Grand Junction News

In a hearing over nearly four hours today, Mesa County District Judge Thomas Deister imposed a maximum 72-year prison sentence against a California gang member involved in a one-day crime wave in Grand Junction in 2011, including the fatal shooting of an innocent bystander outside North Avenue's Taco Bell.

The Wild Rose Fire was reported around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday and has already grown to 500 acres, according to Lynn Barclay with Northwest Colorado Fire Management.

We are learning more about the suspects arrested after a failed burglary of a Grand Junction home.

If your garden includes zonal geraniums, petunias, roses or other flowers, now's the time to keep an eye out for destructive budworms .

The Business Incubator in Grand Junction recently won an award for incubator of the year, now the organization is looking to spread their wings.

A western Colorado payment reform initiative to support integrated behavioral health in primary care settings will soon expand to Central Oregon.

Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2542 G Road, followed by a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at New Elmwood Cemetery in Fruita.

Law enforcement officials in San Miguel County are searching for the whereabouts of 33-year-old Matthew Busker, who was reported missing on Monday.

The current red flag warning over much of the Western slope means increased fire danger through Thursday.

MESA COUNTY, Colo.- Mesa County officials have been working to complete the Riverfront Trail stretching from Grand Junction to Fruita, for years, and now they're one phase closer to finishing it.

A Grand Junction man has been missing since Saturday afternoon. Now his friends are looking for someone who may have information to bring him home.

The latest version of the historic Ford Mustang is filled to the top with performance equipment to make it the leader of the latest generation of so called "Pony Cars" released by the big three American Automakers.

Survivors include her husband, Howard of Norwood; two sons, Wyatt and Calder, both of Norwood; mother, June Cross of Norwood; and one sister, April Carlson of Norwood.

The Grand Junction City Council is considering ways to improve drainage issues in the Grand Valley.

The ban applies to all public lands and private property in Delta. Property not owned by Delta County within cities which have adopted their own burn regulations and land within the boundaries of National Forests and BLM land are not included in the ban.

Coroner's officials say a man who was killed in a shooting involving Fruita police officers had multiple gunshot wounds.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- As temperatures become higher and hotter, Colorado lands become more at risk for wildfires.

Despite his soot-covered clothes and face, Chris Butterfield's wife, Julie, wearing a light pink summer dress, hugged her husband tightly at a road blockade outside the Black Forest fire.

The Colorado Commission on Aging advises the governor on issues that impact people 60 and older.

In an effort to aid wildfire victims on the Front Range, operation Interdependence is partnering with America's Disaster Relief to collect household items.