Orchard Mesa News

A distraught and visibly shaking Miriam Helmick did not reach out to law enforcement after she found a threatening greeting card tucked under the doormat at the front door of her home in Whitewater one evening in June 2008, according to testimony Monday.

A big holiday shopping day is right around the corner, but some may enjoy skipping that busy day at the mall.

In 2008 dubious homebuilder Mark Strodtman had plans to develop several acres of property he owned near the Old Spanish National Historic Trail on Orchard Mesa.

When Kate Ellis' father was near death a year ago she performed a long-distance harp vigil for him.

Two Orchard Mesa men were arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of burglary and assault.

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.

School District 51 met 86.2 percent of its Adequate Yearly Progress targets for the 2008-2009 school year, although that was still short of what is required in Colorado.

Douglas Edward James was arrested by the FBI in Las Vegas last week for robbing the Redlands Wells Fargo at gunpoint.

An Orchard Mesa neighborhood had its heat turned up late Sunday. At 6:23 p.m., firefighters from the Grand Junction Fire Department rushed to battle a car fire.

Election officials have already received thousands of ballots from voters across the Western Slope, and the clock is ticking to make your vote count on Election Day on Tuesday.

An Orchard Mesa man was behind bars Saturday on suspicion of firing two guns multiple times inside a home and using a sword to cut up the walls while a woman and three children were present, according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Department.

An winterlike storm continued to threaten the area this morning after plowing into town with snow and frigid temperatures that caused power outages and snarled traffic.

People all across the Grand Valley woke up to a winter wonderland on Wednesday. Anywhere from one to three inches fell across the valley overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife searched a neighborhood in Orchard Mesa today after several residents reported seeing a black bear.

When you travel south toward Orchard Mesa, you might see a small but imposing stone structure overlooking the city of Grand Junction as you top the Fifth Street Bridge.

Winemakers are a nervous lot and once you get to know one or two, you wonder if they ever get a restful night's sleep.

A plan that will guide how the Grand Valley grows in the next 25 years proposes a number of significant changes that have raised the eyebrows of some neighborhood groups.

For those who have wondered how to be a beekeeper or how the police K9-unit works, there will be a chance to learn these skills and more during the second annual Western Slope Animal Expo Saturday.

Friday, October 9, 2009 [CO] Officer Coyne killed himself while his department was still publicly questioning why testing gave no warning of his alleged crimes.

Shoppers inspecting the trees before the auction begins. Courtesy Susan Rose Each October, the Colorado State University Tri River Area Master Gardeners hold a tree auction and plant sale to raise money for their Scholarship Fund.