Western Colorado

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Property taxes less costly in Mesa County than in 17 other Colorado counties

Mesa County’s property tax burden is among the lowest in Colorado, consuming less than 2 percent of the median home- owner’s income, according to Census data released Monday. Taxpayers paid an average of $908 in property taxes ...

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Salvation Army sees more need, fewer donations

The Salvation Army caseload in Grand Junction for needy families is outpacing last year’s total by at least 300, not counting emergency cases. The organization has 1,300 families this year as regular cases. Last year, there were 1,000 ...

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City OKs 1,100 homes, commercial development

A plan to build more than 1,100 housing units and retail space nearly the size of Mesa Mall won approval from the Grand Junction City Council on Monday. Council members unanimously signed off on an outline development plan for 154 acres of ...

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Area inn gets national praise for wedding site

Atlanta-based PerfectOutdoorWeddings.com this week ranked Palisade’s Wine Country Inn in the Top 5 Vineyard Wedding Locations in the United States. After having just two weddings since its late-summer opening, the inn joins the company ...

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Energy park-and-ride bustling, CDOT plans improvements

A year-and-a-half ago, Richard Duran landed a job with Grand Valley Vacuum Truck Service. Ever since, his work day has started at the corner of Interstate 70 Business Loop and F Road, waiting for a company-provided ride to De Beque. “A ...

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Storm brings ski season to Powderhorn

Better late than never. Overnight snowfall allowed Powderhorn Resort to open some of its runs to skiers and snowboarders Sunday, three days later than scheduled. Sarah Allen, spokeswoman for the resort, said the overnight snowfall, which ...

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COUPLE ONE OF MANY AREA FAMILIES ADOPTING CHINESE CHILDREN

Four-year-old Macey Geer will have her first Christmas on American soil this year. Kate Geer and her husband adopted Macey from Sichuan, China, in July as their second child and little sister to their 6-year-old son, Ian. The adoption ended ...

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Transportation planners have big list of goals

Colorado’s transportation planners are going one step beyond simply hoping Congress and President-elect Barack Obama work out a plan next year to send billions of dollars to infrastructure projects around the country. Russ George, ...

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County plans boost to recycling programs

Mesa County plans to expand recycling services next year, as administrators try to reduce the amount of waste tossed into the landfill. For the first time, county officials will recycle electronics, cardboard and scrap metal at the Hazardous ...

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Man killed after hitting tree at Keystone; another dies of apparent natual causes

Two men died Saturday at Keystone Ski Resort in separate incidents on the mountain, one in a snowboarding accident and another of apparent natural causes. William Sanko, 69, of Castle Rock was found unresponsive before noon at the junction ...

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