Kurtzman withdraws from Mesa County coroner race; backs Havlik
Former Mesa County coroner and local forensic pathologist Dr. Rob Kurtzman said today in a press release he'll withdraw from the 2014 race for coroner and will endorse Mesa County's incumbent coroner...
View ArticleAbused juror may force new trial for convicted sex offender
A former Mesa resident, church deacon, retired police officer and school board member deserves a new trial in a child sex-assault case because a juror failed to disclose being a childhood victim of...
View ArticleYoung poets show off their skills
Over the past year dozens of students have been hard at work writing poetry and today they got to show off their work.
View ArticleFoster Me Home program helps pets
The Mesa County Animal Welfare Partnership is ramping up the Foster Me Home program, which is creating a database of eligible animal foster parents to provide temporary homes for animals not quite...
View ArticleCommunity Hospital forms partnership with University of Utah
In a major coup for Community Hospital, officials there announced this morning a new partnership with University of Utah Health Care that will result in the offering of additional medical services to...
View ArticleWoman breaks into jail, gets her wish to be arrested
Monique Deshawn Armstrong, on the other hand, apparently wanted to be in custody - and went to extreme measures early Monday morning to see to it that she was locked up.
View ArticleWoman in Colorado jail after demanding arrest
A woman who tried to break into a Colorado jail after demanding that she be arrested instead of her brother got her wish.
View ArticleSome Colorado Sheriffs Ending Immigrant Detainers
Some Colorado sheriffs will no longer honor requests from federal immigration authorities to continue to detain someone once they are eligible to be released on the charges for which they were...
View ArticleThe Grand Junction Lions Club fulfills its community pledges
Representatives from the Grand Valley Zoological Quest, the Museum of Western Colorado, and KAFM Radio all gathered today at the two rivers convention to accept their monetary awards.
View ArticleChildren's illness is spreading quickly
The symptoms are similar to that of a cold, kids may have a low grade fever, a runny nose, and body aches, but they also develop a "slapped cheek" rash on their face and some on their bodies.
View ArticleFive jailed in 'serious' drug probe
Five men arrested on warrants over a 24-hour period starting Monday night are being held in connection with a large Mesa County drug investigation.
View ArticleNo DNA test for bomber
James Genrich is led into the Mesa County Courthouse by Sgt. Bob Johnson of the Mesa County Sheriff's Office in this file photo from Feb. 19, 1992.
View ArticleNumber of special-needs students in county rises by 137
Mesa County has 137 more children on special education plans in 2013-14 than in 2012-13, prompting the creation of three new part-time special education teaching positions and one new full-time...
View ArticleMesa County Sheriff's Office to comply with new immigration ruling
"When it is ruled by a federal judge that holding somebody on an ICE detainer alone is illegal and may violate somebody's rights, we sit up and take notice because we run a facility where we don't want...
View ArticleMesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office doing more with less
The Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office is taking steps to make up for budget cuts without sacrificing service.
View ArticleBLM hears pro-energy side
Flanked by energy workers and their families, Mesa County Commissioner John Justman speaks at De Beque High School at a press conference Thursday in support of preserving 65 oil and gas leases under...
View ArticleJudge orders $100K bond in neighbor feud
A 74-year-old man was ordered jailed on a $100,000 cash-only bond - unusually high in a case with misdemeanor charges - following an arrest in an alleged one-man "reign of terror" in a Grand Junction...
View ArticleRep. Jared Wright Goes Full-on Rogue In Career's Final Days
The Fruita Republican is co-sponsoring a bill with a Boulder Democrat, Rep. KC Becker, aimed at protecting the state's groundwater supply from radioactive contamination While the bill primarily is...
View ArticleMonique Armstrong's schmucky decision to break into jail
Here at Schmuck of the Week headquarters, we're all for families that stick together through thick and thin.
View ArticleURA reform bill advances at Capitol
A Senate legislative committee has approved Rep. Brian DelGrosso's bill that would reform how urban renewal authorities are created in the state.
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