Grand Junction City Councilor Rick Brainard, left, consults with his defense attorney, Stephen Laiche, after Brainard’s no-contest plea was rejected Friday by Judge Craig Henderson at the Mesa County Justice Center. Brainard then pleaded guilty to misdemeanor third-degree assault. He will not serve time in jail.
Grand Junction City Councilor Rick Brainard pleaded guilty Friday after a thwarted bid to end his domestic-violence case with something less than a guilty plea.
Brainard, 51, tried to plead “no contest” under a deal with the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office in which he would have been placed on a deferred judgment and sentence for 18 months, aside from a suspended jail sentence. Brainard sought permission to travel out-of-state.
Four local sheriffs joined 50 others from around the state Friday in a federal lawsuit against the state challenging two gun-control measures approved by the Colorado Legislature earlier this year. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, charges that the two new laws, limiting gun magazines to 15 rounds and background checks in all gun sales, violate the U.S. Constitution, specifically the right to possess firearms under the Second Amendment and due process rights under the Fourteenth
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Wide selection of photos from State Track action this week.
Bob discusses the latest IRS scandal.
Fruita Monument’s Class of 2013 celebrate their commencement.
Grand Junction High School graduated May 14, 2013 at Stocker Stadium.
Palisade High School graduation at Stocker Stadium Monday evening.
View pics of CHS 2013 Graduation.
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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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday directed state water officials to draft a statewide water plan … more
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Colorado Mesa University was one out away from being the only undefeated team left in the NCAA … more
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