Grand Junction News

Wednesday night ash was falling from the sky in Fruita instead of snow-- a home destroyed by fire just days before Christmas.

At around 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, a light snow began to fall across the Grand Valley.

The Marine Corps came and picked up all those toys and all that money you so generously donated to Toys for Tots at 11 News on Tuesday.

A new private school for Grand Junction is in the planning stages. The Grand Junction Leadership Academy will be based upon the principles of A Thomas Jefferson Education and is slated to open in the fall of 2010.

Grand Junction _The man accused of defrauding hundreds of Grand Valley residents out of more than 30 million dollars has a date in Federal Court in Grand Junction Tuesday.

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with SAVE Award winner Nancy Fichtner of Loma on Monday at the White House.

Mesa Music held a grand opening and ribbon-cutting event Friday, Dec. 11, for its new Montrose location at 7 South Townsend.

A Grand Junction man was arrested early Thursday morning on multiple felony drug charges, accused of running a methamphetamine-distribution operation out of a home that featured a video surveillance system and equipment to detect monitoring devices.

A recent study found Grand Junction ranked 16th among the most secure small cities in the United States.

Three Mesa County agencies will open a satellite office in Fruita next month to meet service demands at the west end of the Grand Valley, despite slumping revenue that has forced the county to shave millions of dollars from its 2010 budget.

This December we've already broken three records. With only 17 days of the month behind us, and only four of those days above freezing, this December is already ranking the coldest in the past thirty years.

A man suspected of stealing millions of dollars from local investors is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. Thursday in federal court in Grand Junction.

A prosecutor says he will not file criminal charges against a National Parks Service officer who shot an intruder in his yard in Grand Junction.

A man accused of stealing millions of dollars from local investors has been arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury.

A strong pacific storm will move over the region tonight through Monday morning.

Share + Dec 15, 2009 2:42 pm US/Mountain NANCY LOFHOLM, GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Armed with a GPS, a pack of Camels, two buzzing cellphones and a sheaf of 20 repossession orders, Brian Martin rumbles into a snow-clogged cul-de-sac and eases his unmarked truck past a silver Chevy sedan.

Colorado Republicans are vowing to fight plans by Gov. Bill Ritter to eliminate tax breaks and release parolees to balance the state budget.

A Loma woman who conceived an idea that could save taxpayers millions of dollars annually has won the first ever President's SAVE award.

A Mesa County inmate is being sought by authorities after he escaped from an alternative sentencing unit Friday.

Master's Tools, a company in Ridgway, announces the release of the Golden Mean Finder, a simple, affordable tool to help artists locate Golden Mean points and three other useful measurements in paintings, sculptures and more.