Mesa County News

My disappointment in Woody Walcher, the write-in candidate for Mesa County Commissioner in District 3, could not be greater.

June's primary elections will feature only two contested spots, and one is the Republican race for District 1 in Mesa County.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- The Mesa County Libraries Summer Reading Program starts on Tuesday.

A human skull found last fall on the Uncompahgre Plateau remains a mystery to the Mesa County Sheriff's Department, which has pinned hopes in the case on DNA technology.

Joan Ballantyne, right, places flowers on the grave of her late husband, Gary Ballantyne, a Navy veteran, at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado Monday morning.

CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSON/The Daily Sentinel - Judy Blevins, a fixture in the Mesa County District Attorney's Office for more than three decades, has published a crime novel and is working on a second.

MESA COUNTY, Colo.- Mesa County High Schools competed against each other to see who could increase wearing their seat belts the most, and the winner... Fruita Monument High School.

Asher Hansow, 7, of Grand Junction pushes a small American flag into the ground after straightening it as he places flags in the center circle of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado on Friday in honor of Memorial Day.

MESA COUNTY, Colo.- Saturday's heavy winds knocked down trees and also caused power outages throughout the valley.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- For its final day on Saturday, the 67th annual Shrine Circus wowed crowds at the Mesa Country Fairgrounds.

I am writing in response to Sheriff Lou Vallario's May 22 press release regarding a letter he received from the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the ACLU.

Near Mack, CO According to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, a man in the raft cut his leg on a piece on metal sticking out of the river.

A wildfire burning north of Paradox has spread to over 2,000 acres, a BLM spokesperson said on Saturday.

Whether you spent the day outdoors, or just a few minutes, it was hard to ignore the ferocious gusts of wind.

The Western Colorado Drug Task Force and the Mesa County Sheriff Street Crimes Unit arrested a man after finding more than 100 marijuana plants growing in his home.

Mesa County prosecutors on Friday dismissed charges against a ranking Colorado State Patrol corporal in the 2010 death of Jason Kemp, as District Attorney Pete Hautzinger cited dim prospects for a conviction following last month's trial verdict involving another trooper.

Every parent dreads getting a phone call from the police or hospital, telling them their teen needs to be picked up at the jail or visited in the emergency room.

In honor of Memorial Day, many city, county and state offices will be closed on Monday, May 28.

E. L. James' best-selling novel, "Fifty Shades of Grey," is shown on the desk of Deborah George, division director of materials management for the Gwinnett County Public Library, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Lawrenceville, Ga.

MESA COUNTY, Colo.- No burning or fireworks for this Memorial Day Weekend, or until further notice, says three different agencies in Mesa County.