Western Colorado

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District attorney: Old case against officer Coyne was unprovable

District Attorney Pete Hautzinger defended his office’s decision not to pursue criminal charges last year against a police officer who was fired Thursday after being freshly accused of sexual assault. Hautzinger called the old matter ...

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Former chief defends department

Former Grand Junction Police Chief Bill Gardner on Friday said the department remains a “model” Colorado law enforcement agency, despite the arrest over five weeks of two police officers who were hired under his ...

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Two Montrose High students suspended after threatening list falls from backpack

Two Montrose High School students have been suspended after a threatening letter fell from one of the girls’ backpacks as she left the school, according to Montrose police. The girls, ages 14 and 15, were walking out of the school ...

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Red Cross manager heads to American Samoa

Scott Cline lent a hand to victims of flooding in Ohio a few years back. He’s helped homeowners displaced by fire in western Colorado. But he’s never encountered a disaster of the magnitude he’ll plunge into this ...

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ATV users fear ride’s over with new travel plan

Less than a mile out on a dirt road west of De Beque, most signs of civilization fall away, opening up miles of unobstructed views. Adobe hills dot the landscape, and sandstone formations create curious hourglass pinnacles. It’s here ...

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Briefs, Oct. 2, 2009

Open house planned at White home An open house celebration at the White family home is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 779 24 1/2 Road. The home was built for Mary White and her three daughters; one daughter, 14-year-old ...

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Some breaking ranks with Valley’s receiver

Several investors are trying to break a receivership’s control of collapsed Valley Investments in a growing dispute that now involves a public agency, the Mesa County Public Trustee’s Office. Two new actions have been filed in ...

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Petroglyphs vandalized in Dominguez Canyon

Petroglyphs were found vandalized late August in Dominguez Canyon, according to the Bureau of Land Management. A BLM news release said the vandalism involved two rock art panels. Dominguez Canyon is inside the newly created Dominguez Canyon ...

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H1N1 vaccine to arrive here by next week

The Mesa County Health Department announced Thursday that the first shipment of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine will arrive next week. The department expects to distribute 1,300 live intranasal vaccines, also called flu mist, to the preregistered ...

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County readies prisoner transport vehicle

Gone are the days when some prisoners from the Mesa County Jail were transported over the mountains on an airplane. After the Sheriff’s Department’s Cessna P210 collided with another small plane in midair last October, officials ...

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