Sonya’s snuggable simplicity pattern

Designer and seamstress Sonya Kent amoung a big stack of Sonya’s Snuggables at ther shop in Clifton.

Lead dog Monarch,left, crosses the finish line pulling Cheri Cubbison’s eight-dog Siberian husky team after a 12-mile run Saturday at the Grand Mesa Summit Challenge Sled Dog Races.

Debra Su Stephens’ dogs look for a treat Saturday before the races on Grand Mesa

A big load to recycle

Ed Wieland, vice president of finance for Mesa Developmental Services, shows the solar panels on one of the agency’s group homes on North 22nd Street in Grand Junction.

Free lunch on 12th Street

A crowd gathers at dinnertime at Homeward Bound homeless center.

Christy Hovland breaks up a huge brick of chocolate at her home in fruita. She hopes to make artisan treats under her business name Cherry Street Chocolates in her home if the Rep. Laura Bradford home kitchen bill passes

Four-year-old Cadence Harris climbs up a playground ladder with her friend Sage Thatcher, also 4, behind her at Lincoln Park. The two girls had a play date at the playground, and were there with their mothers, Kathryn Harris and Alisa Thatcher, both of Grand Junction.

Waiting for lunch

One of the dozens of people who showed up for a meeting on the proposed Grand Valley Transit and Greyhound bus station challenges Grand Junction city councilwoman Laura Luke during a comments session Tuesday. The station is slated to be built on 24 1/2 Road, and the meeting at the Goodwill community room drew about 60 concerned citizens and neighbors.

John Moss, right, sold his chain of five Taco Bell restaurants in the Grand Valley to Ken Basinger, who who worked for Moss for more than three decades.

Businesses and property owners around Mesa Mall oppose plans to build a combined Grand Valley Transit/Greyhound bus station on 24 1/2 Road. Local attorney Joe Coleman, who owns the Bank of the West, right, and Land Title Co. buildings, left, is one of the neighbors who is opposed to the project.

Photo by CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSON—A bare plaza at the foot of Aspen Mountain is sign of a less-than-bountiful winter for snow at the ski resort. Other resorts in Colorado have resorted to fun in attempts to get the flurries flying.

Police Chief John Camper points out features in the booking area of the new Public Safety Center being built in downtown Grand Junction. “There’s no wasted space,” Camper said. “It’s very functional.”

A young couple converses on the lawn of Grand Junction High School.

It’s been a long time coming but there is plenty to celebrate with all the new snow that fell last weekend in Colorado’s high country. Here, a boarder rips up the freshies at Aspen Mountain.