Western Colorado

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Vision School graduates 15

Best friends Kyra Dowd and Kylie Haas had already earned 12 college credits together before graduating Wednesday from Mesa Valley Vision Home and Community Program. They’re also both certified nurse aides who work at area nursing homes. ...

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Radioactive metal thrown in trash

State health officials are looking for the person who threw away a small but highly radioactive piece of metal last month during Grand Junction’s spring cleanup. The metal piece, barely the size of two Tic Tac candies, turned out to be ...

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Glade Park preps for fire season

Looking out from the Glade Park Fire Department several miles to the southwest, you can still see scarred land from the last major wildfire. As the Hayman Fire and Coal Seam Fire ravaged other parts of Colorado in the summer of 2002, half of ...

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Rep. Tipton calls for probe 
of IRS actions

Further investigation is needed into the Internal Revenue Service’s handling of conservative organizations seeking nonprofit status, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., said Tuesday. Tipton in March 2012 had raised questions about the IRS ...

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Tests show ‘consistent’ drop in benzene levels
 at Parachute leak site

Benzene levels in Parachute Creek have shown consistent reductions in recent days, according to test results. The reductions come as Williams continues to work with state regulators to strip the carcinogen from groundwater before it reaches ...

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Ozone hot spot suspects: oil, gas

Draft ozone readings this winter in Rio Blanco County put the county on track to be in violation of federal standards, the first time that will have happened in western Colorado. The high ozone levels were detected at a monitor in Rangely and ...

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Grand Junction grad measures his success

The Tsinnijinnie Russell who walked on Tuesday with 347 of his fellow Grand Junction High School Tigers to claim their diplomas at Stocker Stadium isn’t the same one who walked into the doors of the school four years ago. He’s a ...

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Grand Junction alumnus presents colors as member of elite honor guard

A member of the Grand Junction High School Class of 2012 presented the colors Tuesday at Stocker Stadium for the Class of 2013 commencement. Airman 1st Class Grant Kampa, a member of the Air Force Honor Guard, whose service includes the ...

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Fruita Monument ceremony a show of hope, victory

The pomp and color so evident in Stocker Stadium Tuesday evening during Fruita Monument High School’s graduation ceremonies provided a distinct sheen over countless stories of struggle and persistence, as it does every year. Kylie Goetz ...

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Identified skeleton closes case of 26 years

Wearing a brace and carrying an oxygen tank with him, 65-year-old Ronald Vasey got in his 1966 Chevrolet station wagon and drove away from his home in the 2700 block of B 1/2 Road without a trace. He hadn’t driven in months, ...

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