New Obamacare map could cut insurance costs
Colorado's High Country has the nation's highest Obamacare costs, but regional residents could get some relief if changes in a statewide insurance rating map become final.
View ArticleTeam Codi takes the Special Olympics
One Special Olympian was the subject of a whole cheering section as she took on the 25 meter dash in Monday's games.
View ArticleMan dedicates 55 years to Search and Rescue
The Mesa County search and rescue team goes out on hundreds of calls every year to help locate and rescue lost or injured hikers, bikers, and other outdoor sportsmen and women.
View ArticleThe Mesa County Sheriff's Office updates technology
Funding from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Colorado Department of Public Safety will bring two new live scan machines to the sheriff's department.
View ArticleInjuries from baby gates rising
An increasing number of children are heading to the hospital for injuries from something that's supposed to keep them safe.
View ArticleTwin River stakes $1.125 million on Colorado gambling ballot measure
The group seeking to place a measure on the November ballot to authorize casino-style gambling at horse racetracks in Colorado has raised $1.125 million to fund a campaign that's likely to be among the...
View ArticleFmr pro wrestler wanted for sexual assault
In March, investigators with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office obtained a no bond, sex assault on a child, warrant issued for 56-year-old Stephen Nathaniel Ketcher.
View ArticlePossible BLM Lease Cancellations Expose Hydrocarbon Class Warfare
Hundreds of citizens from Mesa County and other affected areas gathered May 1 in De Beque to protest a Bureau of Land Management plan to void existing contracts the government made with private...
View ArticleCU-Boulder professor and Western Slope make snow-depth data public info
CU-Boulder aerospace engineering sciences Professor Kristine Larson developed a clever method of using GPS signals to measure snow depth.
View ArticleAnfield Resources Inc. Announces Acquisition of Colorado Uranium Assets
The acquisition gives Anfield access to mineral rights on over 4,800 acres in four separate districts within the Uravan Mineral Belt, a region with prolific past uranium and vanadium production.
View ArticleFormer pro wrestler accused of child sex assault
A professional wrestler turned long-haul trucker being investigated for child sex assault in western Colorado has been arrested in Florida.
View ArticleEx-wrestler Gatorwolf arrested on sex charges against girl
Stephen 'Gatorwolf' Ketcher, accused of raping a teenager, is an ex-wrestler who went by the stage name 'Gatorwolf' during his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment in the late 1980s.
View ArticleHonoring the fallen
Every year during the month of May, the Mesa County Sheriff's Office honors their fallen colleagues across the country by placing a wreath on the headstone of Deputy Edward Innes.
View ArticleSuspect who shot Colorado trooper was convicted killer out on bond
A man authorities believe shot Colorado Trooper Eugene Hofacker on Interstate 70 on Thursday is a convicted killer who was arrested months ago in an attempted murder case.
View ArticleStructure fire on multiple structures extinguished on 30 Rd.
The Grand Junction Fire Department, Mesa County Sheriff's Department and Clifton Fire Department responded to a structure fire on multiple structures at 702 30 Road.
View ArticleColorado state trooper's "heroic actions" saved colleague during shooting
Colorado State Patrol officials say the trooper who shot and killed a man after he shot Trooper Eugene Hofacker acted heroically and saved the life of his colleague.
View ArticleColorado's First Aerial Firefighting Fleet Is Born
Gov. John Hickenlooper says it's time to prepare for fighting fires and on Monday he signed a bill into law creating the state's first aerial fire fleet.
View ArticleGrand Junction Potty Peeper Gets 4 Years In Prison
A repeat peeping tom has been sentenced to 4 1 2 years in prison for taking hundreds of photographs and videos of women inside a Grand Junction porta-potty.
View ArticleInvestigation begins after MCSO deputy shoots man
An investigation has been launched to determine the circumstances surrounding an incident Sunday night that ended with a man being shot by a Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputy.
View ArticleAfricanized honey bees found in Palisade
The bees were discovered by a fruit farmer who was concerned after he found a hive with bees that were abnormally aggressive.
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