Western Colorado

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Oil, gas panel to revisit concerns about seep in water south of Silt

Concerns about renewed development in the area of a 2004 natural gas seep south of Silt probably will be aired before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission this spring. Acting Director Dave Neslin said he anticipates an update ...

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Bridge repair $115,000 higher than expected

The century-old Fruita Bridge is getting an extreme makeover as winter holds down the flows of the Colorado River, allowing construction crews to stabilize the structure’s north end. “By spring, if everything works right, ...

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Civic-arena plan for downtown GJ apparently dead

A year ago, local commercial developer and Realtor Reed Mitchell was busy telling anyone who would listen about his grand plans for the junction of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. He held an open house to unveil a proposal to build a ...

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‘Everybody here in Palisade will help them out’

Fire ravaged a two-story Palisade house on Monday at 114 Majestic Court. No one was home when the fire erupted just after 11 a.m. But an hour after firefighters from the Palisade and the Orchard Mesa fire departments had arrived, Jim Bouman ...

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Drilling permits starting to slip

Oil and gas drilling permit approvals in Colorado this year are lagging behind last year’s record pace. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission staff report having approved 886 permits through Feb. 16. If that pace of approvals ...

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Law a lead weight on motorcycle dealers

A recently enacted federal law intended to keep children safe from lead-based products has thrown a wrench in sales of kid-sized motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. The new lead-toy law, which went into effect Feb. 10, applies to ...

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Bicycle commuters pedaling uphill with tax credit

A program that offers tax credits to bicycle commuters is having trouble turning wheels locally, according to some of the area’s larger employers. Starting this year, bicycle commuters can earn up to $20 a month in tax credits — ...

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Kiwanis Club honors one of its own as citizen of year

Rick Nisley showed up for the Kiwanis Club of Grand Junction meeting this past week without realizing he had been tricked. Nisley was to receive the Citizen of the Year award from the service club during its annual Charter Luncheon on ...

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Pre-Lenten ritual of Fasching features food, drink, dance

The menu of a typical German Fasching event is a meat lover’s dream. Horst Kalin, who has lived in Crawford for 15 years but grew up in Germany, feasted on cutlers, bratwurst, roasted chicken, hog legs (eisbein) and beef rolls ...

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Fruita firm’s disappearing act leaves creditors empty-handed

IXP Inc., a pipeline construction company formerly based in Fruita and riddled with debt, has literally fallen off the map. Its Fruita office shuttered and its Colorado and Wyoming telephone numbers non-responsive, the firm’s creditors ...

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