Western Colorado

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Indoor range developers give it their best shot

Like so many other local shooting enthusiasts, Shad Knowlton one day found himself literally dodging bullets in the north desert, where lead often flies in multiple directions and many times safety can seem more of an afterthought. But unlike ...

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TABOR
 ruling 
may be 
Monday

Mesa County commissioners could decide Monday to change course, away from a 2007 decision in which the county began excluding sales tax revenue from its collection limitation calculations mandated by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. If ...

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Park status won’t harm homeowners, supporters say

Editors note: Because of a production error, this story did not run in full in Saturday’s edition. The entire story is below: Upgrading Colorado National Monument to a national park won’t jeopardize property owners along its ...

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Armed robber flees with cash

A man walked into the True Dollar Store at 2905 Patterson Road on Saturday afternoon, brandished a handgun and demanded cash, Grand Junction police say. The man told a store employee he was a “desperate mother (expletive)” and ...

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More brewers 
help beer fest, scholarship fund

Hundreds of beer enthusiasts gathered Saturday afternoon at the Colorado Mesa University Center to partake in beers, ciders and a little wine at the third-annual Grand Valley Beer Festival. The festival grew from 20 breweries and distributors ...

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CMU graduates 967 in rain and shine

If it’s good luck on your wedding day, rain is probably a sign of good things to come on graduation day, too. At least that was Colorado Mesa University President Tim Foster’s reasoning near the close of a two-and-a-half hour ...

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2 Sentinel veterans 
to lead newsroom

A new but familiar management team is now leading The Daily Sentinel newsroom. Mike Wiggins, 37, who has run newsgathering operations for the past year as city editor, is now the Sentinel’s managing editor. Duffy Hayes, 41, who has run ...

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‘No contest’ bid nixed; Brainard guilty

Grand Junction City Councilor Rick Brainard pleaded guilty Friday after a thwarted bid to end his domestic-violence case with something less than a guilty plea. Brainard, 51, tried to plead “no contest” under a deal with the Mesa ...

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2 indicted in attempted Palisade bank robbery

Two men are accused in an aborted armed robbery at a Palisade bank in 2011 — possibly the first of its kind in the town’s 109-year history ­— when a police officer was disarmed at gunpoint. Jose O. Jimenez, 27, of San ...

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4 sheriffs join suit against new gun laws

Four local sheriffs joined 50 others from around the state Friday in a federal lawsuit against the state challenging two gun-control measures approved by the Colorado Legislature earlier this year. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in ...

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