The Tonettes, a five-woman jazz vocal group at the Recital Hall in the Moss Performing Arts Center on the Mesa State College campus.

A Grand Junction firefighter tosses a charred board over the side of the deck as firefighters mop up after a candle caught a wall on fire at 2366 Rana Rd. on Sunday.

Jenni Case, right, of Grand Junction grins as she and her 14-year-old niece Kyli Case, center, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, high five Jenni’s brother-in-law Jesse Bynon of Grand Junction on the sidelines as the two run the last few steps of this morning’s Turkey Trot 5K race along the Riverfront Trail. The annual event raises money for the Grand Junction Fire Department Local 2808’s injured firefighters fund.

Will Gadd works his way up the ice wall Saturday during the Ouray Ice Festival. Gadd, who will be climbing the wall for 24 hours, is attempting to climb 11,429 feet during the 24-hour period and will be raising money to help build a school in Nepal.

Construction work on the new Fiesta Guadalajara Restaurant continues at North Avenue and Seventh Street. The project was one of the few to apply for a construction permit in 2009; from 2007 to 2009, the number of building permits issued dropped from 1,329 to 811.

Charles King at the mic at Tenacious Bros. Pub recently.

Junior Maverick Bradley Walter, 11, shoots just wide in front of the Moffat County Bulldogs’ goal Sunday during the Mav’s 5-3 win at Glacier Ice Arena.

A handcuffed Phillip Rand Lochmiller, Sr., right, is escorted by federal marshalls past security and into the courtroom for an appearance before a judge at the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building Thursday.

The Police Department utilizes several trailers like this one because of lack of space in the main building. This double-wide is home to 18 employees who work in traffic. Patrol and communications are also housed in temporary buildings.

Edward Gemoya with the Grand Junction Parks & Rec. Dept. using a power sweeper to clear snow off the running track at Stocker Stadium in Lincoln Park.

People holding signs.

These guys are holding signs.

This bicyclist finds the going tough on 12th Street this morning as a major snow storm dumped eight or more inches in the Valley.

Keith Walters of Grand Junction adjusts his snowshoes prior to a weekend hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. Walter might not have needed the snowshoes Saturday but this week’s forecast is calling for a foot or more of new snow on Grand Mesa.

A city of Denver plow leads traffic down Speer Boulevard as it clears roads as an autumn storm sweeps over the intermountain West and leaves up to a foot of snow in Denver on Sunday, Nov. 15.