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November 7, 2009
November 6, 2009
- The Colorado Way on gas development
- Natural gas should be the vehicle fuel of the immediate future
- Better laws needed to halt looting of ancient Indian artifacts
- Mesa State smoking-policy options aired
- Death of cop forces re-interview of witnesses
- User fees divide OHV riders
November 5, 2009
- People at The Daily Sentinel made journalism a great career
- Americans keep on truckinÂ' through Cash for Clunkers
- GOP absent on climate control
- Economic council celebrates 25 years
- Suspect in killing may have admitted crime, affidavit says
- Second jury clears former Rifle man of child-sex abuse allegations
November 4, 2009
- Election demonstrates conservatives still have power
- Consumers push hard on Ford's accelerator
- An educated idea
- Voters extend terms for Mesa County officials
- GOP ascendant?
- Hearing set on late officer's bond money
- Shooting in Pear Park was possibly self-defense
- Man dies after fight; Grand Junction police seek suspect
November 3, 2009
November 2, 2009
- GarCo commission: State must address fouled spring water
- Family wonders why deputies didn't arrest allegedly violent man
- Council to consider medical pot moratorium
- Man heading closure of nursing unit resigns
- Woman, 42, identified in fatal shooting in Pear Park
- Stimulus money remains elusive
- Herzog relished Sentinel's ability to cover big, challenging events
- Stimulus funding barely a pulse for city
- 1 dead, trail of blood in Pear Park
October 31, 2009
- No-contact order against officer lifted at accuser's request
- Woman avoids jail time for morphine theft
October 30, 2009
- Too little thought given to doctors in proposals for health care reform
- Defacing atheists' billboard amounts to an act of theft
- Protecting PERA
- Recession over: Jobs needed
- JAY SEATON: Numbers add up to make Grand Junction a great place to call home
October 29, 2009
- Problem water pipe to be replaced in spring; more breaks expected
- Salazar to back health-care bill unveiled by Pelosi on Thursday
- District 51 school board considers budget cuts
- Ritter pen constrained by state Constitution
- Majority of members of city council say they would accept less
- Higher education hit again in new budget
October 28, 2009
- Police problems arrive in Palisade
- Historic mystery clouds B&B decision
- Palisade officer harassed her, woman alleges
- Cabela's hopes to lure sportsmen to mall
- Planning board upholds permit for bed and breakfast
- Secular group's billboard defaced
- Death of Helmick's first husband ruled off-limits for her murder trial
October 27, 2009
- Fight a contagious epidemic
- The re-election option
- County won't penalize Cactus Canyon club for its liquor violations
- Man faces 16 to 30 years in double-fatal wreck
- BLM offers parcels near canyons
October 26, 2009
- Rep. Salazar still listed as supporter of public option
- Ritter support for Salazar's shale plans is right for western Colorado
- Vigilance and profiling
- The right conduct on official misconduct
October 24, 2009
- Term-limits vote may affect 2010 sheriff's race
- 3rd quarter expensive in governor's race
- Annexation petitions circulate in Fruitvale
- Fired GJ officer to be buried with honors
- Rep. Salazar denounces his Web support of public option
- Phone bills may go up to fund 911
October 23, 2009
- Woman takes ride of her life, ditches suspect
- Hall explains decision on energy job
- Tipton eyes 3rd District run against Salazar
- Cartel crackdown snares 3 locals
October 22, 2009
October 21, 2009
- Penry, McInnis bash Ritter's oil shale position
- Hall resigns from oil, gas association
- Nuclear-plant proposal draws fire
- Two Republicans to seek Rep. King's seat in the House
- BLM blocks roads in Dominguez area
- Salazar reopens oil shale lands to smaller leases
October 20, 2009
- Firm deceived investors, new filing alleges
- Some breaking ranks with Valley's receiver
- Lochmillers can't sell personal assets, judge rules
- One generous investor recalls Lochmiller's power of persuasion
- Author loses her dreams in Ponzi scheme
- City of Grand Junction to cut employee wages in 2010
- City again delays vote on historic district zoning
October 18, 2009
October 17, 2009
- Sporting goods store looking at Mesa Mall
- $2 million required to improve risky intersection near Molina
- Crowd welcomes monument of Moyer, donator of Grand Junction pool
October 16, 2009
- Prairie dogs may be key to energy independence
- Even with vehicle fees, more money needed for roads
- When parents are poseurs, children may become props
- oman pleads not guilty to helping in jail escape
- Brave GJ Rotarians grin and bare it for calendar fundraiser
- Man locates mystery date with newspaper ad
- Doctor reopens office after raid
October 15, 2009
- Former cop pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault
- Hooters slated to open Nov. 16
- DEA raids doctors' offices
October 14, 2009
October 13, 2009
- Baucus bill under fire
- Outside audit is good for police
- Rep. Penry's attacks on Gov. Ritter's hiring aren't credible
- Gunfire begins a bit early at hunters' campsite
- 400 sign petition for health study on drilling
- Fruitvale/Clifton annexation meeting tonight (Oct. 13)
- Benefactors give $80,000 to complete dance studio
- Lack of funds dooms full-day kindergarten plan
October 12, 2009
October 9, 2009
- Parent on flu clinic: 'I feel pretty confident that it is going to be safe'
- Religion will always have a role to play in government
- When decorum mattered: Campaigning for Congressman Aspinall
- Ambiguity over strategy in Afghanistan is understandable
- Nobel Prize for good intentions
October 8, 2009
- Secular group's billboard aimed at governments' pre-meeting prayers
- Driver in Feb. double fatal to enter plea deal
- Ex-Grand Junction cop dead in apparent suicide
- Confusion, angst at Fruitvale annexation meeting
October 7, 2009
- West Slope still a land apart in congressional representation
- Rep. Rangel remains political embarrassment
October 6, 2009
- McInnis touts his experience, blasts governor
- School District 51 looks at budget cut of $775,000
- City takes push for public safety buildings to residents
- Navigate carefully in clean-water reform
October 5, 2009
- Legislators should oppose budget-strangling initiatives
- In Winder's world, rules don't matter
- Economic conditions don't justify official lies
- A South American Olympics
October 2, 2009
- Quantcast Chief must work to re-establish trust
- Chicago law in court sights
- Opponents of Montrose County uranium mill misrepresent health risks
- Polanski and others spawn a bad '70s revival
- ATV users fear ride's over with new travel plan
- Grand Junction cop accused in sex assault
September 30, 2009
- Relatives in American Samoa OK after tsunami
- Grand Junction firm keeps the heat off astronauts
- Commission approves Naturita uranium mill
- Palisade teen accused of school threat
- School, police keep tabs on cyber bullying
September 29, 2009
- Playing chicken on De Beque roads
- Public-option politics
- Woman donates kidney to her ex-mother-in-law
- Feds seek to settle Bush-era lawsuits over shale policies
- Grocers await outcome of strike vote
September 28, 2009
- Bikini-clad women help owner break ground for strip club
- State law hampers aid for low-income people, county officials say
September 26, 2009
September 25, 2009
- Nobody's onboard at the Grand Junction Depot
- Xcel to the rescue
- Funding national parks is essential
- The truth behind how bills really become law
- High-school hijinks on display at the United Nations
- Tax relief more likely than refunds for Valley investors
- Natural-gas climate
- U.S. continues to thwart terrorists
September 23, 2009
- Jurors hear call between sex suspect, ex-girlfriend
- Cedaredge man to run for seat in state Senate
- Depot derailed: 103-year-old structure falls into foreclosure
- Tipton may have best chance to unseat Rep. John Salazar
- Natural-gas climate
September 22, 2009
- Man drank heavily on day he shot 3 officers
- Grand Junction police officer's resignation letter released
- Iran's disputed president returns to United Nations
- State of limitations
September 21, 2009
- Colorado falls short of budget by $561M
- Loss of Main Street parking spaces worries some downtown merchants
- Families of nursing-unit patients confront painful choices
- Cactus Canyon reopens after state liquor agency action
- Rayhall bill will not improve energy outlook
- Colorado terrorist
September 19, 2009
- Accused Grand Junction police officer no longer employed
- Jobless rate in Junction finally falls
- Some residents don't appreciate being mooned by new artwork
September 18, 2009
- Health care reformers should look to Pinnacol Assurance
- Getting mortgage financing is tough even for those with good credit
September 17, 2009
September 16, 2009
- From an ACORN, mighty scandals grow
- Documenting history
- Poll: Voters favor fracking legislation
- Postmaster reassures Glade Park
- Jane Norton announces Senate bid
- Police: Fake bills used at yard sales
- Museum of Western Colorado gets needed face-lift
- Part of skull found near Somerset
September 15, 2009
- Ritter camp: Closure of Regional Center has 'flexibility'
- Debate over fracking bill heats up
- Ex-lieutenant governor, Grand Junction native to announce U.S. Senate bid today
September 14, 2009
September 13, 2009
September 12, 2009
- Man sentenced for killing transient along river
- Ritter, Bennet opponents notice latest poll numbers as Club 20 meeting opens
- Vocal opponents claim city ignoring them on historic district changes
September 11, 2009
- True lies and health care
- Sherman a wise choice to oversee U.S. fores
- Quiet philanthropist reached many people through Best of the West Music Festival
- Circuit City building could be just the ticket for new cop shop
- Uranium mill vote delayed after hearing
- Teacher's turn of fortune will help pupils
- Slew of politicians in town for Club 20
September 10, 2009
- Baby Alexander, on the dot at 9:09, on 09/09/09
- Obama uses 'czar' appointments to avoid Congressional oversight
- Campaigning in 2009
- End concert deputies
- School, health officials track signs of flu
- Marillac does its own health care reform
- Area health officials look for vital signs from Obama health care address
September 9, 2009
- Colorado regulators eye EPA study of drilling in Wyo
- Mesa County Sheriff's Department easing out of concert security business
- Mesa State eyes tobacco-free campus
- Rep. Salazar sends health-care letter to Obama
- Obama's words beneficial, says school board
September 8, 2009
- Dr. Obama's Rx for health reform
- A dubious decision
- Dr. Obama's Rx for health reform
- Dr. Obama's Rx for health reform
- City tax revenue in free fall
September 5, 2009
- Energy companies idle while gas prices low
- Grand Junction cop in court over alleged violent incident
- CFO: Valley owners eschewed advice
September 4, 2009
- California setting bad environmental example
- Montrose County Commissioners should reject permit for uranium mill
- Stimulus tracking
- Annexation steps
- California setting bad environmental example
- Gruff Ed Carpenter was a gentleman of diverse skills who loved the West
- Fruitvale annexation drive ramping up
- 3 firms cleared, 1 not in benzene probe
- Two town halls on health care diverge in tone
- Valley Investments owner silent as firm under scrutiny in Denver court
- Weatherford International begins layoffs
- For abused dog Oso, no more hard feelings
- Family remembers former legislator Carpenter, who died Tuesday
September 3, 2009
- Other cuts could save skilled-nursing unit
- Health care town halls tonight
- Failed purse snatcher gets 6 years in prison
- Former cop not guilty in gun store shooting
- Grand Junction City Council prohibits standing in medians
- Grand Junction police officer gets special treatment while in jail
September 2, 2009
- Americans discovering Democratic leaders to be little more than intruders
- Main Street makeover critical for heart of city
- System failures
- More are merrier in U.S. Senate race
- Bus-stop blues
September 1, 2009
- GOP leader, McInnis at odds over straw poll
- Bacher claims 'complacency' in trial report
- Ritter to be keynote speaker at Club 20's autumn meeting
- Zoning will allow 24-hour station along Patterson
- Ritter singing different tune on natural gas
August 31, 2009
- Information lacking on patrolman's arrest
- Thief's actions were appropriately flagged
- Sentinel reporter recalls dinner with Teddy
- Wyoming testing increases chance for passage of fracking legislation
August 30, 2009
- Victim of budget cut has 'no concept' that world about to change
- Foresters hope torching of aspens will help bring color back
August 29, 2009
August 28, 2009
- Anti-war crowd silent since Obama took over
- Bring the sling to help Western Slope horses
- Natural gas outlook isn't entirely bleak
- Transit authorities may run night buses
- Salazar, 2 senators won't attend town hall meeting scheduled by conservative alliance
- Fire stations take more calls; response slows
August 27, 2009
August 26, 2009
- Plea deal struck in fatal crash
- Cowbells, astroturf and hypocrisy mark leftÂ's response to protests
- Kennedy legacy appears lost today
- Armchair lawmakers
- Aide accused of assaulting nursing home patient
- Families, employees urge Ritter to nix plan
- Legislators write Ritter asking he reconsider closing nursing unit
- Legislators write Ritter asking he reconsider closing nursing unit
- Legislators write Ritter asking he reconsider closing nursing unit
August 25, 2009
- John Salazar needs to clarify his position on public option
- Bernanke to remain
- Elections are the cost of democracy
- Those for and against health-care reform want delegation to visit Grand Junction
- World War II vets head to memorial named in their honor
August 24, 2009
August 21, 2009
- City protects its valuable resources while weathering financial storm
- Organic activists prepare to battle Boulder mutants
- A host of Sentinel troops contributed to top-rate presidential coverage
- Election news is a bit premature
- The 'Yes, but ...' economy
August 20, 2009
- Back to drawing board on public safety complex
- Project Runway dresses up airport
- A clunker lesson
- The right choice on public safety plan
- Lobbyists criticize plan to take energy impact funds
- Thompson says he will not run for Congress
- Council won't put public safety facility to vote in '09
August 19, 2009
- Free markets endangered by latest big-government plans
- Election in Afghanistan
- Mesa State makeover
- Decision time on public safety measure
- Colorado West Regional Mental Health to take $500,000 hit
August 18, 2009
August 17, 2009
- Monument now collection point for weather, dust pollution data
- In wake of panhandling vote, council looks at controlling medians
- County lets lone Clifton property owner decide tax district
- Republican Thompson joins race for Salazar seat
- Plan rankles some living in Redlands
- Pinnacol in the dock
- De Beque is right to spend its money
August 16, 2009
- Obama supporters, opponents gather outside Central High School
- Obama says he takes offense to 'pull the plug on grandma' idea
- Town hall meeting focuses on public option for health insurance
- President convinces some on health care reform policy
- Couple with no insurance impressed with answers
- Crowd grills Obama
August 15, 2009
- What they're saying about Obama
- The president and the public option
- Bresnan black-outs frustrate subscribers
- First family set to receive gifts from the Grand Valley
- Local physician touts GJ's health care system
- Residents across the Western Slope pick up tickets for town hall meeting
August 14, 2009
- Obama visit to draw in opposition
- Once vilified, Grand Junction doctors now regarded as trailblazers
August 13, 2009
- Rational debate needed on health care
- Don't confuse Obama care with our homegrown health care reform
- Health care reform must address health care costs
- Combine many sources of health care funding into one system
- Solve the health care morass with community-based system
- Colorado is leading the nation toward a healthier future
August 12, 2009
- Local doctor may speak at Obama event
- White House: Town hall audience not screened
- Attempts to stifle dissent have long political history
- Nonsense about national referendum
- Dedicated to Dominguez
August 11, 2009
- Obama to host health-care town hall at Central High
- Opponents of plan to rally at same time as town hall meeting
- Opinions vary widely on health care plans
- A commitment to the Piceance
- 230 miles per gallon, but how much per ton
- Popular park's rocket to become art fixture
- Father, son held in home invasion
- Obama visit details few; Salazar, Ritter offices silent
- Canal users, owners don't like Fruita trail plan
- Williams builds gas holdings for push in Piceance
August 10, 2009
August 8, 2009
August 7, 2009
August 6, 2009
August 5, 2009
- Dog dies after couple gets lost on Utah hike
- Vandals hit historic shelter at monument
- TABOR continues to haunt big-government legislators
- Clinton to the rescue in North Korea
- Reconciliation in De Beque
- Not this year
- De Beque action on growth plan could end wrangling with county
- Graffiti reports increasing, more widespread in city
- Lakewood veteran cop to be interim Grand Junction police chief
August 4, 2009
- Legislation was not such a clunker after all
- John Salazar is a target for GOP health care opponents
- Grand Junction legislator announces Senate bid
- Commission decries energy bill
- Wife of man who killed cop says he threatened her life
August 3, 2009
- Ballot decision near for public safety initiative
- Council OKs design for Main Street renovation
- Beetles are coming, tamarisk is going
- Get Congress to pay up before raising taxes
July 31, 2009
- Founder of Harley dealerships on West Slope killed in bike crash
- Gym overflows with mourners for police officer who was killed in line of duty
- Jay Seaton's message to Grand Junction: I'm delighted to be part of this community
- All we are saying is, give Vick a chance ... and the ball
July 30, 2009
- Grand Junction home prices, sales on the rise
- The kind of Mercury you want around your house
- Saying goodbye to Sgt. Kinterknecht
- Grand Valley is alive with the sound of bears
July 29, 2009
- One killed in Clifton shooting
- Comment on Gates incident undermines law enforcement
- Stimulate safety by preventing rockfalls
- Solving racial tensions over a glass of beer
- 'Root causes' study does little to end poverty
- Click here to find out more! Union Pacific's trail of concerns
- Grand Junction will get $1.3 million to hire 5 more cops
- Montrose man fired four times in lethal attack
- Penry: Ritter using mercury politically
- Four shot in Clifton; no arrests
July 28, 2009
July 27, 2009
- Mesa County, Union Pacific looking for way to resolve conflict over access to wild canyons
- Likely gunman was on probation; wife had restraining order on him
- Local agencies honor Kinterknecht
- Colorado's higher ed
- In the line of fire
- Fallen officer 'put himself on the line for others'
- Shooting neighbors shocked
- Unknowns linger after three cops shot, one killed
July 26, 2009
July 25, 2009
- Valley Investments owners seemed aware of investigation
- Receiver could take those who withdrew from Valley to court
July 24, 2009
- The way things work isn't pretty in Congress
- From bad to worse for Valley investors
- The public isn't so sure about the 'Matrix' of Obama's agenda
- U.S. forces cannot overcome tribal loyalty and corruption in Afghanistan
July 23, 2009
- Palisade attorney accused of meth sales
- Valley investors get bad news
- Injured BASE jumper says he's 'totally unscathed'
July 22, 2009
- Shuttle to serve Battlement Mesa until arrival of new grocery store
- Gardner will help find his replacement
- Property owners in Clifton can sign petition for annexation
- White House science czar is better suited to science fiction
- Not so reassuring
- Chief Gardner's surprise resignation
July 21, 2009
- Local officials lukewarm on idea of storing mercury within Mesa County
- Feds vow cooperation on mercury
- Fatal-crash victim's mom blasts Fruita cops
- Tough call for small business on health care
- Catch 22 for the F-22
- Third term a charm for county officials
July 20, 2009
- Voters will decide extended term limits for 3 Mesa County offices
- Salazar could make a good wilderness bill even better
- Transformation in Clifton
- Obama's prescription is making many ill
July 17, 2009
- Politics will determine where mercury is stored
- State leadership failed to protect our energy industry
- City is tone deaf on citizen services
- Personhood revisited
July 16, 2009
- HBO movie 'Taking Chance' nominated for 10 Emmys
- City of Grand Junction may have to cut services
- Crowded river concerns users
- We need to be proactive when it comes to prioritizing our word usage
- Smoke 'em if you've got 'em
- Perlmutter banks on cap-and-trade
July 15, 2009
- Britain and Sweden offer cautionary tales on public health care
- Stall the push on health reform
- Time to stop mining like it's 1872
July 14, 2009
- Whitewater rezoning paves way for growth
- Closing of Battlement Mesa City Market stuns residents
- Spike in dog cruelty in July
- A manufactured scandal
- PERA in peril
- Council OKs new convenience store
July 13, 2009
- State leaders wary of mercury in GJ
- Thousands buck assessments on property tax
- City Council, county commissioners should reject proposed mercury storage
- Contracting the stimulus
- The Sotomayor circus
- Penry makes bid for governor official
- West Slope will have front row seat for race with national implications
- A Democratic fracture over fracking
July 10, 2009
- Amendment 54 provides a voice for Colorado's people
- Great Old Broads for Wilderness turns 20 this year
- Main Street compromise won't improve shop park
- Mercury plan conflicts with DOE agreement
July 9, 2009
- Ritter wants study instead of regulation of hydraulic fracturing
- Quake triggers landslide that shaves face of Bookcliffs
- GJ in running for mercury disposal
- Avoid a wild ride on river protection
July 8, 2009
- Official reassures Battlement Mesa residents over Antero's plans
- Fruita pumping millions into projects
- Now is not the time for new stimulus bill
- Son arrested in father's brutal death in Rangely
- Trial starts in alleged pimping case
July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
- GarCo will review Antero drilling permits
- New state law offers legal rights to unmarried couples
- Make price fill new parking garage
July 3, 2009
- Colorado Roadless Rule offers right path forward
- Remember those who died fighting radical Islamists
- Investment scheme snared hard workers
- Do you know the one word that elected a president? It's "change." Now senior citizens can make a change, although I prefer to say, "Park it." Yes, park your vehicle and let Grand Valley Transit do your driving. If you have a bit of trouble getting in and
July 2, 2009
- Experts say Grand Junction Police walking fine line using public funds to educate on new public safety building
- Three Grand Valley residents killed in crash
July 1, 2009
- Neighbors comment at council meeting about bed and breakfast proposal
- Plants could help to capture carbon
- Anger at fee hikes should be no surprise
- American exceptionalism worth celebrating on July 4th
- Pete Mattivi, R.I.P.
June 30, 2009
- Cities, counties oppose legislation on gas fracturing
- Conservatives' July 4 tea party planned in GJ
- City can set rules for handout seekers
- Extraordinarily evil
June 29, 2009
- Udall and Bennet should support real health care reform
- Europe charges ahead with needed technology
- Discrimination is not the way to fight bias
June 26, 2009
- Council wrestles with historic areas in proposed master plan
- Salazar votes against climate bill
- City wants to make it tougher to panhandle
June 25, 2009
- Feds take Valley Investments information
- Students cannot be stripped of rights
- Kittens great news for the missing lynx
June 24, 2009
- Grand Junction protesters stand against universal health care system
- Amendment 54 is still bad news
- Keep safety plan lean, uncomplicated
- A big 'YEAAAAH' from the Jam
- GJ protest today aimed at ABC
- County approves construction of gravel pits, plant along river
- Gas giant ramping up its projects in Piceance
- State eyes firm's assets in rebate-scam lawsuit
June 23, 2009
- Rep. Salazar should explain his position on the Frac Act
- Clunker politics clatter onward
- A fingers-crossed budgeting mess
- Energy master plan meets county's pledge
- Sex assault suspect who drove off monument pleads not guilty
- Annex, garage and fire station taken off public safety initiative
- Freeze Valley Investments' assets, court asked
- State a quarter-billion in debt
June 19, 2009
- School finance, 2009
- Father's Day should not be celebration of self-absorbtion
- ranian Paul Revere is electronic, firing 'tweets' heard round the world
- Gas up, America
June 18, 2009
- Law firm seeks Valley's investors
- Energy company helps itself, wildlife and hunters through mitigation
- Banking on the power of new financial rules
- Grand Junction shows how a responsible health system can operate
- New charges expected in Orchard Mesa vandalism
- WCC members renew commitment
- Grand Valley Power tells customers bills could go up 47 percent
June 17, 2009
- Opponents of fossil fuels ignore environmental problems with alternatives
- Extraordinary help for the local Hospice
- Barrett sees roses in RoanÂ's murky future
- WCC can remain valuable area voice
June 16, 2009
- After helping in fundraising, Grand Junction couple makes personal donation
- Between a rock and a hard place: Man battling county over permitting of his stone farm
June 15, 2009
- Medical pot shop opens today
- County downplays need for fracking rules
- Sen. Penry tries to calm fears about drilling
- McInnis was the real story at Parachute minerals meeting
- Iranians' future in hands of clerics
- Terms of enforcement
June 12, 2009
- Outside politicians tackle West Slope issues to troll for votes at home
- Halting history's bandits
- Residents seek more say over drilling permits
- DUI arrests up 59 percent
- State environmental groups ask Obama to intervene in roadless area management
- Montrose delays uranium mill decision
- Warrant legal in 2007 gun raid, court says
- Obama invited to tour valley health insurer
June 11, 2009
June 10, 2009
- Expert says Western Slope energy market not at bottom
- Report aims to shed light on oil shale debate
- Election Day in Iran
- Cartoon economics drive politicians at the national and regional levels
- Cartoon economics drive politicians at the national and regional levels
- Pay-as-you-go won't halt rising deficit
- Bill would regulate oil, gas fracturing
- Energy worker weathers criticism for remarks at royalty owners meeting
- Suspect in boy's killing is insane, doctor says
June 9, 2009
- Charter for success in public education
- Chrysler sale in a skid
- Drunk driver who killed 1, injured 3 sentenced to 6 years in prison
June 8, 2009
- Vilsack directive offers chance to revisit roadless rules
- City's fee action can help construction
- Cap and control
- Mineral owners furious over Colorado oil and gas rules
- City delays builder fees to help out
- Investors and buyers alike could be victims of Valley Investments
- Valley Investments owner has record of fraud in California
- Fruita landlord, Hot Tomato Cafe owners at odds
- White roofs, roads may equate to green
June 5, 2009
- Penry, McInnis dominate straw polls for governor
- Foster dad sentenced to prison for 108 years
- Molina couple anxiously eye return of bear to their home
- Young Obama aide to oversee GM extreme makeover
- Right backs away from some Sotomayor claims
- One cheer is due for May job figures
- Local control preserved with Gov. Ritter's veto
June 4, 2009
- Peace flag theft case heads to trial
- Plea deal offered in 2007 deadly wreck
- Mesa man to stand trial on sex charges
- Rep. DeGette wants federal regulation over hydraulic fracturing of oil, gas wells
- Feds comb Valley Investment office for dealings
- Writing a weekly column requires a lifetime of experience
- Rocky Mountain high
- Olive branches and tough talk in Egypt
- Thin-skinned Obama supporters can't take heat such as they gave Bush
- 'Cash for clunkers' is clunker of a bill
June 3, 2009
- Man gets 15 months in wreck that killed daughter, girlfriend
- Judge will rule on sex charges for ex-teacher
- Business ideas from state jobs cabinet slammed locally
- Let's have some fun
June 2, 2009
- Spreading homeless camps mean bigger job of cleanup
- Good Grief! Charlie Brown might invoke Great Pumpkin at council meeting
- Rebuilt auto industry may not run smoothly
- New process, new player
June 1, 2009
May 28, 2009
- Colorado wants midterm review of oil shale research, development
- Court: Newborn killed in 2007 wreck not a 'person'
May 27, 2009
- Valley Investments owner faced mortgage fine
- Public gets sneak peek at design options for downtown Grand Junction
- Antero discusses GarCo drilling plans
- Community helps church clean up after vandalism
- Sotomayor nomination fits well with ObamaÂ's views on selective empathy
- Marriage, California-style
- Ritter should protect municipal authority
- Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor gets local praise
- Homeless shelter expansion upheld by Grand Junction Planning Commission
- Planning official broke no rules in airport testimony
- Open house on Main Street remodel tonight
- Accused teen vandals hit with 76 charges, including 50 felonies
May 26, 2009
- Collective bargaining bill pits firefighters union, city
- Sotomayor headed to Supreme Court?
- The triumph of the Grandview Six should be first step in HOA reform
May 25, 2009
- Cost of getting bond issue on ballot cost District 51 $33K more than budgeted
- Battle lines form over travel plan for White River National Forest
May 23, 2009
May 22, 2009
- Everett Ruess: Lost and found in the Desert Southwest
- In 1944, Belgium was 'a good place to get your tail shot off'
- Don't allow the feds to control state water
May 21, 2009
- StarTek fires felons over contract
- Man suspected of filming sex with girl, 14
- Pig slaughter stirs last day at school
- It's up to the 'crones' to be activists and save the world
- Katie's Law is now Colorado's law, too
- The GOP avoids name-calling nonsense
May 20, 2009
- Dismissal of educators rankles Plateau Valley pupils, parents
- Judge, moms: Boys are a danger to society
- Energy industry layoffs have driven many into long lines for assistance
- Former congressman McInnis files for governor run
- Governor and legislative Democrats refuse to prime the economic pump
- Californians reject bigger-budget plans
- A sensible veto
- Grand Junction City Council won't censor invocations
- Boys linked to church damage
May 18, 2009
- Grand Junction pastor prays for vandals who ravage church
- GJ council rejects building freeze in historic district spat
- Mesa County Commission lets Redlands liquor store keep license
- Interior Secretary Salazar should do more to protect Utah parks
- Congratulations, Mavs!
- PelosiÂ's problems and 'truthÂ' hearings
- Sheriff's department unfairly accused
- Dems' rhetoric proved to be a poor weapon
- No one prying guns yet from our cold fingers
May 14, 2009
May 13, 2009
- One step closer for guns in parks
- Fundraiser has special meaning to mom
- Three accused of bogus 'inside' store robbery
May 12, 2009
May 11, 2009
- Neighbors oppose homeless shelter expansion in Grand Junction
- Fruita cops: Ex-vet tech stole meds
- The death penalty, taxes and Colorado Republicans
- Iran's political prisoner
- Equal sign rules for all subdivisions
May 8, 2009
- Some out-of-state hunters shy away from hefty license fees for big game
- Homeowners win fight over political signs
- After new rules, drilling permits plummet to 34
- Grand Junction area has backlog for moving vans
- Colorado's discarded spending cap prevented California-style budget blues
- When a child leaves home, it's tough even for a stepmom
- Law updates Colorado's fiscal rules to meet future needs
- Renaissance on the riverfront?
- Nemnich arrested for hammer attack at 15
- Mesa State mum on day care flip-flop
- Nemnich was suspect in 1973 Denver murder
- Oil, gas regulators repeal new rule allowing hearings on permits
May 7, 2009
May 6, 2009
- Bicyclist struck, killed on B 1/2 Road
- Delta Petroleum announces more losses
- City grants strip club its liquor license
- Show-and-tell time for Steve Schultz
- New line of vehicles won't erase union disadvantage
- COGA drills for legal win
- For ex-Fuji customers, it's call cops or be called
May 5, 2009
- Oil and gas group sues regulators over new energy rules
- New conservative group forms in Grand Junction
- Grand Junction liquor license hearing for strip club today
- Code enforcement list targets violators
May 4, 2009
- Underage drunks and their families to be tossed from Country Jam
- Mesa County takes first step to adopting model traffic code
- 'Father Bill' Foster, 83, longtime GJ priest, dies
- Decision on school superintendent could come by tonight
- Accused East Orchard Mesa killer 'Shorty' Garcia will face trial in Mexico
- Colorado Legislature should pass energy efficiency bil
- Tamarisk trouble
- No reason to howl about wolf delisting
- Swine flu is hogging too much news, based on its actual impact
- A rose by any other name, may not attract as many tourists
- Old college try fails once again
- The media 'pandemic'
- Souter's leave-taking
May 3, 2009
- No more free passes on late car registration
- Triple Eagle: Brothers earn Scouting's highest honor
- Scam warning: Officials watch for rip-offs
May 1, 2009
- Graduation requirement irks parent of teen volunteer
- Energy firm lays off more employees
- GJ woman motorcyclist, 53, dies in crash near Delta
- One dead, one injured after single-vehicle accident near Crawford
- Fruita Monument seniors pull off quite the prank
- Housing issues getting attention in Grand Valley
April 30, 2009
- Court acts against owners of troublesome Fruitvale dogs
- McInnis defends phone call about political plans after group's assertion
- Grand County decision leads to water fight
- Sex predator's release subject of Grand Junction broadcast Tuesday
- Buckle up for more nannyism
- Consignment shop owner leads drive to keep sales at home
April 29, 2009
- Drug-dealing 'Grandpa' concedes he's guilty
- Area health groups prepare for outbreak
- Troubled teens turn over new leaf
- Ritter and Bennet appear vulnerable in bids to retain their jobs
- Black Mountain sale may be best solution
- Americans starting to regain confidence
- Specter of a supermajority
- Interrogation trials would torture U.S.
- Consumer confidence: Grand Junction buyers decide time is right for big purchase
April 28, 2009
- Grand Junction tennis supporter Elliott honored by parks group
- Obama 100-day mark brings mixed reviews
- New ownership in works for troubled wastewater facility
- Time to get tough on repeat DUIs
- A way to shoot down Arveschoug-Bird
- Legislature should support reform of the congressional redistricting process
April 27, 2009
- Roads, public safety top priorities for city
- Stimulus funds cause friction
- Assessor: We are here to listen
- Two dead, two more missing after boat capsizes at Lake Powell
- Hospitals helping with health-care affordability
- McInnis says he and Penry could both be governor someday
April 24, 2009
- Colorado Democrats criticize Napolitano's remarks about extremists
- Based on crimes he committed, KSM deserves many more waterboardings
- Colorado Banks are strong and actively lending money
- Inadequate protection puts 5,000-year-old rock art at risk
- Legislature shouldn't kill state's death penalty
- On a 95th birthday, one's attitude is more important than actual age
April 23, 2009
- Owners to sell Country Jam ranch
- At 95, Sentinel columnist still standing up for women, liberalism
- County should allow Gateway flights to soar
- Happy birthday, Henrietta
- Rowland has economic stimulus plan for Udall
- Salt of the earth: Brine injections likely cause of weekend tremors
April 22, 2009
April 21, 2009
- Purse-snatching suspect may be 0 for 2
- DA won't seek death penalty in 1975 Grand Junction murders
- Rules to the rescue
- Who's a terrorist?
- Rules to the rescue
- Chaos leaves neighborhood all riled up
- Animal control officers are spending more time chasing loose dogs, and owners are to blame, officials say
- Report details morale problems in GarCo Sheriff's Department
- State rejects bid to delay energy work over water worries
- Former Grand Junction mayor Bill McCurry dies
April 20, 2009
- Mesa County commissioners need to leave School District 51 funding alone
- Zero tolerance could get stripped
- A tough assessment for property owners
- Zero tolerance could get stripped
- In troubled times, value and valuation not the same
- Silt residents ask officials to stop EnCana from drilling
- A license to write?
- Background, needs of women in jail prompt search for effective programs
April 19, 2009
April 17, 2009
- Grandma resists her would-be robber, who runs away
- Arrest in Benson murders prompts range of emotion in victims' friends
- Dissent is no longer patriotic when liberals aren't the ones engaged in it
- AmeriCorps allows opportunity to pay it forward
- Keep this 'reform' locked up for good
- More efficient rigs drilling wells faster
- Only one applicant seeks top school job
April 16, 2009
- Misdemeanor charge filed in accidental death of girl
- Sheriff, commissioner split on traffic
- Dismissal right move in Coffman ethics case
- Vallario's vindication
April 15, 2009
- Oil shale industry group assails studies as negative
- Tea party protest packs thousands at Lincoln Park
- Garfield County sheriff cleared in DA's probe
- Pinnacol protected for the time being
- Pinnacol protected for the time being
April 14, 2009
- Finding jobs harder than promised for recent nursing grads
- A poor prescription
- Tea and politics are historical tradition
- Vail Resorts to require helmets on employees
- Developer faces uphill fight in Clifton hotel bid
- Man pleads not guilty in medication-linked fatal stabbing
- Slay victims' family thanks police
- Prevailing over pirates
April 13, 2009
- Meis, Rowland to speak at GJ 'tea party' event
- Mesa State student killed in I-70 crash
- This Easter, "What would Jesus do?"
- BLM floats fee to ride river rapids
April 10, 2009
- Viewers' cries lead Bresnan to carry rest of games
- Benson suspect attracted little notice in Longmont
- Man charged in accidental fire near upscale Redlands homes
- Sixteenth birthdays came all too soon
- High and low-tech may solve old murder
- All aTwitter over Easter
April 9, 2009
- Ex-PTA president jailed for 90 days
- Man linked to 1975 deaths of GJ mother, daughter
- Gas export deal threatens jobs in Rockies, industry group says
- Trial on Internet luring postponed until Sept. 21
- Man faces charge of murder in baby's death
April 8, 2009
- Payback or prison: Embezzler owes Grand Junction firm $600,000-plus
- Constitutional interpretation and citizen rights
- Hope on the home front
- More reason to trust Mesa Land Trust
- Pitts set to join council
April 7, 2009
- Rockies blackout: Bresnan's decision 'difficult'
- Victim of fatal crash was DUI suspect's son
- Driven to tragedy
- Congratulations due City Council victors
April 6, 2009
- Bresnan opts not to show additional Rockies games, including opener and Tuesday's game
- Group concerned prayer policy not respectful to range of religions
- Ward Churchill, victim
- The Great Divide continues to grow
- The Great Divide continues to grow
- The Great Divide continues to grow
- Pipeline politics
- Photo studio will return negatives dating to 1972
- GJ women die in I-70 wreck on east plains
- Young widow with two children plans to take control of her life with college
- Reconsideration of lease adjustments is sign of oil-shale shift
April 5, 2009
April 3, 2009
- 16th driving conviction lands man in prison for 18 months
- University of Colorado regents mum on Churchill
- E-mail this page Print this page Most E-mailed/Most printed Yahoo! Buzz small medium large Type size Man commits suicide in front of cop after Montrose traffic stop
- Budget plan harms colleges, businesses
- CutlerÂ's leaving wonÂ't make things easier for McDaniels
- DNC Motors has vehicles to attract every motorist
- Cost versus need in public safety equation
April 2, 2009
- 2005 plan for public safety less expensive
- Public safety initiative still in limbo
- Activist may win his bid to go to jail
- More to be done for Meth Task Force
- Man, 20, accused of killing little girl
April 1, 2009
- Council rejects appeal; strip club can file for license
- Ex-Palisade cop convicted of child abuse
- Drunken driver guilty in crash that killed 1, injured 3 other people
- Family of fugitives killed in weekend chase remember their loved ones
- Sleight of hand allows government to distract citizens as it limits freedom
- Re-Bruce, Part II
- Police find date-rape drug, lab at Mesa State dorm
March 31, 2009
March 30, 2009
- Gas board to delay rules on federal land
- First regulations, now fees for massage parlors
- Protesters don't want conscience clause cut
- Mesa County commissioners need to leave School District 51 funding alone
- Bus stop?
- An unsatisfactory resolution to Fine-Gallagher murders
March 28, 2009
March 27, 2009
- Killer's motivation will remain a mystery
- Women like Stanton pushed for women's rights
- It's naive to believe new rules aren't a factor in drilling cutbacks
- Apply the AIG principle to key Colorado issues
- Obama's Afghan surge
- Time to eliminate a bad sign law
- Junction homeowners pleased that measure may allow political yard signs
- Mother doesn't blame man's family for drunk-driving deaths
March 26, 2009
March 25, 2009
- County may cede control of Mesa Community Center
- City, downtown group plan for Main Street makeover
- Another round of layoffs at Halliburton
- Obama administration talks tough to Americans, but not to foreign belligerents
- Budget climate changes in Congress
- Sales are poppin
- Reports: Halliburton laying off local employees again
- Re-Bruce and de-Bill?
- Border blitz
March 24, 2009
- Nighttime bus service may be in Grand Junction's future
- Senate OKs oil, gas rules
- With cops targeting impaired drivers, ride providers tout their own services, but concede need for more
- Rescuers' calls up, response times slower
March 23, 2009
- Lost hikers, bikers require search team
- Air quality penalties of $400,000 to pay for school bus fixes
- District 51 should try to re-Bruce, Mesa County commissioners say
- Sen. Penry gets facts wrong as he opposes drilling rules
- It's 'bearly' spring
- Starbucks brews up a weak compromise
March 20, 2009
- Grand Junction tea party will protest Obama fiscal polices
- 'Girl range' helped protect the heritage of the Southwest
- Congress has no right to 'seize' AIG executive bonuses through the tax code
- Can face-to-face campaign work in the age of Facebook?
- The AIG distraction
- Gas rules will not be inconsequential
- Tiger pride: Glover retires as wrestling coach at Grand Junction
March 19, 2009
- Mesa County tries to speed up approval process for developers
- Growth plan bothers neighborhood northwest of Grand Junction
- Officials determine who started Redlands wildfire
- Rig count in Piceance Basin takes plunge
- Hite gets 20 years for killing baby
- Infant dies from backover injuries
- Baby is first born in Mesa County jail
- Flames narrowly miss Redlands homes
March 18, 2009
- Philosopher kings, Supreme Court justices think they should protect us from ourselves
- Open records law needs more openness
- Theobold in District D
March 17, 2009
- Chamber panel opposes 'card check'
- In filing, city, trucking firm and backers ask for suit to be tossed
- Gubernatorial ambitions set stage for clash of political allies
- AIG's 'bonus' to critics
- Kenyon in District A
March 16, 2009
- High court upholds $1.7 billion school tax
- GarCo wants drilling moratorium to return
- GOP can't stop the 6 percent solution for dealing with the state budget
- Cole for at-large seat
- Court backs freeze
- County against stimulus, but still will take money
March 13, 2009
- District 51 superintendent takes new job in Northwest
- Commissioner Rowland lets parents know county is ready to lend a hand
- New oil and gas rules aren't a tax on industry or cause of drilling slowdown
- Teen fashion decisions can prove costly, painful
- A healthy tax
- Mills' mixed record
- As home prices go down, assessed values increase
- House passes oil, gas rules package
March 11, 2009
- King gains support for officials'ouster over Colorado oil, gas rules
- Lands bill suffers setback in House
- Earmarks for everyone!
- Electoral nonsense
March 10, 2009
- Panel OKs apartments, balks at new entry
- Owning GarCo: More than a quarter of county's private land in energy firms' hands
- College's candidate has rocky past
- Pay gap hurting schools, students?
- Obama's lesson plan
- King's inept crusade
March 9, 2009
- Paying it forward one latte at a time
- The sky is not falling, survey of Grand Junction businesses says
- Grand Junction legislator: Resource directors need to go
- Fatal crash suspect now free on bond
- Lives cut short
- Driving out of control on highway funding
- Franken still no senator
March 8, 2009
- Charter school cuts high-school grades
- Other businesses feel effects of Western Slope energy slowdown
March 7, 2009
March 6, 2009
- Put the brakes on new drilling rules
- Republican Party needs to Steele itself for the future
- 1 dead after dump truck runs stop sign, hits vehicle
- Protesters plead to Ritter to save their energy jobs
- Not business as usual at Halliburton
- Minister appealing board's decision to grant strip club permit
- Suspect in fatal crash hears charges
- Delta Petroleum reports loss, cuts employees
- Grand Junction Steel to close; 100 to lose jobs
March 5, 2009
March 4, 2009
- Fruita debates rules on heights of ad signs
- Williams Energy banks on rebound for Piceance Basin gas
- Racist fliers left in Grand Junction windshields
- County riding rough economic waves
- Drunken-driving plague demands police action
- Mixed message on roads
- Voters may realize they need to put the brakes on Obaman's speeding train
- Suspect's family says they're stunned and sorry
March 3, 2009
March 2, 2009
- Dog that mauled boy forced its way into Fruita woman's home months earlier
- City hikes golf fees to cover expenses
- Family's anger grows toward 'reckless' driver
- Penry appears to run with the same old Republican crowd
- Rowland's gun idea deserves to be shot down
- Bond at $100K for driver in crash that killed 2
February 27, 2009
- County staff should be armed, commissioner says
- Grand Junction teen killed in crash on interstate
- Salazar slows oil-shale express
- Persistence may pay for rec-center advocates
- Persistence may pay for rec-center advocates
- How do we manage to manage public lands?
- Wolves at the door
- So long, Rocky
- Rec center backers targeting 2010 ballot
- Second-grader found in fetal position from dog attack
February 25, 2009
- Signs of intoxication in teen would have been apparent, Grand Junction attorney says
- Investigation finds no wrongdoing by Fruita officers before fatal crash
- Stripped of posturing, decision was correct
- Auto fees drive on
- Confidence in government lacking when ammunition sales shoot up
- Teen crash victim was well over adult limit
- Preserve good sense with DNA evidence
- Choppers chopped
February 24, 2009
- Source of sickening spring seep still unknown
- Chihuahua killed by poodle at park
- City board OKs permit for strip club
February 23, 2009
- Chamber endorses Beckstein, Coons, Kenyon, Susuras for council
- Strip club permit goes before city for third time
- Oil, gas panel to revisit concerns about seep in water south of Silt
- Get rid of costly, ineffective death penalty, create 'cold case' murder unit
- Pipeline to prosperity?
- High taxes no Rx for budget deficit
- House burns; arson suspected
- Fruita firm's disappearing act leaves creditors empty-handed
February 21, 2009
- Palisade seniors Barnes, Wagler withdrawn from state competition
- Experts see no quick fix for economy
February 20, 2009
- Despite downturn, many signs mark Williams' commitment to region
- Wildlife rules do not mean end of gas drilling
February 19, 2009
- Williams revises drilling cutbacks
- Bradford's sex-offender bill 'will probably just die'
- 12th Street Market
- Keep the BLM on track
- Budget wildfire may be contained in California
- Failed murder plot lands man 20-year prison term
- Mesa State College adds three more sports
February 18, 2009
- Rezoning puts new Grand Junction City Market closer to final OK
- Glenwood student avoids deportation -- at least for now
- Atheists should stop trying to use Charles Darwin as their spiritual leader
- Paper tigers
- Speed bumps slow latest auto bailout
February 17, 2009
- Divide Creek seep should halt drilling in area, citizen says
- District 51 school lunch prices may rise
- Stimulus signed, sealed. Now can it deliver?
- Senator: Stimulus package is the 1st step
February 16, 2009
- Bob Strobl dies; was longtime preparedness advocate and father of movie subject
- Darwin Day conflict hurts efforts to attract knowledge-based industries
- Chance's story belongs to all of us
- Bradford's bill loses on two counts
- Journey home of Chance Phelps subject of HBO movie
- 1 dead, 1 arrested in fatal Grand Junction accident
- Coyote consternation
- Coyote consternation
- Gambling on new casino revenue
February 13, 2009
- Coyote consternation
- State needs to move FASTER to fund transportation repairs
- Mesa County lawmakers should lead fight to raise severance tax
- Friendship overcomes cultural differences for two local history enthusiasts
- A preference for local preference
- Gregg gives up
February 12, 2009
- House should stimulate public-lands protection
- Free speech on the line in Garfield County spat
- After two centuries women achieve pay equality
- DNA links man to rape in 2000
- Council candidates support local-preference bid policy
- Sentinel readers help African village with computer lab
February 11, 2009
- Legislators: Gas board can still alter rules
- Stimulus favors union contractors, says head of builders' association
February 10, 2009
- Questions on a fatality
- Sheriff Vallario should step down
- Victim of fatal crash had been pulled over
February 9, 2009
- Darwin has his day in Mesa County
- Church can stay in community center
- DA gets involved in Garfield County sheriff's office flap
- Octuplet investigation
- Bridging history is costly
- One Garfield County commissioner seeks to restrict free speech of another
- Highways versus land preservation
- A billion here and a billion there ...
February 6, 2009
- Salazar signals a change
- Stimulate or stall
- King's bill gets drilled
- Bookcliff coal could be gold for economy
February 5, 2009
- GOP alternative takes easement funds for roads
- Legislator plans meeting to address high gas prices in Garfield County
February 4, 2009
- Affidavit: Escaped Grand Junction inmate tied sheets to escape
- New ordinance to regulate Grand Junction's massage parlors
- Salazar halts disputed Utah gas drilling
- Cabinet ethics
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