Western Colorado

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New signs point bikers to monument

If you like getting out on your road bike, you’ve probably pedaled over Colorado National Monument. But if you’re not from the area, it can be tricky figuring out how to make the loop back to town. New signs installed, thanks ...

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Skeleton found near Gateway

A human skeleton recovered Friday from inside a partially buried car southwest of Gateway may resolve a missing person case that’s more than two decades old, a spokesman for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department said ...

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Fire forecasters: 2013 should be better than 2012

What a difference a few strong, advantageously timed weather systems can make. With fresh memories of 2012—one of the most active wildfire seasons this region has seen in recent years—officials earlier this year were preparing for ...

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Monument official leaves to supervise eastern fossil beds

The National Park Service official who guided Colorado National Monument as an interim head will take over as the new superintendent of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in eastern Colorado. Michelle Wheatley is to take over the ...

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Apartment vacancy rate up; rent payments down

The percent of vacant apartments in Grand Junction hit a more than three-year high in the first quarter of 2013, according to the Colorado Division of Housing. The city’s apartment vacancy rate jumped to 11.8 percent in the first ...

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Council candidates tallied $60,000 in contributions

Ten candidates for the Grand Junction City Council raised a combined $60,340 for the April 2 municipal election. “There were more contributions than in years past,” said City Clerk Stephanie Tuin. Final candidate filings were ...

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The stars come out Saturday at Highline Lake

Enjoy the wonders of the universe, at least as we know it, Saturday night when the 2013 Summer Star Party, presented by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Western Colorado Astronomy Club, opens the skies over Highline Lake State Park. Club ...

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Guv says little about firefighting air fleet

DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper was vague at best Thursday about what he would do, if anything, about an idea to create a state-owned air tanker fleet to battle forest fires. A day after the Legislature ended the 2013 session, the ...

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County official to update public via social media

Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese hopes to have constituents following her in droves — and also responding to messages she plans to send in 140 characters or less. For the uninitiated, Pugliese this week began actively posting to ...

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Jim Evans fathered U.S. revenue plan for counties

A memorial service will be Saturday for Jim Evans, who for years led the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado and spearheaded discussions about oil shale, natural gas and other resources. It also was Evans who sparked the idea of ...

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