Western Colorado

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SEEKING UNEMPLOYMENT? WILL YOU HOLD, PLEASE?

Helen Cross has spent hours on hold or listening to busy signals while waiting to contact officials at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, trying to iron out problems with her application for unemployment benefits. If nothing ...

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FIRM’S EXPANSION BUCKS TREND, WILL CREATE JOBS

Lewis Engineering of Grand Junction is defying economic trends. As other companies are cutting jobs, Lewis is expanding into a new building and preparing to boost its payroll. Lewis Engineering was founded in 1981 in California and moved to ...

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Woman alleges argument led to dragging by car

A Grand Junction woman was arrested early Monday morning after she allegedly got into an argument with another woman, rolled up her car window on the woman’s arm and dragged her an estimated 200 feet. Candice Jae Suarez, 26, 258 28 1/2 ...

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9-YEAR-OLD’S KIDNAPPER FACES AT LEAST 64 YEARS

A Grand Junction man who kidnapped a 9-year-old girl by placing her in the trunk of his vehicle and driving away is facing a minimum of 64 years in prison after entering guilty pleas Monday in court. Michael Byerrum, 41, pleaded guilty to ...

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Enviros ask Obama to protect ‘wild places’

Forty conservation groups have called on the incoming Obama administration to suspend or vacate oil and gas leases for the Roan Plateau and withdraw commercial oil shale rules for the West. The groups made their request Dec. 18 to ...

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Officials to meet, discuss routes for Highway 82

GLENWOOD SPRINGS —  Glenwood Springs and Garfield County elected officials will meet next month to try to settle on what route or routes to formally study for possible construction of a new bridge and road connecting to Colorado ...

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Detector proposal stalls in GarCo commission

A proposal to require carbon monoxide detectors in unincorporated Garfield County stalled Monday over disagreement about the degree to which the requirement should extend to existing residences. The proposal came in response to the deaths of ...

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City Market rezoning to be debated tonight

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GJ Lions top $4 million in donations

The annual season of fundraising and giving by the Grand Junction Lions Club is even more notable this year, as the charitable civic group topped the $4 million mark in giving to the Grand Junction community. Officials with the area ...

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Man accused of asking girl, 11, to raise shirt

A Grand Junction man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child without force after allegedly telling an 11-year-old girl he would pay her money to flash her chest, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department. Robert ...

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