GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Members of the Beyond Boundaries Dance Collective perform purely for the love of dance.
All proceeds from their twice-a-year performances pay for a lighting designer and sound crew, and a $1,000 scholar

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Consider the most ancient gift - a poem read aloud, to one's beloved - with sung music, a long-stemmed red rose, a box of chocolate toffee, or all of the above, at a downtown celebration Frida

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Grand Junction and several local doctors figure prominently in a new Rocky Mountain PBS documentary that will air nationally on network member stations 9 p.m. Feb. 16.
Former Washington Post corresponde

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - When the Emergency Overflow program - where local churches provide homeless men a bed for the night - was founded five years ago, it was meant to be a temporary solution to overcrowding at the

Round we go
The 23 and G Road intersection will be closed to traffic starting Monday, Feb. 6, for construction of a new roundabout.
M.A. Concrete of Grand Junction was awarded the construction contract for $722,761. The project is ex

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Ming Chee-Brown didn't know about Reiki, a form of energy healing, when her physician brother suggested it for Ming's yellow Labrador Sammy, who walked with a limp due to canine hip dysplasia.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Sept. 29 was a good day for landscape artist John Lintott.
Besides being his birthday, Lintott learned he had won the commission to create the Governor's Arts award for 2012, and it was the day he and p

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture's annual grant program has been in place since 1992.
By awarding grant money, the idea is to incentivize the community to produce high quality art

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Be prepared for romance, inspiration and relaxation Thursday, Feb. 9, when piano solo artist Jim Brickman takes the stage at the Avalon Theatre.
That is what the music is all about, Brickman said during

* BUSINESS SOLD: Van Gundy's, longtime auto salvage and metal recyclers located at 645 Fourth Ave., has been sold.
The business has been acquired by Western Metals Recycling (WMR), wholly owned by The David J. Joseph Comp

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Art Center is hosting the annual Member's Exhibit, and for 2012 the members have been given all four galleries for their work. The opening for this show is today, Friday, Feb. 3, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - George moved here with his wife and 7-year-old daughter to be close to their grandchildren. George is a disabled

HE SAID: Remember that old song, "A Boy Named Sue," about a father giving his son that name so he would grow up tough? That theme is being played out in the political arena.
Campaign organizers believe the Republican pri

"Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man. Bake me a cake just as fast as you can!" But if you're a Colorado cottage baker: "They'll stop you and they'll fine you, and if you don't pay, they&

Editor's note: This is the second and last column of the series. Last week (Jan. 27) the Free Press ran part one titled "Getting facts straight on airport's perimeter fence."
As expressed in last week's c

It's been infinitely amusing to witness "class warfare" break out among the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, given that most of them are resolute guardians of the well-heeled .01% class whose in

The local mouthpiece for the billionaire Koch brothers, Kelly Sloan, gave us his predictable bashing of President Obama's State of Union speech in last week's Free Press.
Mr. Sloan, as usual, champions the cause of the uber-wealthy,

The recent oil shale forum at CMU was designed to provide continued dialogue on domestic oil shale development and for the most part, the forum accomplished its mission.
However, one area of the panel forum that fell short was led by

The closing of another neighborhood grocery store was announced this week. That's sad news for many folks who've patronized the little store for several decades, it's convenient location being especially handy for ma

There's trouble right here in River City, that's trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with P and that stands for politics.
There is interesting news out of Denver involving our State Rep. Laura Bradford. Seems Denver police sto