Steady sales progress, consistent activity bode well for 2017
Infrastructure construction is underway at the Peaks at Redlands Mesa, a luxury townhome development off Ridges Blvd. According to Vona Murphy with Murphy and Associates, the listing agent for the...
View ArticleNo. 9 story of 2016: Stormwater fee prompts legal fight
The first months of 2016 saw the first wave of bills for stormwater management go out to more than 40,000 property owners in the Grand Valley Drainage District - a new, contentious fee added to...
View ArticleNo. 7 story of 2016: Shrinking revenues, rising costs bedevil local governments
The story of how local cities and Mesa County trimmed budgets, staff and postponed capital projects is the No. 7 story of 2016.
View ArticleBackpack drive helps kids in need
Fruita Monument High School student Brielle Thomas started a campaign to collect backpacks for foster kids who need a way to carry their belongings from home to home. Here, she's seen with her brother,...
View ArticleRuling: No fine change in drug case
A Mesa County defendant didn't get any relief from the Colorado Court of Appeals on a fine for his drug-related conviction, but he did help define state law. A three-judge panel of the appeals court...
View ArticleBlotter, Dec. 30, 2016
An 18-year-old man appeared in Mesa County court on Thursday, advised on possible charges of first-degree burglary and assault in connection to an altercation Nov. 17 that was allegedly centered around...
View ArticleDA seeks high bond for suspect in abuse
A Clifton man who had already been arrested twice in 2016 on domestic violence charges against the same woman was back in court Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree assault against her. Thomas...
View ArticleHandout Soccer Mom Turned Escort MurderedNo one knew what happened to ...
No one knew what happened to Paige Birgfeld, but they soon learned she was working as a madam to support her children. Ten years and two trials later, her client was convicted of killing her.
View ArticleMan accused of punching officer in hospital scuffle
A 44-year-old man accused of punching an officer in the chin during a confrontation at St. Mary's Hospital early Wednesday morning faces a second-degree assault charge and is being held at the Mesa...
View ArticleNo. 2 story of 2016: Jury convicts Jones of murder
Defendant Lester Jones, center, listens to his public defender Steve Colvin, standing, after the reading of the verdict in District Judge Brian Flynn's courtroom Tuesday. The 12-person jury found Jones...
View ArticleNo. 3 story of 2016: Child deaths focus on foster system, human services
The deaths of children known to the foster care system continued to raise questions as their suspected killers were sentenced to prison or arrested in 2016. The death of 3-year-old Bethannie Johnson in...
View ArticleBlotter, Dec. 31, 2016
A Montrose man, accused of being part of a group that fled law enforcement in a vehicle hauling a stolen trailer loaded down with stolen goods, was arrested Thursday and faces several felony charges...
View ArticleTraffic Alert, Jan. 1, 2017
B 1/2 Road Overpass Project at U.S. Highway 50 - Orchard Mesa: B 1/2 Road Overpass is closed in both directions. Anticipated to reopen by mid-January.
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 1, 2017
A 52-year-old man received a public indecency ticket Thursday afternoon after a Mesa County sheriff's deputy spotted him with his bare buttocks fully exposed and pushed against the windshield of the...
View ArticleExplosion ignites home; 2 injured
Officers from the Mesa County Sheriff's Office and the Grand Junction Police Department confer as a man waits for medical attention at 284 28 1/2 Road after an explosion drew multiple fire engines and...
View ArticleBlotter, Jan. 2, 2017
Authorities are seeking information about a suspect who paid for items with a counterfeit $100 bill at Rite Aid, 400 N. First St. on Dec. 19. According to Crime Stoppers of Mesa County, security...
View ArticlePhone scammers refer to Sheriff's Office as trick
Cases of phone scams related to sheriff's offices are on the rise and scammers have become more sophisticated lately, according to the Garfield and Mesa County sheriff offices. A current scam in...
View ArticleCensus: a new US resident each 17 seconds
That means that since the last official Census count, the nation now has 15.5 million, or 5 percent, more people than it did in 2010. That's based on one birth for every 8 seconds, plus one new legal...
View ArticleValley hospitals host 1st newborns of year
Parents Amador and Tangi Stock admire Khaliya, the first baby born in Mesa County in 2017. She weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces with a full head of black hair.
View ArticleMesa County finances still under state scrutiny
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman still is working on what a spokeswoman said was an "independent assessment" of Mesa County's handling of its financial affairs. Once the assessment is...
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