Western Colorado

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GJ police investigate injuries to couple

Grand Junction police are investigating an incident that sent a man and woman to St. Mary’s Hospital around 5 p.m. Friday. Kate Porras, spokeswoman for the Police Department, said investigators were trying to determine what happened ...

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Search for hiker stays in 2 Utah canyons

Armed with new clues on what she may have been wearing, searchers Friday resumed their efforts along a popular Utah trail where a New Castle woman disappeared Nov. 16. Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon said four searchers began a slow, ...

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Court won’t expedite mill-levy freeze ruling

The Colorado Supreme Court will not issue a decision on the legality of Gov. Bill Ritter’s mill levy freeze in the immediate future, the court said in an order released Friday. The Colorado Department of Education asked the court, in a ...

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Briefs: OA Parade of Lights December 05, 2008

When: Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be sold by nonprofit organizations starting at 1 p.m. Where: On Main Street between Eighth and First streets. Tickets: No charge. Downtown parking is free during the holiday ...

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Report: Roaring Fork River under development strains

A report released Thursday gives Roaring Fork Valley residents a better idea of how their local river rates. The State of the Roaring Fork Watershed Report intensively evaluates not only the Roaring Fork River, but also its tributaries. The ...

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Group files protest aimed at halting leases on BLM land in Utah

A conservation organization has filed a protest aimed at halting energy leases on about 188,000 acres of Utah lands. The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a lease sale Dec. 19 on more than 276,000 acres of federal lands in Utah. The ...

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Colorado Northwestern Community College to offer new degrees

Colorado Northwestern Community College is offering a new business and banking two-year associate degree program at its five campuses and online. John Boyd, president of the community college, said the new program was created in conjunction ...

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Silt to de-annex 1,500 acres after demise of Stillwater Ranch plan

SILT — A town that’s been growing significantly in population is about to undergo a big reduction in physical size. Sometime this month, Silt will shed nearly 1,500 acres from its jurisdiction. That’s a loss of nearly ...

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Iowa man accused of exploiting GJ boy, 12

An online game took a disturbing turn last year when a local boy reported having explicit photos sent to him by an Iowa man who was booked Wednesday into the Mesa County Jail on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child. Nathan Dumond ...

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Trucking firm: We’ve done our part

Less than 48 hours after protesting an effort to block industrial operations along the Colorado River, Brady Trucking representatives insisted Thursday they have done their part to clean up the riverfront and made concessions to promote ...

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