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Middle school students compete in ‘Amazing Race’

The eighth graders at West Middle School ran from challenge to challenge downtown Monday morning as they competed for prizes in the school’s annual “Amazing Race.” Team Smurf found the tent challenge most difficult due to ...

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Voice activated computer purchased after fundraiser

A group of local musicians came together last February to perform a benefit concert for Dr. Ed Harris. Harris, who suffers from polio related complications, is a published author who was in need of a voice-activated computer in order to ...

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Sculpture unveiled at Chipeta Elementary

Roland McCook, great grandson of Chipeta, told the children at Chipeta Elemenatry Tuesday afternoon that his grandmother was a woman always surrounded by children. Chipeta, wife of Ute Indian Chief Ouray, was very influential in the lives of ...

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‘Money Month’ teaches students to be financially savvy

Volunteers from many Mesa County banks volunteered to teach children about financial basics as part of School District 51’s “Money Month.” “Most aren’t learning financial basics,” said Jessica Klement, a ...

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Moon Farm opens for 45th playing season

Moon Farm, a place where children and their imaginations run wild, opened its gates in Fruita this month for the 45th year in a row. There are more than 30 themed playhouses on the farm such as rocket ships, castles, Egyptian pyramids and ...

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Furniture store also offers tasty homemade Amish treats

Black Carriage Furniture has added a new line of handmade Amish craftsmanship in the form of peanut butter spread, noodles and elderberry jam. “It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a furniture ...

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Thousands given to support Special Olympics at MDS

The clients at Mesa Developmental Services lost no more than $25 worth of recycling materials they had been collecting to support Special Olympics due to a burglarly in early-March. However, after a story reporting the crime ran in the March ...

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Students with perfect attendance have chance to win new car

Jessica Banderneer is driving a car that was new when she was a baby. Her 1993 Toyota Camry has squeaky breaks that no mechanic can seem to fix. Plus, the whole axis tilts when she drives over a bumps. That’s why she made the choice ...

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Mr. JUCO gives tickets to kids

For the past ten years, Hilltop Community Resources has been putting a ticket to a Junior College World Series game into the hands of all Mesa County schoolchildren. “This lets kids be a part of something that is big in our ...

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‘Passport To Adventure’ offers discounts and free gifts to tourists

What tourist destinations offers fresh banana trees, adobe dwellings, exotic spiders and robotic dinosaurs? The Grand Valley of course! This week the Grand Junction Visitors and Convention Bureau is celebrating National Tourism Week by ...

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