Breaking News: Sunday, March 14, 2010

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Police investigate death at Fruitvale home

Grand Junction police are investigating a death Sunday night in Fruitvale. Police found a body in a home at 2908 1/2 Walnut Ave., police spokeswoman Kate Porras said. Porras said a male suspect had been identified but was not in custody. Police dispatch reports shortly after 9 p.m. indicated that a woman, 24, had been stabbed at the Walnut Avenue address and that a man with a knife was seen driving away in a black Honda Accord. The woman was reported to be not ...

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Mesa State’s season ends in semifinals

Michael Dominguez scored a career-high 41 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Mesa State College men’s basketball team, which didn’t get the balance it needed, falling 95-84 to Augustana in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Central Region tournament in Mankato, Minn. Augustana’s offensive rebounding and a defensive adjustment against Dominguez in the second half made the difference. The Vikings sent a variety of players after Dominguez in the second half, ...

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Adam’s County sheriff’s deputy wounded in shooting

DENVER — Authorities are searching for a person who shot and injured an Adams County sheriff’s deputy. Sheriff’s officials say deputies were on a routine foot patrol in an apartment complex around 11 p.m. Saturday when they heard a disturbance. Several shots were fired at deputies as they approached, and one deputy was wounded. The deputy was treated at a hospital and released.  ...

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No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says

LEADVILLE —  A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American woman held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist says she does not know where her daughter and grandson may be. Christine Mott, of Leadville, says she learned from federal law enforcement agencies last week that her 31-year-old daughter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, had been arrested in Ireland. Irish police said Saturday that they had released an American woman, whom they ...

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Acquafresca to represent W. Slope on state board

Mesa County Commissioner Steve Acquafresca has been appointed to serve on Colorado State University’s Colorado Extension Advisory Council. This board gives direction to CSU’s extension service in the state. Acquafresca is one of a few members from the Western Slope. “I’m delighted to get this opportunity to bring Mesa County’s point of view to the council,” he said. “As a Western Slope resident with a background in agriculture, I think ...

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Cisco trailer fire kills one

One person is dead after a Friday morning fire destroyed a trailer home in Cisco, Utah, according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Department. The victim found inside 100 Pennsylvania Avenue was not identified. The victim was taken to the medical examiner in Salt Lake City, the Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.  ...

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Mesa State softball canceled by weather

A steady dose of rain has washed out the second day of the Mesa State College’s softball series against the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Mesa State (3-7, 1-7) won’t make up the canceled games, according to Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference policy. The Mavericks play next at Chadron State College this Saturday and Sunday.   ...

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