Judge rules against county, chamber on drainage
A Mesa County District judge rejected a request by Mesa County and the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce that they not be penalized should they lose a case against the Grand Valley Drainage...
View ArticleKeeping the keys
Jill Wohlgemuth is the occupational therapist who owns Shift To Independence, a driving evaluation and rehabilitation program that helps older drivers stay on the road longer, with adaptive equipment....
View ArticleYou Said It, Nov. 20, 2016
Yes, congratulations are in order for Mesa County Republicans because we waited eight years to vote for our candidate without destroying or burning beating our opponents. Enough was enough, and for...
View ArticleBlotter, Nov. 20, 2016
A Grand Junction man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly choked a man and hit him with a hammer because the man owed him $100. Korb Eugene Winters, 54, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree...
View ArticleConspiracy suspect gets high cash bond
The 26-year-old Wyoming man believed to be the link between the victims and the assailants in an October shooting in Molina was issued a high cash bond in Mesa County court on Thursday. Jacob Hoard was...
View ArticleWhy adopt kids? 'Because I love them,' mom tells judge
District Court Judge Valerie Robison, right, speaks with adoptive mother Kasey Creech, second from left, and Kasey's daughter Abbi, 14, while Kasey's newly-adopted children Jade Creech, 9, and Evan...
View ArticleBlotter, Nov. 21, 2016
Crime Stoppers of Mesa County is seeking the public's help to identify suspects involved in a burglary at the laundry room of the Bookcliff Apartment Complex. Entry was forced into the laundry room of...
View ArticleFruita residents voice ideas for lagoons' future
The 25-acre parcel owned by the city with four decommissioned sewer lagoons is close to Fruita's commercial center near Kokopelli Boulevard with hotels, restaurants, a number of shops and the Dinosaur...
View ArticleAnother lease sale, another challenge
One of the overriding sentiments to emerge from the Thompson Divide controversy is that some places are too special to drill. We've heard that particular turn of phrase come into play in conjunction...
View ArticleCounty goes after grant for bike trail
The Mesa County Commission on Monday applied for a grant to aid in planning for the Palisade Plunge bike trail, pushing the project a small step ahead. The commission approved a request for a $200,000...
View ArticleBlotter, Nov. 22, 2016
A Grand Junction man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into a neighbor's house last week and stole thousands of dollars worth of property, including firearms. Shane Taylor Luster, 39, was...
View ArticleHealth and Wellness briefs: Nov. 22, 2016
Community Hospital officials said they have reached an agreement with two long-standing Grand Junction family medicine physicians, Stacia Baker, MD, and William Donald Hoisington, MD, of Peach Valley...
View ArticleRace-based bullying in District 51 on the rise
Those are the words parents and teachers say have circulated in the hallways and on the playgrounds of Mesa County schools in the weeks leading up to and since the election - and School District 51...
View ArticleA level field?
Colorado's Rural Jump-Start Tax Credit Program has helped put Mesa County on the radar of prospective businesses because it's a limited opportunity. The whole rationale behind making tax breaks...
View ArticleBlack (and blue) Friday
I know you're busy, but I hope that at some point today - perhaps after chaotic hours of football, family and feasting - you'll take a moment to pause in silence, bow your head, and ponder what's...
View ArticleTwo arrested after fight over dog
Grand Junction police officers and Mesa County Sheriff's deputies investigate the circumstances that caused a fight over a dog between four people in the area of the Fifth Street bridge Tuesday...
View ArticleJones trial redux: Murder suspect back in court for re-trial after hung jury
Lester Jones appears in a Mesa County courtroom in September. A jury deadlocked in his trial for first-degree murder of Paige Birgfeld then, but a re-trial gets underway today.
View ArticleAuthorities suspect quick-change artist in gas station scam
It's called a quick-change scam, and the Mesa County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who's targeting local gas stations with it. On Thanksgiving Day, a man described as black and wearing a...
View ArticleImmigrants in area worry about future
Those wanting information about the current situation on undocumented immigrants can attend an Information for Immigrants meeting from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the Central Branch of the Mesa County Library,...
View ArticleBlotter, Nov. 26, 2016
A 50-year-old man who was sentenced to a work release program by the Mesa County Sheriff's Office but who failed to show up for about a year both lost his chance to participate in the now-defunct...
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