Slain young man spent difficult years
The 20-year-old man who was found stabbed to death Monday afternoon in a Grand Junction trailer park spent his high school years in Mesa County, but struggled with addiction and had spent the last two...
View ArticleAttorney seeks 2nd mental exam for sex suspect
A trial for the accused curator of websites featuring nude underage girls has been delayed yet again after defense attorneys asked the man be given a second mental health evaluation. Kevin Renfro, 36,...
View ArticleYour Town, Dec. 11, 2016
Christmas traditions and customs run the gamut from preparing special foods to decorating the home in a unique way or stuffing the stockings with that same expected treat year after year. For us -...
View ArticleRetail pot appeal needs 690 signees
A group that wants to ask Grand Junction voters to approve recreational sales of marijuana in the city limits must obtain more signatures to get the question on the April ballot. Grand Junction...
View ArticleCellmate recants: Holzer didn't brag of killing cop
A former cellmate of Austin Holzer - who previously told jailers that he had once knocked the teen out for "running his mouth about being a bad-ass cop-killer" - testified Wednesday in court that he...
View ArticleGrant cycles combined as revenues drop
The Colorado Department of Local Affairs recently doled out about $9.3 million in severance tax grants, but they will be the last ones for a little while. Because severance tax revenues are way down,...
View ArticleYou Said It, Dec. 11, 2016
That the city manager is doing his own full court press to attract some semi-professional basketball and hockey franchises is a slap shot in the face to those seeing more pressing needs with publicly...
View ArticleOnline predator threatens underage boy, wants money
A recent report from an underage boy who was lured into participating in a graphic video chat online, then extorted by the stranger who recorded it on her own computer, highlights dangers that can...
View ArticlePolice: Intruder returns for her belongings
A 76-year-old Clifton woman who found a purse, jacket and boots that didn't belong to her inside her front room early Wednesday morning got an even bigger surprise that afternoon when the apparent...
View ArticleWestern Colorado oil, gas leases sell for $1.6 million
The Bureau of Land Management has sold numerous federal oil and gas leases in western Colorado though an online auction. The Daily Sentinel reports that in all, 28 Colorado parcels covering more than...
View ArticleFallen Mesa County deputy continues to save lives through his donated organs
Her husband, Mesa County sheriff's Deputy Derek Geer , had been shot several times by a teenager and was lying in a hospital bed, being sustained by machines . Doctors told her that the loving,...
View ArticleMcArthur says he intends to run for re-election
Grand Junction City Councilor Duncan McArthur announced his bid for re-election on Monday, vowing to use a second full term to address the city's chronic homeless problem, tackle drainage issues and...
View ArticleHolzer defense grills father about parenting
The father of accused teenage cop killer Austin Holzer defended his parenting and support for his son Monday in court as defense attorneys questioned whether concern for his own reputation has been his...
View ArticleCounty issues first burning restrictions
The haze from an inversion obscures the eastern Redlands and the Uncompahgre Plateau in this view from Independent Avenue. The Mesa County Halth Department has issued an Air Watch Alert banning all...
View ArticleAnalyst sees rosier times for Colorado; valley lagging
Dr. Richard Wobbekind of the Leeds School of Business presented the Colorado economic forecast at the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce Monday. Colorado is set to be in the top 10 states for job...
View ArticleBond for murder suspect quadrupled
A judge on Monday hiked the bond of a Grand Junction man suspected of stabbing another man to death last week after prosecutors suggested they will file a first-degree murder charge in the case. Mesa...
View ArticleRenewable energy power-line projects win final approval from BLM
The Interior Department has given final approval to two renewable-energy transmission line projects that will cut through northwest Colorado. The agency on Tuesday approved the 728-mile TransWest...
View ArticleWe have to want to be something
Seems like a rather obvious correlation, but a recent study by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, with the help of the University of Colorado, pinpointed why some...
View ArticleKid killer suspect offered plea deal
One of two Grand Junction women accused in the abuse and beating death of a 3-year-old girl in March has been extended a potential plea agreement by prosecutors, and will announce her decision whether...
View ArticleSuicides in Mesa County approaching record
A county-led community meeting Jan. 10 will provide an opportunity for Mesa County residents to talk about how they'd like to see suicide prevention and intervention approached. The meeting will be...
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