Tom Lucks, co-owner of Oasis Botanica, takes a break in the shade. Photo by Lynn Lickers.
Oasis Botanica is nestled between the Mack post office and the railroad tracks. It seems an unlikely location for pots and plots of fragrant herbs and colorful flowers.
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No one was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of 24 1/2 and H roads Thursday. According to a Colorado State Patrol trooper investigating the accident, a northbound gray truck, left, ran the stop sign at 24 1/2 Road and was hit by the white Durango, which was eastbound on H Road.
Three Grand Valley residents killed in crash Two teenage boys from Palisade have lost their mother, father and an uncle after a head-on collision in Wyoming on Wednesday night.Soldier with Rifle ties dies in Afghanistan A funeral for a soldier with western Colorado ties will be Friday in Texas.Grand Ave. plan moves ahead A new central library, senior services center, senior housing, workforce housing and office and retail buildings could be headed for the 400, 500 and 600 blocks on the north side of Grand Avenue.Girl accuses man of violent sexual assault A Palisade man was arrested on suspicion he punched a girl and raped her at knifepoint on his couch Sunday.O'Connor: Bench would benefit from 2nd woman ASPEN Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor said in Aspen Wednesday that the court would benefit from the addition of a second female justice.Cat, man escape fire without injury A Grand Junction man and his cat escaped their home through a bedroom window shortly after the house erupted in flame a little after 2 a.m. Wednesday.McInnis readies his campaign for governor Six-term U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, who two months ago made clear his intention to run for governor, now can start the business of collecting millions of dollars for his run.Law enforcement to use $254K in stimulus funds on new communication system Grand Junction Police and the Mesa County Sheriffs Department will split $254,568 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.Neighbors comment at council meeting about bed and breakfast proposal Opponents and proponents of a bed and breakfast proposal at 604 N. Seventh St. made their thoughts known during the citizen comment section of Wednesdays Grand Junction City Council meeting.BLM to explain refusal of records A federal agency is to tell a judge today why it failed three years ago to respond to requests for information about uranium leasing in western Colorado.