Janusz sentenced

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Former Grand Junction Police Officer Eric Janusz who was previously found guilty on one of four counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust was sentenced to 8 years to life. Janusz at times wept during the sentencing hearing this morning at the Mesa County Justice Center.

I-70 and U.S. Highway 50 closed

Accidents have closed both Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon and U.S. Highway 50 near Montrose this morning. U.S. Highway 50 is closed in both directions this morning after a semi tanker carrying approximately 7,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline rolled on its side and caught fire, burning nearby grasslands. Interstate 70 is currently closed in Glenwood Canyon, mile marker 116 to mile marker 134, due to a semi-trailer fire. CDOT is recommending alternate routes of: CO 131, US 40, and CO 13.

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Lee Gagne, a 71-year-old blacksmith volunteer at Cross Orchards Historic Site, can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet.

Lee Gagne can’t bring himself to retire from blacksmithing just yet. Because he wants to keep the art of blacksmithing alive. When Gagne, 71, was four years old, he began blacksmithing in Massachusetts. He said that his whole family was involved with it. “We would work on farms and … more


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