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Briefs: Local News February 17, 2009

Agriculture scholarships available •  Coop Country Stores and the Agriculture Future of America is offering three scholarships to those interested in becoming agriculture producers and rural business leaders. The scholarship ...

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Stimulus signed, sealed.  Now can it deliver?

Along with the vast majority of Americans, we have our fingers crossed today, hoping the economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama Tuesday in Denver will have the desired effect. There are reasons for both hope and skepticism. ...

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Bill Grant Column February 17, 2009

In the famous words of Walt Kelly’s Pogo, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Or at least so says Mesa County Commissioner Craig Meis, who blames the natural gas drilling bust in Mesa County on “counties that asked ...

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GarCo group: Stimulus could pay for trail project

A Garfield County trails group is stepping forward with what it says is a project that fits the bill for federal stimulus bill funding. Larry Dragon, executive director of the Lower Valley Trails Group, has suggested tapping stimulus funds to ...

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Cops: Suspect clearly drunk after crash

Jesse O. Reed, who was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide early Sunday morning, was clearly under the influence of alcohol when police contacted him at the site of the crash, according to police records. According to Reed’s ...

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Schools gear up for annual set of standardized tests

Results from the 2009 Colorado Student Assessment Program testing session released in July will, for the first time, be instantly available to teachers in an electronic format that shows how much the test focused on which content standards and ...

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Blotter: February 17, 2009

Stuck truck’s driver jailed •  The driver of a pickup that became stuck on a median on the 29 Road Bridge just before 2 a.m. Monday was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the Mesa ...

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Principals detail difficulty of handling crowding

Finding space to address overcrowding in District 51 schools is a double-edged sword, the board of education heard at its Monday night meeting. Principals who would be affected in the fall by recommendations unveiled during the board’s ...

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Elections director Reiner plans clerk run

Mesa County Elections Director Sheila Reiner next year will run to succeed her boss, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Janice Rich, she confirmed Monday. “I want to continue to serve my community on a larger scale than I have been serving ...

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Strobl, longtime preparedness advocate, dies

A memorial service for Bob Strobl, a Grand Junction Fire Department veteran, early champion of local emergency preparedness and an eyewitness to a rare slice of history, will be Thursday. Strobl died Saturday. He was 69. Three days after the ...

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