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Encore Shoppe closes, then reopens in new location

The Encore Shoppe is leaving the quiet corner of Cottonwood Mall and moving to the bustling and busy intersection of 5th Street and Grand Avenue this week. The store at 2403 U.S. Highway 6&50 was nearly empty Monday morning. The doors ...

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Cop yard sale benefits United Way

Customers were waiting early Friday morning for the opening of the annual Mesa County Sheriff’s Office yard sale, which benefits the United Way. The parking lot was filled with everything from tools, holiday decorations, books, videos ...

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Riveter hangs up their hot pants

The Riveter girls can rock the house, but they just don’t want to anymore. Local almost all-girl band, Riveter, is hanging up their hot pants after seven years of playing the Grand Junction club circuit. The band announced the news on ...

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Job fair to focus on local employment opportunities

The annual Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce’s Job Fair is focusing on keeping jobs local this year, and organizers have invited those who help move the local economy to offer open positions to local workers. “One of our largest ...

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Local dancer nearly ready for professional auditions

Sixteen may seem awfully young to already be launching a career, but for Alex Kramer, a ballet dancer, it’s now or never. Kramer began dancing at the age of seven at the Institute for the Dancing Arts in Grand Junction. By age 14, he ...

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Kids Aid founder finalist for national award

Mike Berry, founder of the Kids Aid Backpack Program in Grand Junction, is gaining national recognition for the program which feeds hungry children over the weekends during the school year and summer. Berry is one of 15 finalists in the 2010 ...

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La Puerta renovates ballroom in Margery Building

David and Nealy Riley wanted to renovate the grand ballroom in the Margery building at 523 1/2 Main St. downtown to reflect its glory in days gone by. However, they’re not sure what exactly that glory may have looked like. ...

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Children’s Castle hosts free grand re-opening events

The damage done to the Children’s Castle at the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens has been repaired and the doors will reopen this Sunday amongst great celebration for the community. “It’s done and it looks better than ...

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Yo-yo club ties father and son

Aman Sircus and his son, Ronin Lee, have had their ups and downs, but their father-son relationship has reached new heights with the help of the yo-yo. Sircus, 31, and Lee, 10, co-founded the 97Yo-Yo Club more than two years ago. For eight ...

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Electronic cigarette provides smokeless alternative

As smoking becomes more and more socially unacceptable in public, and more expensive, many smokers are looking for alternatives to traditional cigarettes. The new Colorado E-Smokes kiosk at Mesa Mall is providing that alternative in the form ...

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