A man dressed in vintage camouflage fatigues with his face painted to match walks stone-faced down Main Street in the Veterans Day parade.

The Central High School J.R.O.T.C. carries a giant American flag as they walk down Main Street in the Veterans Day parade on Saturday.

Kim Wise of Grand Junction clings to a portrait of her father, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Brunson who served in Vietnam in 1967-68.

Dream Job Coordinator Jared Bolhuis, right, hangs out with veteran Ed Lyons at the Welcome Home Montrose office.

Veteran Ed Lyons, who served in the Marine Corp and lost his arm to an IUD explosion, moved to Montrose to to pursue his dream job of becoming a history teacher.

Welcome Home Montrose Founder Melanie Kline presents a program to a middle school in Montrose.

Nine of the 10 New Emerson Elementary School students on Team T.E.N. (Tomorrow’s Engineers Now) express momentary disappointment as their robot fails to place the quilt exactly as needed during a demonstration of their entry that they will take to the Mountain League Qualifier for FIRST LEGO League to be held in Glenwood on Saturday.

Members of the Grand Valley Combined Honor Guard with the Presentation of the Colors at the All Services Military Ball at Two River Convention Center Friday evening.

City of Grand Junction crews work on removing a large pile of debris jammed up against one of the piers beneath the Redlands Parkway bridge Friday.

Carrie Bianco, left and Kimberly Lyons both from Glenwood Springs get their photo taken with Santa Claus in front of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree this afternoon at the Mesa Mall.

New snow on the runs at Vail Resort with the town of Vail at the bottom of the photo as seen buring a fly over the Rocky Mountains

The sky’s over the east end of the Grand Valley is set on fire just before sunrise at the Grand Junction Regional Airport Walker Field.

Tanya Orpi, left, and Bradley Sweat of Grand Junction celebrate the passage of Amendment 64 on Grand Avenue Wednesday. The sign reads, Thank You Colorado Now your kids will finally be educated”

Tanya Orpi, left, and Bradley Sweat of Grand Junction celebrate the passage of Amendment 64 on Grand Avenue Wednesday. The sign reads, Thank You Colorado Now your kids will finally be educated”

Two Rivers Convention Center was the headquarters for the Mesa County Republican Party.

Roberta Cole, left, Harry Weiss, and their daughter, Annaliese Cole-Weiss, 14, cheer along with several hundred other Democratic supporters as President Obama is projected to win in strategic battleground states during a celebration party at Mesa Theater on Tuesday.

Mesa County Clerk Sheila Reiner and Elections Director Catherine Lenhart check results in the new City Services building.

The Goodwill is the busiest voting site with a long line and wait time.

With their arms around each other, Obama campaign staging location director Katie Coomer, right, and field organizer Alicia De Toffoli look over sign-up sheets with dozens of names of volunteers who canvassed the Grand Valley area during the past few days at the Obama Campaign headquarters.

House Candidate Tim Menger bowls a great game as he waits for the election returns.

A pair of mallard ducks swim through water painted golden by the reflection of yellow leaves on the surrounding cottonwoods at a pond along Dike Road.

A visitor to the Lowry Pueblo in the four corners region reads an informative sign at the ruin’s great kiva.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, left, and and U.S House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy finishes a joined supporters at Starvin’ Arvin’s in Clifton in Grand Junction today.

The computers connected to the web and the wifi bring in a lot of patrons to the library.

From Right, Kevan Kohlman with K-2 Taxi and Russel Anthen of the Russell Garage are applauded by Shirley Pershall and Ron Wade and residents of La Vill Grande Care Center in Grand Junction after the businessmen donated the large screen TV for the retirement center.

A house at 608 Darlene Ct. is for Sale.

Fruita Monument High School ag students Kaitlyn Lohrer, left, and Carmen Olivia harvest some of the last tomatoes of this planting from the school’s greenhouse.

Chad Daponti of Clifton fishes off of a partially submerged deck at James M. Robb–Colorado River State Park Connected Lakes section on Sunday.

Culinary Corner co-owner Beth Zanski arranges locally produced products in the downtown store.

An outcove near Covered Wagon Natural Bridge. South-central Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument offers many outdoor activities, including hiking among it’s unique rock formations.

Upper Calf Creek Falls. South-central Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument offers many outdoor activities, including hiking among it’s unique rock formations.