Western Colorado

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Thinking pink in the oil field

You’d have to see it to believe it. A hot pink snubbing rig sits in Loma. It belongs to Rogue Pressure Services, and the company intends to donate to breast cancer research a portion of the money it receives from each job it does with ...

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Foreclosures on pace for nearly 40 percent rise

With 2 1/2 weeks left in the first quarter of this year, Mesa County Trustee Paul Brown estimates there could be 165 foreclosures in the county by the end of March. That would be a jump of 39 percent from the 119 notices of foreclosure that ...

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ADVICE FROM THE FINANCE EXPERTS

The reality of being unemployed has set in for Grand Junction’s Rob Flenard. After being laid off from Power Motive Corp. in November, Flenard, 39, focused his energies on coaching a traveling hockey team of teenagers. Flenard, a ...

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YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF FREE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU WITH A NEW CAREER; HERE ARE FEW:

The Mesa County Workforce Center makes the same plea to every person who walks into its building seeking employment assistance: Use available resources to seek additional job training and education, because those resources are out there, often ...

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Former energy worker lends support to rules

Former Grand Junction resident Jim Ives has worked in Alaska’s oil fields and on the former Colony oil shale project near Parachute. In 1997-98 he served as executive director of the Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Association, the ...

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Mom hurt in Monument crevice fall

A 37-year-old Grand Junction woman was rescued Saturday from Colorado National Monument after she fell into a crevice while hiking with her son and a friend, according to a park ranger and witnesses. The Grand Junction Fire Department was ...

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GarCo sheriff creates group to combat gang activity

Concerns about possible gang-related activity have prompted creation of a new organization by Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario. The Sheriff’s Department created its new Threat Assessment Group, which it calls “T.A.G.,” ...

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Fighting her way to 100th birthday

Anne Jonas has beaten three bouts of cancer, survived a double mastectomy and weathered having an 8-pound tumor removed from her stomach. She added another chapter to her remarkable life Friday when she turned 100, celebrating with not one ...

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Veterinary Hospital spreading its wings

Eagles, bears and antelopes won’t be cooped up in the 1,700-square-foot Redstone Veterinary Hospital for much longer. They’re going to get a lot more breathing room. Dr. Mark Ryan and Dr. Paul Bingham broke ground March 6 on a ...

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SUV backs over, critically injures toddler

A 1-year-old girl was critically hurt and a man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after authorities said he accidentally backed a sport-utility vehicle over the toddler at an Orchard Mesa home Saturday evening. The child’s ...

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