Western Colorado

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Salt supply seems stable, melting away winter worry

While states and municipalities in the Midwest and Northeast dig deep to pay higher prices to replenish stockpiles of salt to keep roads and highways safe this winter, Grand Valley governments appear to be on solid ground — for the most ...

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Fifty-five percent of new enrollees at MSC required remedial work

More than half of the first-time students entering Mesa State College in the 2007-08 academic year required some type of remedial course work, according to a study released last week by the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Of the ...

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Powderhorn set to crank up the lifts

Powderhorn Ski Resort’s lifts might begin to run at 9 a.m. today, pending an early morning decision by staff members. “If it’s enough snow and we can open limited terrain, we’ll go for it (today),” said Sarah ...

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Two businesses that depended on housing business shift gears

Two companies in the same industry are taking different approaches to the slowdown they see coming. Bill Johnson, owner of CJ’s Cabinets, 510 Fruitvale Court in Grand Junction, has been down this road before. Kyle Berger of Timeless ...

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ONCE ISOLATED, GRAND VALLEY BEGINS TO FEEL EFFECTS OF STALLING ECONOMY

The Grand Valley, of late an island of prosperity in a national storm of economic woes, is starting to feel buffeted by the slowdown. Energy companies have hit the brakes on drilling plans as fuel demand slips worldwide, and the construction ...

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Pair booked after meth sale to informant

Two men were arrested on suspicion of dealing methamphetamine after an informant for the Western Colorado Drug Task Force purchased drugs from both men, according to the men’s arrest affidavits. Felipe Vasquez-Torrecillas, 40, and ...

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Melodies buzzing around in professor’s head make it to print

Buzzing around in Arthur Houle’s head are sonatas, snappy jazz pieces and tunes by The Beatles. Chord progressions and themes for the piano circle in his brain. He calls them ear worms. Houle, 53, director of keyboard studies at Mesa ...

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Downtown greets Legends series monuments

With a tug and a spin, former Daily Sentinel publisher Walter Walker was unveiled to applause Friday from nearly 200 locals gathered downtown. The sculpture, perched atop a spinning pedestal, is the first of five Legends of the Grand Valley ...

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February hearing set on question of retrial for Blagg

Michael Blagg, a Grand Junction man convicted of shooting and killing his wife, Jennifer, is getting another chance at having a new trial. A hearing has been set for Feb. 17 on whether Blagg can have a retrial in the 2001 slaying. That ...

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Residents of Loma want to keep town lean

Residents living in the far west end of the Grand Valley approved increasing the size of the Lower Valley Fire Protection District by one-third, but a recent survey of Loma residents indicates that’s about all they want expanded. The ...

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