Western Colorado

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Lease to yield nearly $5M to split between feds, state

Oil and gas rights leased near New Castle on Thursday will yield almost $5 million in bid revenue to be split between the federal government and the state of Colorado. However, the Colorado Division of Wildlife had voiced concerns over the ...

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TRIDENT officers arrest three men near Parachute marijuana farm

Garfield County drug enforcement officers this week made three arrests after finding 890 marijuana plants growing in a remote canyon near Parachute in September, authorities said Thursday. Officers with the Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team, ...

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Agency gives Mesa State good credit rating, but notes challenges

Mesa State College defied the nation’s credit crisis and earned a top credit rating from a national financial analysis firm for the school’s outstanding debt and upcoming bonds financing the North Avenue residence ...

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Great Outdoors Colorado head leaving for oil, gas group

The head of Great Outdoors Colorado is leaving the organization to head up policy issues for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. John Swartout said he hopes to bridge the chasm between environmental organizations and the energy ...

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Hearst family granddaughter explains new mission in life

Victoria Hearst was going to be a star — “singer, dancer, actress” — and appear on the big stages in the biggest of cities and show up at the most fashionable parties. She had a role on “General Hospital” ...

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Worker killed at subdivision is identified

A Grand Junction man who was killed in a construction accident Wednesday was identified Thursday as 21-year-old Daniel Cleveland. The Mesa County Coroner’s Office ruled Cleveland’s death an accident and said preliminary toxicology ...

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Paonia scientist honored for study of gas drilling

A Paonia scientist who has raised concerns about possible chemical-related health effects of natural gas development received an international award this week. Theo Colborn received the Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development, an ...

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Wreck kills Parachute woman

A 20-year-old Parachute woman died after she was thrown from her car when it rolled more than three times along Interstate 70 on Thursday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Heather M. Jay of Parachute was pronounced dead at the ...

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Thanksgiving shoppers out grabbing for turkeys

With people now starting to plan their Thanksgiving feasts, it seems some meat departments this year are expecting fewer of the day-before-Thanksgiving shoppers, given the drastic change in grocery prices during the past year. By Monday ...

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Zoning dust-up may go to voters

The controversy over the zoning of three parcels of land owned by an oil field services company next to the Colorado River is moving closer toward being decided by Grand Junction voters. City officials confirmed this week Western Colorado ...

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