The city of Fruita’s fireworks as seen from Rim Rock Drive on Colorado National Monument. Grand Junction’s fireworks show begins at dusk tonight at Stocker Stadium.

Three-year-old Gracie DiPaola, with her goat Whiteout at the Goat Show at the Mesa County Fairgrounds.

Kim Flynn, a greenhouse supervisor for Bookcliff Gardens, waters an American flag made from red white and blue petunias in one of Bookcliff Gardens greenhouses Saturday morning.

A Montrose County Undersheriff Kevin Walters talks to co-wokers and friends of 48-year-old Rick Steele at a staging area near the south canal eats of Montrose Saturday morning. Steele’s white Ford pick-up was found Friday after he was last seen Thursday.

A bystander holds a Chihuahua, which appeared to be blind, after it was pulled from a storm drain that was filling with water along South Seventh Street.

Marine Cpl. Justin Aysse is greeted by his mom Julie Domingez and sister Ania Quevedo, 13, at the Greyhound bus station in Grand Junction along with the Patriot Guard Riders and the Grand Valley Blue Star Mothers. He has served two deployments, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

Summer storm clouds linger over Yankee Boy Basin and Mt. Sneffels west of Ouray Colo., Thursday July 1, 2010. Socratic afternoon thunderstorms are expected in the San Juan area for the next couple of days.

“Twi-moms” Salina Ritchie, left, of Grand Junction and Meghan Hoffmann of Fruita camp outside the Regal Cinemas in comfort as they await the 12:01 a.m. Wednesday Grand Junction premiere of “Eclipse,” the third movie in the “Twilight” saga.

Cherries are the offering at Bikki’s Ranch of Liberty stand at the Downtown Farmer’s market

Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners play the second show of the 2010 Colorado Riverfront Concert series at the James M. Robb Colorado River State Park Thursday night.

A firefighter removes the soffet to get to a fire at an apartment building at 524 32 1/2 Road Tuesday. Firefighters were investigating the possibility of the fire being started outside the building. No one was hurt. Both Grand Junction and Clifton fire departments responded.

Kyle Krabbe of Palisade eyes his agate as it rolls toward its target as he practices marbles at the Lincoln Park marble courts. For the second year in a row, Kyle took home the Best Sportsmanship award from the National Marbles tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey.

DiAnn Howard of Palisade waits to be uncuffed by Billy Pogany, an employee of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, after having her “mugshot” taken during the organization’s Telethon Executive Lock-Up fundraiser at The Ale House Wednesday morning.

Lots of families found time to shop at the Downtown Farmer’s Market

Army Specialist E-4 Aleisha Klouzek, marches through the greeting party of the Patriot Guard Riders and the Grand Valley Blue Star Mothers with her children Kyra, 4, and Kaleigh, 2, at the Grand Junction Regional Airport Monday. Klouzek has been building roads in Iraq and is home for a two week R&R. Her children have been staying with family here. She has 6 more months in Iraq when she returns.

Representatives from ExxonMobil Production were at the Western Colorado Chapter of the American Red Cross Thursday morning to see the new 2010 Chevy Suburban which was purchased with grant money donated by the giant oil company.

Rotarian of the year Teresa Anson is surprised after winning the award at Two Rivers.

The new Xcell Energy Solar plant in Cameo.

Artist Bobby Millikan(cq), with the help of Maretta Cherry paint a 50 X 30 mural in the parking lot of the Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Thusday afternoon.

James Wilson leads a pack of riders on a single-track trail at the Lunch Loop trails off Monument Road.

Andrea and Don Gaines at their home on Peach Street in Clifton which is under the treat of foreclosure

Eight-year-old Skyler Keena Whithead from Littleton, CO. gets a chance to man the fire hose with the help of Grand Junction Fire Department’s Mike Page on 4th Street during the American National Bank’s Downtown Farmers Market.

The crowd applauds and waves flags as they listen to conservative candidates speak at Sunday’s Tea Party rally at Sherwood Park.

A doe munches some low growing aspen leaves east of Ridgway in the San Juan Mountains.