Mesa County News

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo -- Sunday morning at approximately 1:00am the Colorado State Patrol was called to a one vehicle crash on Colorado 70B just east of 28 Road.

State Rep. Laura Bradford now says she never threatened to leave the Republican Party, but last week she said in several interviews she was so mad at the House GOP leadership that a party switch was under consideration.

Police need your help tracking down a wanted sex offender in the Grand Valley. Mesa County Sheriff Deputies are looking for 19-year-old Martin Caballero Jr.

The President's proposal caused politicians in both parties to join the growing nationwide debate.

Mesa County, Colorado- Sheriff deputies are searching for a man they say assaulted a deputy and at least one other person Saturday morning and then was able to flee the scene.

An ethics investigation into Rep. Laura Bradford's traffic stop when police believe she was driving impaired ended today, when five of her colleagues voted to dismiss the complaint - and Bradford now says she will not leave the Republican party.

According to Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner, the Motor Vehicle Department, Elections and Recording Offices can all be accessed at 200 S. Spruce Street.

A 73-year-old woman is facing charges of trying to elude police and burglary after Grand Junction police accused her of driving a getaway car.

A tiny Colorado town "in the middle of nowhere" has a lot to teach the country on a hotly debated subject: Grand Junction is the model of what can go right when it comes to health care, according to a locally produced documentary, picked up by PBS and airing nationally next week.

Mesa County- Colorado lawmakers are considering making welfare recipients take a drug test before receiving benefits.

The Western Colorado Congress of Mesa County club opposes Representative Scott Tipton's refusal of water study in the oil shale amendment.

A homicide yesterday on West 9th Avenue is being described in some quarters as a Make My Day case, even though the shooter and the alleged intruder knew each other.

A federal judge declined to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Colorado State Patrol sergeant who didn't stop one of his troopers from shooting a man refusing to open his front door.

A Grand Junction man accused of shooting a Fort Campbell soldier to death will not be tried in Mesa County.

The most impressive was sales tax revenue, up six percent from 2010 to 2011. Officials say it means more people are spending money and for local business, that's some good news.

The Mesa County Health Department says a child in Mesa County has been hospitalized with laboratory confirmed influenza.

The Mesa County District Attorney's office will not file charges in a shooting that occurred at an Orchard Mesa home, because it meets the criteria of Colorado's "Make My Day" law.

Rep. Laura Bradford's attorney says there's no basis for an ethics complaint against her because there's no evidence she was driving drunk or impaired.

Focusing on not only last year's obstacles and achievements but also the current year's goals and objectives, every year since 2007 the Mesa County Commissioners have been hosting their annual "State of the County" speech.

In 2011, 25 local eateries has a spotless record when it comes to sanitary guidelines, according to the Mesa County Health Department.