Western Colorado

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Clifton group seeks GJ’s help with annexation

A group of Clifton residents is asking the city of Grand Junction for help to begin the process of annexation. A one-page letter, signed by four members of a committee working toward annexation, was presented Thursday to Grand Junction Mayor ...

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GJ bus service hitting near-record numbers

The year 2008 was no record for the number of people using public transportation in the Grand Valley, but it was close. “We had just above 750,000 riders,” said Todd Hollenbeck, director of the Mesa County Regional Transportation ...

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Occidental suspends its area drilling

Occidental Petroleum has temporarily suspended all drilling in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin, largely as a result of low natural gas prices. Company officials weren’t commenting Thursday on the employment effects of the ...

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Texas company buys D&M Wire Rope

D&M Wire Rope of Grand Junction has been acquired by Delta Rigging and Tools of Lake Jackson, Texas. Delta Rigging has been buying smaller companies involved in the mining business for the past three years, increasing its territory and ...

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Colorado’s congressional delegation pays little heed to Obama

Colorado’s congressional delegation paid little heed to President Barack Obama’s plea that federal lawmakers set aside partisanship when considering a proposed economic stimulus package. The state’s congressional ...

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Salazar wants federal version of Great Outdoors Colorado

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he hopes to use the Great Outdoors Colorado model on the federal level to protect scenic landscapes across the country. Landscape protections are one of the “moonshots” that Salazar, a former ...

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BLM seeks help in inventory of roads and trails

The Grand Junction office of the Bureau of Land Management wants help from off-road warriors and others to help it complete its inventory of western Colorado roads and trails. The office already has inventoried 2,700 miles of routes, but ...

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Plan may unionize public safety agencies

A high-ranking state senate Democrat is considering introducing legislation this year that could encourage the unionization of local fire and police agencies — a prospect that concerns Mesa County leaders. Assistant Senate Majority ...

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Green expo draws hundreds in GJ

Every day human waste, bundled in tiny plastic diapers, is trucked to the Mesa County Landfill. Melissa Matthews has a better solution. She and her husband own Tender Tooshies, a reusable diaper service based in Clifton. “There ...

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ConocoPhillips reports $32M loss in 4th quarter

ConocoPhillips on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of nearly $32 million to go along with recently announced plans to cut jobs and spending. However, company officials said they have yet to decide what these developments will mean for ...

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