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Grand Junction Lions Club to hold check presentation ceremony
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Grand Junction Lions Club will be presenting 1/3rd of their monetary pledges to community organizations this upcoming Tuesday. The 95th Annual Raffle and Carnival that occurred this past February, brought in enough funds for the Lions Club to share with the community. The Grand Junction Lions through their Community Betterment Committee were able to fund over $157,000 to 15 organizations in Mesa County just this year.
Invasive zebra mussels found in Colorado River could have negative impact on water infrastructure and fish populations
Voracious zebra mussels appear to be spreading into the Colorado River near Grand Junction and infesting the Government Highline canal watering Mesa County farms, less than two years after the invasive species first appeared in a Western Slope lake, wildlife officials said Tuesday. Western Slope officials called the news “devastating,”...
Colorado election denier asks Supreme Court to halt trial on election security breach charges
(CNN) — Tina Peters — the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and a prominent 2020 election denier — asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt her upcoming trial on charges stemming from her alleged involvement in a security breach at the county’s election offices in 2021.
Giving Club changing locations amidst membership growth
The Giving Club, a group of philanthropic women who gather and award grants to Mesa County organizations, is hosting its next quarterly meeting Aug. 5 — its first at the Art Center of Western Colorado. The Giving Club launched in 2014 with a group of 60 women who wanted...
All sides set, again, in criminal trial of former Grand Junction county clerk
Attorneys in the case of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on Friday hammered out final details before her criminal trial is set to kick off at the end of this month, including what role billboards or the local newspaper may have in jury selection. Peters faces 10 criminal charges...
One in custody after vehicle chase
A man accused of eluding police to the point where they had to use a drone with thermal imaging capability to find him in a drainage ditch made his initial appearance in court Friday. Justin Souther, 25, of Aurora, was charged with vehicular eluding, second-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, reckless...
Summer's still simmering, but the heat is showing signs of easing
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - It’s still hot, to be sure, but we’re starting to come off of summer’s peak for our area. The thirty-year averages used to define normal will start coming down next week, and we’re quickly nearing the average date of our last 100-degree day of the season.
Car theft suspect identified
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The suspect of a stolen vehicle that led into a police chase Thursday morning has been identified as 25-year-old Justin Souther of Aurora. Souther has been charged with second-degree aggravated motor theft of $20,000 or more, reckless driving and obstruction of a peace officer, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.
Man arrested following police chase
MESA COUNTY, Colo. — A Thursday morning car chase ended with the suspect allegedly hiding in a drainage ditch before needing rescue and transportation to a nearby hospital. The chase began around 9:30 a.m. after a Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a possible stolen car near 29 1/4 and D roads in Clifton.
Understand why D51 has to keep what it has
As Mesa County Valley School District 51 firms up ballot language for two school-funding measures that will appear on the ballot this fall, voters need to understand what’s at stake. The district is asking for two important sources of local revenue to continue — neither of which will raise...
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