4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (665+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests conducted by staff based in Grand Junction, Alamosa, Glenwood Springs, Craig and Durango are slightly lower, as of Aug. 6, 2026, than at the same time in 2025. And while the regional count has ticked up slightly in…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (887+ words) Hunger relief is often associated with food pantries, but such initiatives span a much wider breadth, including free school lunches. Unlike most hunger relief initiatives in the Grand Valley, Mesa County Valley School District 51 has enjoyed stable government funding, with…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (211+ words) Rocky, a gibbon hand-raised by on-site caretaker Jodi Kleier, sits in an enclosure at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, Calif., Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. On-site caretaker Jodi Kleier hands a piece of banana to a gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1094+ words) Even as the national spotlight shines on congressional offices in the much-anticipated midterm elections, Grand Valley voters will have a handful of state and local ballot measures to contend with in November, as well. And the list of questions expanded…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) The Grand Junction City Council unanimously approved language for a ballot measure that puts the fate of the Orchard Mesa Pool in voters’ hands, seeking approval for a sizable bond that would repair the pool and a sales tax bump…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (393+ words) The premium two-stage ember and flame defense system is now available for new construction and retrofit applications across wildfire-prone markets. Research consistently shows that wind-driven embers cause up to 90% of home losses in wildfires, traveling ahead of fire fronts under…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel A roughly $5.3 billion U.S Department of Transportation investment in railroad projects announced Aug 14 includes $44 million dedicated to at-grade crossings in the western half of Colorado.In a press release, federal officials said the funds were…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (661+ words) The Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education is set to vote next week on the language of a mill levy override that would, if approved, go before county voters in November. The $23.2 million mill levy override would invest…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (519+ words) Crews from Western Colorado Conservation Corps are out along the Riverfront at Dos Rios Park removing and clearing out invasive plants to help reduce wildfire fuel and begin a process of restoring native vegetation to that area. Dos Rios, located…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (210+ words) A woman was arrested last week and charged with attempting to influence a public servant after the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said she falsified a protection order. Teresa Werner, 62, of Grand Junction, told law enforcement on August 6, 2026, that she had…...