's Whitman Educational Center at Fourth Street and Ute...
View ArticleFischer, former head of river district, dies Thursday
"Everyone at the River District is saddened by today's news," spokesman Chris Treese said. "Rollie was the River District for many years.
View ArticlePolice: Slaying Suspect Kidnaps Woman, Nabs Cars As He Flees
A man wanted in connection with a slaying in Utah led authorities on two wrong-way chases, briefly kidnapped a woman after breaking into her home to change his clothes and steal her car and apparently...
View ArticleSmugglers get prison, deportation
Two Mexican drug "mules" captured in Mesa County last year with about 40 pounds of methamphetamine in their car face prison time and deportation after pleading guilty to felony counts of drug...
View ArticleCourt-appointed advocates extend support to foster teens
The Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mesa County are adding a small but significant voice to the local effort to help teenagers in foster care transition successfully into adulthood. The Fostering...
View ArticleAmendment 71 protects our Constitution, which protects us
In an election season that will surely go down as one of the most uninspiring in our nation's history, there is a glimmer of good news and important progress happening in Colorado. Voters from around...
View ArticleTrump backers rally in support of energy jobs
Eric Mahroum from the Trump campaign speaks at a rally for the Republican presidential candidate behind the Baker Hughes facility in Grand Junction on Saturday. The empty chairs were meant to represent...
View ArticleAging out, moving up
With her clean laundry folded and put into a basket, Jenny Jones snuggles and plays with her 1-month-old daughter, Avalee Payne, while she sits on the couch at her foster parents' Fruitvale home....
View ArticleFresh vision on Main Street
Andrea Haitz,left and Amanda Potter are the new owners of the Mercantile Building at 546 Main Street in downtown Grand Junction.The lower level in now under construction and will be the new home to...
View ArticleDeputies work afternoon shooting case
Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputies are piecing together the circumstances surrounding a shooting that occurred just before 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. Deputies were alerted to a man with a gunshot...
View ArticleWoman dies in Sunday shooting
A 25-year-old woman is dead in the wake of a Sunday afternoon shooting that also left another adult hospitalized with a non-life threatening wound. Shandie Case of Clifton died of a gunshot wound to...
View ArticlePregnant woman shot, killed
A pregnant woman is dead and her 28-year-old boyfriend in custody in the wake of a Sunday afternoon shooting that also left another man hospitalized with a non-life threatening wound. Shandie Case, a...
View ArticleSuicide intervention takes guts, caring
Martha Graf, executive director of the Western Colorado Suicide Prevention Foundation, speaks at the first of four Brief Suicide Intervention Training sessions at Grand Junction High School on Monday....
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