Western Colorado

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Study to probe using landfill gas as power source

Can methane gas seeping from the Mesa County Landfill be used to power the landfill and two new county buildings going up next door? That has been Bob Edmiston’s question for several years. Edmiston, director of the Mesa County ...

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Race for sheriff likely to draw big field

A year and a half before Mesa County voters will elect a new sheriff, the names of several local law-enforcement veterans are being bandied about as potential candidates to succeed Sheriff Stan Hilkey. Among them, Palisade Police Chief ...

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Celebrating the Earth a few days early

Chloe Hollis of Grand Junction likes Earth Day so much, she’ll be throwing a party Wednesday. Oh, and yes, she turns 27 that day. The real Earth Day. On Saturday, she sat clicking on a hand-held crowd counter which read 660 as of 1:30 ...

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After a decade now, “Columbine” has become synonymous with bloodbath

For a decade now, “Columbine” has been synonymous with bloodbath.  Two gun-brandishing students killed a dozen classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, then killed themselves. The outbreak of ...

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Grenade interrupts family’s yard work

Joann Martinez said she regularly finds discarded or wind-blown junk in the front yard of her family’s Grand Junction home. But her discovery Saturday morning at 531 28 3/4 Road left her shaking her head: a rusted hand ...

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Competency review ordered for convicted man

The Colorado Court of Appeals has ordered a Mesa County judge to take another look at a man’s 2006 attempted-murder conviction. In a 23-page ruling handed down Thursday, the court said Chief District Judge David Bottger applied an ...

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Death penalty repeal bill still close call

A final House vote on repealing the death penalty in Colorado will be close, and the measure might yet fail, said a death-penalty proponent. The measure passed the House last week on second reading, but five Democrats voted against the ...

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Sanity report delayed for accused murderer

A report likely to prove pivotal in the case of accused child-murderer Allen Grabe has been delayed. In a letter addressed to District Judge Brian Flynn, an official with the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo blamed cramped ...

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FedEx building bigger facility west of airport

McCauley Constructors, based in Windsor, broke ground recently on a $3 million FedEx shipping facility west of the Grand Junction Regional Airport. The building should open in September, said Nancy James, business development coordinator for ...

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Grandma resists her would-be robber, who runs away

Deanna Morrison did what any other 66-year-old ranch-raised cowgirl would have done. She pushed back. “I just looked at him and said, ‘You’re not getting my purse,’ ” said Morrison, counting her blessings ...

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