Teen arrested in shooting death of friend
A 15-year-old has been arrested in the shooting death of a 15-year-old friend on the Western Slope. Brandon Crawford was shot in the chest on Sunday afternoon at a home on E Rood Circle in Clifton.
View Article22 Road to see safety improvements this spring
A mix of commercial businesses and residential homes line 22 Road, where some major safety improvements will be taking place this spring. An increase in traffic has led to the need of some safety...
View ArticleAvoid buying knockoff snow tires
Making your way around Mesa County in winter months may not require snow tires, but beyond our county limits lay driving conditions which may warrant them. Tires from China may seem like a great deal,...
View ArticleBrandon Crawford Killed by Fellow 15-Year-Old Who Carried a Gun 'For Protection'
The death of Brandon Crawford, fifteen, offers yet another cautionary tale about guns. If the .22 caliber revolver hadn't been present, reports suggest he'd still be alive.
View ArticleDaily Digest: Man accused of shoving wife to her death had marked his ...
Dr. Carl Hammerschlag speaks Tuesday at Wheeler Opera House in Aspen during a community forum about tackling mental health issues. Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the...
View ArticlePaige Birgfeld case: Man arrested in 2007 kidnapping, slaying
Authorities in Mesa County have arrested a man on suspicion of murder in connection with the 2007 kidnapping and slaying of a 34-year-old Grand Junction mother of three who was missing until her...
View Article15-Year-Old Arrested For Allegedly Shooting Friend By Accident
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by our sister station KKCO, a group of friends were hanging out at a girl's house drinking and smoking pot. The girl reportedly told the Mesa County Sheriff's...
View ArticleTaking a closer look at the process of Mesa County public assistance programs
Mesa County has many public assistance programs to benefit and lend a helping hand to neighbors in need, but the Mesa County Department of Human Services fraud and recovery unit recently sent a...
View ArticleArrest made in 2007 disappearance, death of Paige Birgfeld
Mesa County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Grand Junction man Friday in connection with the disappearance and death of Paige Birgfeld, who went missing more than seven years ago. Lester Ralph Jones, 63,...
View ArticleFeeling welcome: Michelle Lesser happy to be new Penrose principal, near family
New Penrose Elementary School Principal Michelle Lesser sits on a couch inside the school's office on Friday. Even though it's only been a month since Penrose Elementary School Principal Michelle...
View ArticleFatal car accident early this morning
A fatal vehicle accident occurred around 2:45 this morning, on Maple Street at the bridge crossing the Little Salt Wash Creek. According to Sargent John Coughran, a vehicle was traveling southbound on...
View ArticleMesa County: arrest made in death of soccer mom turned escort
Paige Birgfeld, 34, slain mother of three from Grand Junction, led a double life, also working for an escort service. Before the Mesa County Sheriff's Department felt comfortable arresting Lester Ralph...
View ArticleMan dies in single-car crash in Fruita
The Mesa County Coroner's Office has identified the man who died in a single-car crash Saturday morning in Fruita. The coroner's office reported Tyler James Stanford, 22, died of blunt force trauma in...
View Article$2M cash only bond set for Lester Jones
Lester Ralph Jones has been locked behind bars in the Mesa County Detention Center since his arrest on Friday in connection with local mom Paige Birgfeld's murder. Jones made his first appearance in...
View ArticleWestminster hires David Frankel as new city attorney
Westminster this week named David Frankel, who has been with the Mesa County attorney's office for 14 years, as its new city attorney. "We're delighted to bring to our city someone with the talent,...
View ArticleMan arrested for pointing banana at deputies near Grand Junction
In an incident that has been described as everything from comical to life threatening by the involved parties, the arrest of Nathen Channing this week might also be described as timely. Channing, a...
View ArticleUnemployment rate seems to show promising signs
October Unemployment numbers show what seems to be a promising sign for the Mesa County economy, but a lot of the jobs residents are taking may be under their skill level. In September the Mesa County...
View ArticleSuspect In Birgfeld Death Had Threatened To Kill Wife, DA Says
The man apprehended last week in the murder of a Grand Junction woman was arrested 15 years ago for threatening to kill his wife. The Mesa County District Attorney's Office said Lester Jones, who is...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: Dispute over deer settled with coin flip
Wisconsin's deer season was just a couple hours old on Saturday when D.J. Jorgenson says his 11-year-old son, Kameron, wounded the buck in the town of Oneida. The father and son then tracked the animal...
View Article'Banana Gun' Gets Man Arrested for Felony
Nathen Rolf Channing, 27, was arrested for felony menacing near Grand Junction, Colorado, for allegedly drawing and pointing a banana at officers "in the same manner someone would draw a standard...
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