Clifton News

Mesa County sheriff's investigators were on the trail of robbery suspects after one of them used cash from a gas-station holdup to buy cigarettes and gum at another gas station, according to an arrest affidavit.

Investigators have arrested two of the three suspects wanted in the October 26, 2009, armed robbery of the C & F gas station located at 437 32 Road, Clifton.

A Central High School student who was arrested Wednesday with a hunting knife told authorities he frequently took the weapon with him to school and his classes, according to an arrest affidavit.

In an arrest affidavit released today, 27-year-old murder suspect Sahr Benjamin Mbawa may have admitted to the crime.

A man suspected of a fatal beating outside a downtown Grand Junction bar was heard minutes later at a local gas station saying he might have killed a man, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

If you havena t turned in your ballot yet therea s still time, but youa ll have to drop it off in person.

Grand Junction, COLO_A pick-up truck has hit a power pole on North Avenue, knocking out power for hundreds of residents overnight.

The holiday season is rapidly approaching and local charities say they need your help more than ever.

Cindy Selders first thought she and her family had been shot at. Out for a late drive Thursday for dinner at Clifton's McDonald's, Selders and her three grandchildren were driving north and were about to crest the top of the 32 Road overpass in Clifton when a rock smashed through the passenger side front window on their vehicle.

Annexation petitions are circulating in the eastern half of Fruitvale. The petitions are being circulated only to property owners.

Police are looking for two armed men after a clerk is held up at a Clifton gas station.

F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "The rich are different from you and me." Whether that is true, one thing is certain: Many of them vote differently than the majority of us in western Colorado.

Clifton/Fruitvale petition process begins If the area becomes part of GJ, what will it mean to you as a property owner? Answer your phone to find out! Mesa County is hosting a town hall meeting - via telephone - Thurs., Oct.

Grand Junction, Colo._An unattended candle is to blame for a small garage fire in Clifton.

Having some fun at Johnny 50's Pizza and Subs in Clifton. COURTESY PHOTO Business name: Johnny 50's Pizza and Subs Date opened: Established in 1996; Roscoe and Amber Odneal bought it in 2007.

Beginning Nov. 1, the Rev. J Douglas Bottorff, author of three books, will present a series of 12 Sunday talks based on the book, "Lessons In Truth," by H. Emilie Cady.

Crews from the Grand Junction Fire Department and the Clifton Fire Protection District went to Central High School on Sunday evening after a report of a small fire.

Ellen Jordan, 86, Rogers Mesa, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Paonia Care Center. Services are pending with Taylor Funeral Service.

Two Grand Junction men are being called heros for saving a woman from her burning house.

Melissa J. Foos, 37 , Grand Junction, died Oct. 10, 2009, at North Surburban Medical Center in Westminster.