Group defends second amendment rights at luncheon
About 20 Mesa County Open Carry members met for lunch at Rib City in Fruita, while practicing open carry with guns in holsters at their sides.
View ArticleMan found dead in desert east of Grand Junction
An adult man was found dead this afternoon in the desert east of Grand Junction with what appeared to be a gunshot wound, an official from the Mesa County Sheriff's Office said.
View ArticleKingpin gets 32 years, the max term, in sweeping drug probe
Authorities believe the "salsa" served up by 45-year-old Francisco Peralta-Cabral wasn't on the menu at his restaurant in Meeker.
View ArticleJohnny Carino's shut down
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office evicted a popular Grand Junction Italian restaurant Monday after it allegedly failed to pay two months rent, according to court records.
View ArticleCompassTools Installs Durango Base Station to Provide Free GPS Correction in...
CompassTools Inc., a distributor of mapping and GIS products for field data collection, has installed a GPS reference station in Durango, Colo., to provide freely available differential correction data...
View ArticleCraig police officer terminated following arrest
A Craig police officer has been terminated following his arrest in Grand Junction on suspicion of disorderly conduct and disrupting government operations.
View ArticleClass to teach signs of suicidal behavior in the elderly
Mesa County RSVP is hosting a suicide prevention seminar tomorrow for the first time.
View ArticleUnited Way drive tops $970K
Audience volunteers hold up the numbers to represent the $970,557 that the United Way raised during this year's campaign during a celebration luncheon this afternoon held at Colorado Mesa University's...
View ArticleKindergarten cut-off date controversy
Last week District 51 decided to make the cut-off date for children entering kindergarten earlier, but not everyone is embracing the change with open arms.
View ArticleArmy recruiter accused of sexual assault
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office says a U.S. Army sergeant is facing criminal charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who attended a high school where he worked as a...
View ArticleCrash through house victim identified
The Mesa County Coroner's Office has identified the man who died this afternoon at a crash scene in the 1900 block of Bunting Avenue as 55-year-old Grand Junction resident Stanley Sanders.
View ArticleLandlord: Carino's owes $33K on tax bill
As of Friday, Carino's Italian Restaurant owed more than $16,000 for real property taxes due on property it once occupied at 2480 U.S. Highway 6&50, a lawyer for the landlord alleged Thursday.
View ArticleWright drops out of HD54 race
Rep. Jared Wright is dropping out of his race for re-election, and is instead endorsing his GOP opponent, Yeulin Willett, the freshman legislator announced at a hastily called press conference today.
View ArticleOne Book, One Mesa County: Author gives character a voice
GRETEL DAUGHERTY/The Daily Sentinel - Ruth Ozeki, author of "A Tale for the Time Being," talks to several hundred people Saturday at Grand Junction High School about the book, which is this year's One...
View ArticleWork with victims is DA staffer's 'dream job'
"This was always my dream job," explains Sommerfeld, who has served as the victim assistance coordinator for the 21st Judicial District Attorney's Office since 1985.
View ArticleD51 School of Choice applications available Monday
Mesa County Valley School District 51 applications for School of Choice will be available at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Mar. 3. and are due before 4 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 21. Parents wanting their child to...
View ArticleAirport may lose $1.4M in funding
Re-applying for grants for a new administration building at Grand Junction Regional Airport is likely to cost the Airport Authority up to $1.4 million.
View ArticleNew BMX track could be home to 2016 Olympic trials
The Mesa County Commissioners unanimously voted to support the million dollar project to boost the economy and also to get national attention if Olympic trials are held here.
View ArticleBLM to get $1.1 billion in president's proposed budget
The Bureau of Land Management, which administers most of the public lands in the West and more than 1 million acres in and around Mesa County, is proposed to spend $1.1 billion in 2015, on projects...
View ArticleLoVa group shifts focus to community trail projects around Garfield County
Following a stalled effort last year to fully fund a major section of the South Canyon trail, the Lower Valley Trails Group is handing that project over to Garfield County for now and is refocusing its...
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