Western Colorado

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New owner, new name for former Rum Bay

The Rum Bay nightclub, 2993 North Ave., is in the process of being sold to new owners, who anticipate the club to reopen sometime in March. Neal DeHaven, the 37-year-old owner of DeHaven Painting & Drywall, 518 28 Road, agreed to buy the ...

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French firm expands oil research into Colorado

When French energy giant Total recently signed on to a U.S. oil shale project, it became just one more element in the company’s global effort to pursue shale and other unconventional fuel projects. Total announced earlier this month it ...

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Patrons check out new library digs

With a “Shhhhh,” Eve Tallman, director of the Mesa County Public Library District, silenced the crowd of noisy library patrons Saturday morning at the open house of the new Orchard Mesa Library. “This is the first official ...

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Bill targets pedophiles who use calls, texts to lure kids

Pedophiles trolling the Internet seeking sex with minors have become a savvier bunch, using the Web to make initial contact with children and using phone calls and text messaging to engage in sexual communications or to schedule meetings, ...

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Sun Biz: Renewable Energy January 25, 2009

Palisade Produce owner David Cox made the leap to renewable energy by installing 52 solar panels at his business. He paid Palisade-based Ecofly Renewable Energies $75,000 for the endeavor. “The solar rewards program made the decision ...

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Sex assault suspect kept apart from other inmates

Daniel John Lyons, 34, was released from the hospital Saturday afternoon after surviving a plunge off Rim Rock Drive. Shortly after his release, he was booked into Mesa County Jail on sexual assault charges. According to Lyons’ warrant, ...

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Three accused of cocaine distribution

Three Roaring Fork Valley adults and a juvenile have been arrested and more arrests are anticipated following an undercover drug investigation. The arrests occurred Thursday after an undercover detective with the Eagle County Drug Task Force ...

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Fine for impeding traffic could cost $56

A plan to bar drivers from impeding traffic and causing lines of five or more vehicles behind them passed the state House on Friday despite Republican efforts to curb the legislation. House lawmakers passed House Bill 1042, sponsored by Rep. ...

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Gun sales shoot up in Junction

Gun sales, already booming in the days after Barack Obama was elected president, boomed even more this week. Men and plenty of women were out buying handguns, so-called “black rifles” and plenty of ammunition for them, gun sellers ...

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Concerns over natural gas grant funds usage raised

Leaders of Western Slope communities at the epicenter of the region’s natural gas boom are concerned about the governor’s plan to use $30 million worth of energy-impact grant funds to help confront Colorado’s $600 million ...

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