An illegal tent city for the homeless made up of shacks and tents cover the banks along The Point where the Gunnison River, left, flows into the Colorado River, right, west of the Fifth Street bridge. The Union Pacific Railroad will soon launch a capitol improvement project in the area, which will effectively evict the squatters.
The scrap of land at the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers looks like a 19th century homestead accentuated with a few modern amenities.
DENVER — Rep. Don Coram’s bill to bring horse racing to the Western Slope may not actually result in that. … more
Sale of fake meteorites … more
Tip leads to pot bust … more
Nucla man arrested … more
Report of dog shooting … more
Douglas Edward Briggs, 56, Grand Junction, died Feb. 6, 2012, in Grand Junction. … more
■ Georgette Price Angeline, 93, Olathe, died Feb. 9, 2012, in Olathe. … more
■ Marguerite E. (Peg) Barron, 88, Montrose, died Feb. 9, 2012, at Family Health West … more
■ Brian Axe, 28, Grand Junction, died Feb. 5, 2012, in Utah. … more
There’s a baby alligator purse made in Cuba. There’s a stack of Fiesta dinnerware. There’s an entire table covered in silver goblets. Around the corner, there are antique buffet … more
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A sudden storm has torn through Nigeria's commercial capital, killing at least one person.
BEIJING (AP) — A senior Chinese diplomat on a trip to Iran has urged Tehran to cooperate more with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog body. The advice comes amid growing tensions over the Islamic republic's nuclear program and Western sanctions.
BEIJING (AP) — China refused Monday to say if it backs an Arab League call for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest bid to end the violence that has killed more than 5,000 there.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is going on trial in Birmingham on a capital murder charge in the death of his bride, who drowned during their honeymoon trip to Australia.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Assailants attacked Israeli diplomatic targets in India and Georgia in near-simultaneous strikes on Tuesday, wounding two people in a car bombing in New Delhi, officials said. Israel's Foreign Ministry said an attempted car bombing in Georgia was thwarted when the bomb was discovered before it went off.
BOSTON (AP) — The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has released some of the personal papers of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
WALPOLE, N.H. (AP) — Classes are resuming at a New Hampshire elementary school after a 14-year-old boy shot himself in the face in a crowded cafeteria on Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a new budget that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade through cuts in government spending and higher taxes on the wealthy. At the same time, he wants to boost spending in key areas such as transportation and education.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documents detail the terms of a discounted mortgage loan received by U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, according to a published report.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses.
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else.
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