Western Colorado

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Teen fights rare combo of diseases

Mike Bamford yearns to jam a tee in the ground, waggle the driver and launch a Titleist as far as it will go, then set out to find the orb and wind up again. For the moment, though, the 16-year-old looks less like a golfer and more like a ...

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Penry hasn’t made decision about McInnis endorsement

Mesa County Republicans lost one hometown hero in the gubernatorial race this week. Luckily, they had a spare. Mesa County Republican Party Chairman Chuck Pabst said Sen. Josh Penry of Grand Junction’s decision to exit the race to ...

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Central debate team second in 11-team meet

The Central High School speech and debate team placed second in the Moffat County Bulldog Invitational speech tournament Friday and Saturday in Craig. Students from 11 high schools from western Colorado and Wyoming participated in the ...

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San Juans wilderness push gains momentum

Colorado’s U.S. senators have joined the push for wilderness and other protections for more than 61,000 acres in the San Juan Mountains. Democrats Mark Udall and Michael Bennet have introduced the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, a ...

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Pipeline to send Piceance gas to west U.S.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline GP has completed a 26.4-mile pipeline project to help connect Piceance Basin natural gas with western U.S. markets. Tulsa-Okla.-based Williams said Tuesday that Northwest Pipeline has received authorization ...

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Military was a way of life for veteran of World War II

Benton Young Burton Jr. thought he was headed to war after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. His mother had other thoughts. “She said, ‘You’re going to school tomorrow,’ and that was the end of it,” ...

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‘I’m a realist,’ Penry says of ending his bid

DENVER — Soon after the Republican victories last week in New Jersey and Virginia, two Grand Junction Republicans running for the governorship of Colorado were on stage at Colorado Christian University waging their own political ...

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Briefs, Nov. 11, 2009

Car-seat checks Friday by appointment The Mesa County Health Department will offer car-seat checks from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, by appointment only. People should call and leave a message on the 24-hour child passenger safety line at ...

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Suspect in fatal beating avoided arrest before surrendering

A Denver police official said 27-year-old homicide suspect Sahr Mbawa avoided arrest with false claims when he was contacted by a Denver officer days before his surrender. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said a patrol officer on the ...

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Police: Suspect used stolen money

Mesa County sheriff’s investigators were on the trail of robbery suspects after one of them used cash from a gas-station holdup to buy cigarettes and gum at another gas station, according to an arrest affidavit. Thomas McComb, 18, ...

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