Mesa County commissioner says he'll seek a second term Mesa County Commissioner Steve Acquafresca will seek a second term, he told Republicans on Friday.Health-food store offers a twist on turkey Thanksgiving dinner wont feature the same old bird at every table in Grand Junction.Daughter found prenuptial agreement in Helmick home Weeks after Miriam Helmick abandoned her home in Whitewater in July 2008 and left for Florida, her slain husbands daughter found a folded-up prenuptial agreement tucked away in a desk at the home.Penry to decide on Senate bid soon State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, will decide over the holidays whether to seek re-election to his state Senate seat after backing out of the campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.Mesa County's unemployment rate falls Mesa Countys unemployment rate went down two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.4 percent between September and October.For the Record, Nov. 21, 2009 BIRTHSUranium mill may be built in Paradox Valley The first uranium mill to be built in the United States in at least 25 years is now before Colorado officials, who have a little more than a year to act on it.Off-highway vehicle riders oppose change The Colorado State Parks Board was bombarded Friday with 1,574 written comments from people opposed to proposed changes to the states off-highway vehicle fee and grant structure, said Deb Frazier, spokeswoman for the parks board.Police built circumstantial case against suspect in 1997 murder In attempting to piece together why Sabrina Bebb-Jones vanished from Grand Junction 12 years ago and how her skull subsequently ended up near a scrub oak tree on a western Colorado mountain pass, authorities never determined how she died.Health department offers seasonal flu vaccine; turnout low Health officials were surprised Friday when the Mesa County Health Department put out the call for people to make appointments for seasonal flu shots, as opposed to H1N1 flu shots, and only a couple hundred people called.Local Briefs, Nov. 21, 2009 Safety fair vendors sought for February
YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES
Meeting on meth in Palisade Dave Soakers interest in keeping methamphetamine users and dealers out of Palisade began when the drugs problems arrived next door.Mesa County Trustee: Foreclosures over 1,000 While most local governments are being forced by the poor economy to trim staff, Mesa County Trustee Paul Brown is taking on new employees.Monument trails receive improvements, more safety for visitors More than 1,500 feet up from the valley floor, the sound of metal meeting rock ricochets off canyon walls in Colorado National Monument.Foreclosure filings triple from same time last year, sales up Foreclosure filings and completed foreclosures in Mesa County rose sharply from the second quarter to the third quarter this year, according to Colorado Division of Housing data released Thursday. Those third-quarter totals also were more than triple the amounts recorded in the third quarter of 2008.Warrant in Bebb-Jones murder case signed in '08 A Garfield County District Court judge signed an arrest warrant more than a year ago for a former Grand Junction man accused of murdering his wife, but authorities say they didnt nab him overseas until this week because of a heavy caseload and a cumbersome extradition process.Twice as many families ask for Toys for Tots donations Twice as many Grand Junction families as last year have requested donations from the Toys for Tots program this year.Parachute mayor quits, cites drilling slowdown For more than a year, Parachute Mayor Roy McClung watched the exodus of workers that followed the sharp reduction in natural gas development in western Garfield County.Testimony: Helmick claimed several threats In the days following her husbands killing, Miriam Helmick told several people she feared for her life, believed someone was repeatedly prowling in and around her home and talked about setting booby traps, according to testimony Thursday in Helmicks murder trial.
