Western Colorado

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Boy, 6, saves family from fire

Six-year-old Deigen is being called a hero by his family. The boy, who is recovering from a recent tonsillectomy, is credited with saving his mother, two grandparents, a great uncle, a younger sibling, four dogs, a cat, a bird and a small ...

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Man accused of ATV, motorcycle thefts

Mesa County Sheriff’s Department investigators allege an 18-year-old Grand Junction man stole seven ATVs and two motorcycles from residents’ yards, then marketed them on Craigslist.com. Stephen Van Ness turned himself in to the ...

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Oil and gas rules clear final hurdle, go to governor

Controversial new oil and gas rules in Colorado await only the signature of their champion-in-chief, Gov. Bill Ritter, after they passed their last legislative hurdle Wednesday. The Colorado Senate approved the rules package in a 21-13, ...

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City, downtown group plan for Main Street makeover

Nearly 50 years after a group of visionaries enacted a radical project that converted downtown Grand Junction’s dusty Main Street into the tourist draw and cultural center it is today, downtown stakeholders are planning a makeover of the ...

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ANOTHER ROUND OF LAYOFFS AT HALLIBURTON

Halliburton this week laid off another untold number of workers at its Grand Junction facility. The energy-services company Wednesday declined to reveal how many workers were laid off, and it sent out a statement via e-mail identical to one ...

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Congress passes wilderness bill; 2 West Slope canyons protected

Years of work by western Coloradans finally paid off Wednesday when new protections for the Dominguez Canyon area cleared Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 285-140 in favor of the sweeping Omnibus Public Lands Bill. It now ...

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Officials seek bypass for Parachute

Parachute officials who had hoped President Obama’s stimulus plan would bring them a new freeway interchange said the state passed them by when it came to handing out the federal dollars. A new interchange about a mile and a half west ...

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District 51 may hire new leader from within

School District 51 will first look inward to find a replacement for departing Superintendent Tim Mills. Board members voted unanimously Tuesday night to seek Mills’ replacement from among current district employees. “We’re ...

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Boy Scout nets $16K in popcorn sales

Tristan Noel can hardly go anywhere without being noticed. “Hey, you’re the popcorn dude,” the seventh-grader at East Middle School said people have exclaimed upon seeing him. There’s good reason folks might link the ...

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County may cede control of Mesa Community Center

Mesa County may sever its ties with the Mesa Community Center — and the problems associated with it. The county is modifying its contract with the center’s main tenant, the Mesa View Bible Church, in order to allow it to sublease ...

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