Africanized honey bees discovered in Palisade
Freeze Warning issued May 13 at 2:46PM MDT expiring May 14 at 7:00AM MDT in effect for: Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Teller Frost...
View ArticleSay YES to finding a summer job
The YES or Youth Employment Success program not only recruits teens to jobs but also places mentors with them to teach them how to get the most out of their work experience.
View ArticleKiller Bees Discovered In Colorado
Experts said this is the farthest north the bees have been reported. It was believed the insects couldn't survive harsh winters.
View ArticleArrest made in Monument Inn explosion case
An explosion last March at the Monument Inn that was thought to be in connection with the creation of marijuana butane hash oil prompted an arrest this week.
View ArticleGrand Mesa mudslide poses more danger to Collbran area residents
A lake forming behind a huge unstable dam of soil at the top of the deadly mudslide near Collbran has scientists fearing the slide will deliver more destruction.
View ArticleRiver safety savvy
Runoff from melting snow has created high waters and powerful currents and accidents like Monday's are bound to happen, if you aren't careful.
View ArticleDaily Digest: More mudslide damage feared, plus 9 more stories
The results of a three-mile long mudslide appear on Grand Mesa, where the slide started, in a remote part of western Colorado near the small town of Collbran Monday, May 26, 2014.
View ArticleNo Sign Of Rafter Missing In Colorado River
Ctormy Taylor, 23, disappeared Monday night after his raft got wrapped around a bridge in Grand Junction.
View ArticleAre landslides on the rise?
The search for the three men feared dead in a western Colorado landslide last weekend was called off early today, as authorities feared the search could trigger yet another slide.
View ArticleTurning the pages during summer
School is out, but Mesa County libraries don't think that's an excuse for anyone to stop reading this summer.
View ArticleGrand Mesa mudslide. Photo: Mesa County Sheriff's Office. May 26, 2014
Clancy Nichols, 51, Danny Nichols, 24, and Wes Hawkins, 46, have been missing since the massive slide occurred Sunday night and are presumed dead.
View ArticleSome residents in path of massive mudslide near Collbran pack up
Residents along Salt Creek Road were loading up horses Wednesday, lining up a moving truck for a 127-year-old grand piano, boxing up baby pictures and reassuring anxious relatives by phone that they...
View ArticleMesa County declares emergency for mudslide
"Anybody from the state or the federal level that could bring some expertise that could help us assess the result of this slide and whether we have an further threats that we need to be concerned...
View ArticleCDOT looks for public input
Making your way to the Front Range could be getting a lot easier very soon and the Colorado Department of Transportation rolled into Grand Junction Wednesday to find out what else Mesa County transit...
View ArticleTown hall meeting tonight for mudslide neighbors
Areal Flood Advisory issued May 28 at 6:21PM MDT expiring May 29 at 9:30PM MDT in effect for: Grand, Jackson Flood Advisory issued May 28 at 4:21PM MDT expiring May 29 at 10:21PM MDT in effect for: Rio...
View ArticlePaying it forward to service clubs of Mesa County
The Kiwanis Club, the Downtown Rotary Club, and the Lions Club presented award grants to those who work tirelessly to improve the community.
View ArticleHickenlooper to tour Mesa County mudslide
The governor's spokesman, Eric Brown, said Hickenlooper is on the Western Slope for bill signing ceremonies and will be in Grand Junction on Saturday.
View ArticleAnother gas lease extensions approved by BLM
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Friday approved another oil and gas lease suspension within the area where 65 leases are being analyzed in a new environmental review.
View ArticleCronk sentenced to 30 days in jail
For the next 28 days, former Montezuma County Undersheriff Robin Cronkx2019s new home will be behind bars in the Mesa County Jail.Cronk appeared unshaven before District Court Judge Todd Plewe Friday...
View ArticleHickenlooper flies over mudslide area
The governor flew over the half-mile-wide by 3-mile-long slide in a Colorado National Guard helicopter.
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