Blotter, Dec. 22, 2016
A man wanted for fleeing law enforcement in October was recently arrested in connection with the crime and appeared in Mesa County court on Wednesday. Evan Phillips, 25, faces potential charges of...
View ArticleJordan Shaw, 26, third person arrested in connection with Shandie Case's...
A third person, 26-year-old, Jordan Shaw, was arrested on a warrant in connection with the Nov. 6 shooting case of 25-year-old Shandie Case. Shaw was arrested on suspicion of attempting to influence a...
View ArticlePalisade fire district uses grant to buy defibrillators
The Palisade Rural Fire Protection District has purchased two new cardiac monitors and defibrillators, thanks to a $50,000 grant that could help firefighters and emergency personnel save lives. The...
View ArticleBlotter, Dec. 23, 2016
Grand Junction police say they have requested an arrest warrant for a woman who potentially endangered the public when she fled from a traffic stop last week. Police say the woman eluded officers...
View ArticleDriller is fined, agrees to well tests
An oil and gas company has agreed to pay a fine of $60,970 for violating state requirements to test wells for leaks, and also has committed to do the tests on 75 noncompliant western Colorado wells...
View ArticleBlotter: Dec. 24, 2016
A 19-year-old, who family members described in court Friday as having "serious mental imbalances" that are "amplified by the use of drugs," is accused of viciously beating his father with a wooden...
View ArticleBiz Buzz: Dec. 25, 2016
A popular downtown Grand Junction bar and restaurant remains closed, and it doesn't appear as though it will reopen any time soon. The reasons for the shuttering of Sabrosa , 122 S. Fifth St., seem to...
View ArticleMan accused of eluding officers in chase
Mesa County Sheriff's deputies followed tire tracks over the roadway and through the town Thursday night to apprehend a man accused of eluding and careless driving. Ryan Gregg Blanton, 31, was arrested...
View ArticleYou Said It, Dec. 25, 2016
Please hear our plea: We want a rec center. Grand Junction should be ashamed to not have a rec center like Fruita.
View ArticleWe must confront the mental health crisis in our community
I have concluded our city is in a mental health crisis. Evidence of this appears on the pages of this paper on a weekly basis.
View ArticleBlotter, Dec. 25, 2016
William Ray Ross, 62, received a personal recognizance bond from Mesa County Court Judge Craig Henderson on Friday, relating to a May incident of alleged drunken driving. This came despite what...
View ArticleClosing a career
Paul Nelson relaxes in his office at Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties, 2499 U.S. Highway 6&50. Nelson, a former Mesa County planning commissioner, is retiring at the end of this year.
View ArticleJail, probation for high driver who killed man
A Grand Junction man who got behind the wheel of his truck high on marijuana and killed a motorcyclist in a traffic accident last year was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in the Mesa County Jail and...
View ArticleJones jury asks to hear recordings
Mesa County District Judge Brian Flynn today granted a request from jurors in the murder trial against Lester Jones "unfettered" access to recordings related to the case. The jury, which has been...
View ArticleMesa County looks at ways to collect use taxes
Mesa County appears to have let millions of dollars slip through its fingers, but is preparing steps to capture much-needed cash. The 2017 budget is predicated on a $2.7 million bite into cash left...
View ArticleHearing provides sensible check
For those who hadn't heard of a proceeding called a "reverse transfer" hearing prior to the one now occurring in Mesa County in the case of a teen accused of shooting and killing a Mesa County...
View ArticleNew year could bring boost to gas drilling
While the year promises a number of uncertainties - from what changes in federal energy policies will result from Donald Trump's election to whether coal production levels in the state can halt their...
View ArticleBlotter, Dec. 28, 2016
A 53-year-old Grand Junction man appeared in Mesa County court on Tuesday, advised on possible felony DUI charges as well as a charge that he beat his elderly mother during an altercation this week....
View ArticleLimits for trying suspect as adult
The February shooting death of Mesa County Sheriff's Deputy Derek Geer isn't just historic in that it was the first time in 110 years that a Mesa County deputy was killed in the line of duty. It also...
View ArticleThe Jones conviction
The successful conviction of Lester Jones yesterday was extraordinary for a wide host of reasons, all of which underscore how fortunate this community is to have an aggressive criminal justice...
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