Western Colorado

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Store owner, customer cleared in rifle mishap

The owner of a Grand Junction sporting goods store and a man who brought in a loaded gun that later discharged, injuring an employee, have been cleared of wrongdoing. Jerry Stehman, owner of Jerry’s Outdoor Sports 507 30 Road, and ...

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Fatal stabbing victim faced previous threat

A man who died Tuesday a week after being stabbed was threatened by another man with a knife in early January. Douglas Bennett, 32, died days after he was released from St. Mary’s Hospital after being treated for a stab wound to his ...

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Grand Valley jobless rate up, but lower than rest of U.S.

Unemployment in the Grand Junction metro area rose to 4.6 percent over the course of 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Grand Valley employment picture, however, remained brighter than the rest of the country. The ...

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New ordinance to regulate city’s massage parlors

Grand Junction massage parlors that have long operated unchecked will now come under scrutiny from city officials who want to weed out places that serve as a front for prostitution and other crimes. The City Council on Wednesday night ...

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Repeat poacher gets 4 1/2 years in prison

The actions of a Grand Valley man who was sentenced Tuesday in court for illegally killing a six-point trophy elk was described as one of the most aggravated cases one veteran of the Colorado Division of Wildlife had ever seen. Erik Ambriz, ...

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Community college leader resigns

Marsha Arzy, Mesa State College vice president of community college affairs and head of Western Colorado Community College, announced Tuesday she will resign her post effective March 1. Arzy began her tenure July 2007 after she took over for ...

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For sale: One gas drilling rig, slightly used, recently rebuilt

It’s not something you see every day on the side of the road with a for-sale sign, but when Scott Nordstrom wanted to sell a drilling rig in Rifle, that’s just where he put it — on the side of the interstate. “We kind ...

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Garfield Commission opposes prison closure

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Garfield County commissioners have come out in opposition to a proposal to close the Rifle Correctional Facility. Commissioners acted this week after Rifle city manager John Hier asked if they planned to take a ...

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Woman accused of aiding escape says she’s victim of felon husband

A woman accused of driving a getaway car that helped her husband, a convicted felon, escape from the Mesa County Jail during a jailbreak last fall called herself a victim during her first court appearance Tuesday. “I’m also the ...

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Man dies a week after being stabbed

A man who died Tuesday at his Pear Park home was stabbed in a fight with another man last week, and authorities are investigating whether one is related to the other. Douglas Bennett, 32, died days after he was released from St. Mary’s ...

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