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Community News
Former Fruita cop charged in road rage incident
GRAND JUNCTION — A cop who claimed to be a victim instead faces criminal charges in connection with an April 22 road rage incident in Fruita.
May 15, 6:53 PM | By Paul Shockley
Free Press Staff Writer
Grand Junction lacrosse club growing in popularity
GRAND JUNCTION — Lacrosse originated as a sport among the American Indian tribes of northeastern North America — and has long been a popular sport in schools in the eastern United States. The sport is gradually making its way westward.
May 15, 7:29 PM | By Sharon Sullivan
Grand Junction CO Colorado
Spiritual group seeks to build church in Grand Junct...
GRAND JUNCTION — The Two Rivers Center for Spiritual Living formed a year-and-a-half ago to study the teachings of Earnest Holmes, the founder of the Religious Science movement and author of “The Science of Mind” and other books on metaphysics.
May 15, 7:35 PM | By Sharon Sullivan
Grand Junction CO Colorado
FMHS grads get ag scholarship
FRUITA — Two Fruita Monument High School seniors will receive one-year, $3,200 Co-op Country Agriculture Future of America scholarships to pursue an agriculture-related college degree.
May 15, 5:46 PM | Free Press Staff Report
New Mesa State College music scholarship being offered
GRAND JUNCTION — Colorado high school graduates attending Mesa State College this fall have a new scholarship option.
May 15, 5:09 PM | By Emily Anderson
Free Press Staff Writer
Meet Judy Golden: Pomona Elementary fourth grade tea...
GRAND JUNCTION — Each week in the Free Press teacher feature series, we ask a different local teacher five questions about his or her life in the field of education. This week’s teacher is Judy Golden.
May 15, 5:08 PM
Man gets prison in Rum Bay fracas
GRAND JUNCTION — Gesere Henry’s biggest mistake last fall wasn’t getting in his truck and ramming a Mesa County Sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car during an alcohol-fueled fracas outside Rum Bay, a judge said Thursday.
May 15, 6:56 PM | By Paul Shockley
Free Press Staff Writer
GJ City, Mesa County employees may sign petitions
GRAND JUNCTION — City of Grand Junction and most Mesa County employees are allowed to sign petitions to get Mesa County Commissioner-hopeful Jim Doody and Dave Kearsley onto the ballot.
May 15, 6:17 PM | By Emily Anderson
Free Press Staff Writer
Grand Junction tests emergency services
A multi-agency drill will take place at the Airport Monday, May 19.
May 16, 5:12 PM | Grand Junction Fire Department Release
Volkman wins state championship
Tyler Volkman, a senior at Grand Junction High School, is the class 5A boy discus state champion.
May 16, 2:47 PM | Grand Junction CO, Colorado
Grand Junction kids help build schools in Pakistan
Kathleen Santy’s first and second-graders are changing the world, one penny at a time.
May 14, 6:16 PM | BY MARIJA B. VADER
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
Saunders expansion, renovation at Mesa State eyed fo...
GRAND JUNCTION — Brian Pearson says his program at Mesa State is moving toward the “haves” of NCAA Division II swimming.
May 14, 6:05 PM | By Paul Shockley
Grand Junction, CO, Colorado
Ethanol now available in Grand Junction
Alva Thompson pulled his shiny nearly-new Chrysler Sebring up to the gas pump, eagerly searching for the right pump and the right price.
May 14, 6:40 PM | By Marija B. Vader
Free Press Staff Writer
Coalition hopes to eliminate tamarisk in Mesa County
FRUITA — The flowering tamarisk trees have a 150-year head start, but by next year, there’s a good chance that tiny insects will have made “significant impact” in Mesa County in eliminating the nonnative trees, said John Heideman of the Tamarisk...
May 14, 6:39 PM | By Sharon Sullivan
Free Press Staff Writer
Hikers remember beloved Fruita teacher, friend
FRUITA — On the one-year anniversary of Mike Williams’ death, Fruita Monument High School students and teachers came to classes May 5 dressed in Hawaiian shirts and dresses. The teachers had a luau for lunch.
May 14, 7:31 PM | By Sharon Sullivan
Fruita CO Colorado
 Mesa County District 51 tears down old Ultronix buil...
GRAND JUNCTION — An eyesore to the community and a vacant beacon for pigeons and mischievous teens for many years, the old Ultronix building at 2150 Grand Ave. is now gone, torn down by its new owner, Mesa County School District 51.
May 14, 7:12 PM | By Marija B. Vader
Free Press Staff Writer
Plea delayed with new evidence in tot’s death
GRAND JUNCTION — A new witness was enough Wednesday to force the delay of a plea hearing for a man accused in the beating death of 3-year-old girl.
May 14, 6:36 PM | By Paul Shockley
Free Press Staff Writer
Mesa County Coroner IDs California woman as driver i...
The Mesa County Coroner's Office on Thursday identified a California woman as the driver of a minivan that got on Interstate 70 going the wrong way in Monday's deadly wreck.
May 15, 10:55 AM | Free Press Staff Report
BLM in Grand Junction releases uranium mine EA
The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office Thursday released the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed uranium mine on public lands located west of Gateway.
May 15, 10:25 AM | BLM news release
GRAND JUNCTION, CO
Grand Junction forums tackle energy issues, homeless...
Learn about the homeless or energy production coexisting with the environment tonight at one of two forums, each beginning at 7 p.m.
May 14, 8:38 PM | Free Press Staff Report
Grand Junction, CO, Colorado
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