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.
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.
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.