Western Colorado

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Briefs: Mojo Sentinel January 20, 2009

Rig stands, waits for next assignment • A flex drill rig stacked on the yard of the Helmerick and Payne, formerly the Monument Oil yard, at Monument and G roads is awaiting its next assignment. No, said rig manager Charles Kelly, ...

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Horizon Drive hit by another power outage

About 1,000 Xcel Energy customers and numerous traffic signals were affected by a power outage in the Horizon Drive area around 9:50 a.m. Monday. Homes and businesses near the Grand Junction Regional Airport, H Road and Horizon Drive were ...

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Armed robbers on run after invasion of home

Grand Junction police are searching for two men who forced their way into a north Grand Junction home Monday morning and robbed the woman inside at gunpoint. Police spokeswoman Kate Porras said the men barged into the house in the 700 block ...

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GarCo board to consider new gravel pit

A proposal for a gravel pit south of Parachute will be the first to be considered by Garfield County under its new rules governing such operations. RTZ Industrial LLC, formed by Roaring Fork Valley resident Wayne Rudd, proposes to operate the ...

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Gas firm’s future ‘under review’

A ConocoPhillips spokesperson said no decision has been made on whether planned layoffs and spending cuts by the company might result in reduced drilling operations in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin. Company representative Jim Lowry ...

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Police investigating credit-card company used by GJ restaurant

Grand Junction police have opened an investigation into whether a Georgia credit-card company stole thousands of dollars from a downtown Grand Junction restaurant and its customers. Police spokeswoman Kate Porras said the owners of the Cavett ...

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Loss of camper raises questions of relief

Brian Cameron had plans to open an Internet business painting and selling his collectible model trains. But the intricate pieces, along with thousands of dollars in related literature, his wallet and all but the clothes on his back, burned up ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted it.

If a room can embody the mood of those in it, then the Black Box Theater at Mesa State College on Monday night was full of optimism and with a shared dream for the future. In short, it was as Martin Luther King Jr. would have wanted ...

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Regulators ponder Rulison monitoring

State regulators plan to consider revisions to a year-old monitoring program for natural gas drilling occurring near the Project Rulison nuclear test site. That reconsideration comes as the U.S. Department of Energy prepares to issue a ...

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Junction woman’s lyrics to be sung in D.C.

Never in her wildest dreams did Grand Junction woman, Cathy Ray, think a song she first jotted down on a napkin nearly 20 years ago would ring in the ears of people worldwide. But that’s likely what will happen when former Santana ...

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