A Fruitvale man has been accused of choking and squeezing his wife's cat so hard that it defecated, Grand Junction police said of his arrest Thursday.

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.

The Mesa Valley Education Association is circulating a petition asking state legislators not to pull $110 million from school districts statewide.

Mesa County Sheriff's Department personnel and volunteers from its search and rescue teams will try again today to find a hunter who was reported missing Saturday in the Hightower Mountain area nearly 24 miles east of Collbran.

State Representative Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, says tough decisions lay ahead regarding the state budget.

A stand of aspens near the Meadow Creek trail stand out against Peak One and a blue autumn sky.

Health officials are also urging the public to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu.

As a welder, Snap Morris makes his living from the energy industry, but now the energy industry is threatening to make his living difficult.

The victim of a fatal ATV accident has been identified by the Mesa County Coroner.

A 55-year-old Florida man has died after a 4 wheeling accident in the Collbran area Sunday afternoon.

A 55-year-old Florida man died near Collbran Sunday according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Office.

Grand Valley school and health officials are ramping up their monitoring of sick students, as the fever, aches and chills of the flu season appear to be grabbing hold earlier than normal.

The aspen tree beckons us this time of year. As the nights grow longer, the days shorter and the air becomes a bit crisper, aspens ignite the hills with their annual display of color.

Two Mesa County legislators have written to Gov. Bill Ritter asking that he reconsider closing the skilled-nursing unit at the Grand Junction Regional Center.

Mesa County legislators said that finding new homes for 32 people who live in a skilled-nursing facility at the Grand Junction Regional Center will be difficult, if not impossible.