Western Colorado

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A very toffee Christmas for all

Tyler Riehl had a sweet reason to work when he should have been off enjoying his Christmas Eve. The local volunteer with the Salvation Army gladly spent the day driving around in his Toyota 4-Runner loaded to the brim with boxes of donated ...

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Ex-publisher of Sentinel makes $10M gift to DU

Jim Kennedy, the head of Cox Enterprises and former publisher of The Daily Sentinel, has donated $10 million to the University of Denver to create a new education program and research endowment at the school. The James C. Kennedy Institute ...

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Twins celebrate lifesaving miracle this Christmas

Oscar and Hector Morales have matching kidneys this Christmas. Oscar has a little something else: A future. Hector donated a kidney to his fraternal twin Oscar in a transplant Oct. 17 at Porter Transplant Hospital in Denver. The surgery ...

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Station to use part of its land for home site

KREX-TV plans to convert part of its land on Hillcrest Drive into a single-family residential plot, the station’s general manager confirmed Tuesday. Ron Tillery, general manager for the station, said the hill abutting Hillcrest Drive ...

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No deal reached between KREX, cable firm Bresnan

An impasse between Grand Junction’s CBS and Fox Television affiliates and Bresnan Communications could force local cable customers to break out the rabbit ears to receive some local news and entertainment programs, according to the ...

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GJ councilman named to national policy post

Grand Junction City Councilman Bruce Hill was appointed Tuesday as chairman of the Community and Economic Development Policy and Advocacy Committee of the National League of Cities. The committee addresses national policy issues relative to ...

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Texas firm to pay $138K over drilling violations

A Texas company has agreed to pay $138,000 in fines for stormwater and other violations at its former oil and gas operations in western Garfield County. Last year’s citations by the state drew extra attention because the company ...

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HIV-positive man accused of infecting fiancee, newborn

A Grand Junction man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of felony child abuse for infecting his fiancee and their newborn child with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, without ever disclosing that he was infected. Shad Skov, 33, who has a lengthy ...

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Man accused in Glenwood heist tracked down in Nevada

A bus ticket helped investigators track a Glenwood Springs man to Las Vegas, where he was arrested Monday on suspicion of robbing a bank in his hometown last week. Authorities arrested Jeffrey David Smith, 27, Monday afternoon after several ...

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Dear Santa: Please bring a snow shovel

If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, wake up. The National Weather Service’s Grand Junction office is guaranteeing Christmas will indeed be white. It may not be falling snow, but there will be snow on the ground ...

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