Mesa County

Paige Birgfeld Case: Dad Thinks 'Escort' Is Polite For 'Prostitution'

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.08.2012

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DENVER -- Investigators said the attractive single mom who vanished from western Colorado 4 1/2 years ago was running an escort service, but her fathe...

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5.6 Million Gallons Of Oil And Gas Fluid Spilled In Three Counties

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Weld County, Colorado Oil Spills, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver Oil, Garfield County, Bull Moose Sportsmen Alliance, Wyoming, Rio Blanco County, Utah, Oil Spills, Mesa County, New Mexico, Hunting, Governor Hickenlooper, Angling, John Hickenlooper, Colorado DIvision of WIldlife, Colorado Hunting and Angling, Denver News

Three northwestern Colorado counties have reported 5.6 million gallons of spilled oil and gas fluids from 2001 to 2010, according to a report released...

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Mesa County Database Leak Puts Informants In Jeopardy

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mesa County, Database Leak, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dea, Data Leak, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Fbi, Google, Denver News

DENVER — A Colorado sheriff's online database mistakenly revealed the identities of confidential drug informants and listed phone numbers, addre...

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Mesa County Accidentally Posted 20 Years Of Confidential Data Online

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: County Posts Records on-Line, Mesa County, Estern Colorado Drug Task Force, Mesa County Records, Denver News

Thousands of internal, computerized records collected over 20 years at the Mesa County Sheriff's Department were mistakenly made available on the Inte...

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Mesa County Foreclosures Surpass 2009 Totals

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Mike Wiggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Grand Junction, Foreclosure Crisis, Mesa County, Denver News

The number of foreclosure filings in Mesa County this year already has exceeded the filings for all of 2009, as homeowners continue to struggle to mak...

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William Rydell Forced To Wait Over Two Years In Jail Before Trial

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Rydell, 2 Years in Jail, Mesa County, Denver News

A 70-year-old man who has waited in jail for 22 months for trial will wait six months more in the Mesa County Jail until he goes back to court again....

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Mesa County Grand jury clears 3 in pot-growing investigation

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | PAUL SHOCKLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western Colorado Drug Task Force, Mesa County, Medical Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Denver News

A Mesa County grand jury declined to bring charges against three people investigated for a medical marijuana grow operation that was targeted by autho...

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Meth Ring Made $300,000 Each MONTH In Grand Junction Area

Grand Junction Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Bust, Ortiz-Ramirez, Mesa County, Profits, Grand Junction, Meth Dealer, Colorado Meth Project, Crystal Meth, Methamphetamine, Denver News

A Grand Junction organization with ties to Denver and Mexico pumped up to 5 pounds of methamphetamine into the Grand Valley on a weekly basis, while r...

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Grand Junction Has Second Most iPads Per Capita: Report

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Mike Wiggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Mesa County, Net Applications, Ipad, Denver News

When it comes to Apple's latest technological gadget, Grand Junction-area residents and visitors have definitely discovered there's an app for that. ...

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A One-of-a-Kind Hybrid Power Plant by Xcel Energy

Adele Israel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Fred Eggleston, Mesa County, Innovative Clean Technology Program, Colorado PUC, Abengoa Solar, Energy Efficiency Rebates, Palisade, Parabolic Solar Troughs, Colorado Integrated Solar Project, Denver News
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Refrigerators are the biggest energy draw in most homes.

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Petitioners In Mesa County Seek To Eliminate Global Warming From School Curriculum

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western Colorado Conservative Alliance, Education, Mesa County, Rose Pugliese, Mesa-County-Valley-School-District-51, Petition, Teaching, Global Warming, Science Education, Denver News

An organization called Balanced Education for Everyone has gathered hundreds of signatures in support of a movement to ban the teaching of global war...

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Robert Dell Johnson, Colorado Teen, Gets Probation For Threatening To 'Go Columbine' On School

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Shooting, School Threat, Mesa County, Robert Dell Johnson, Grand Junction Colorado, Denver News

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A Colorado teen who authorities say sought explosives and threatened to "go Columbine" on a school has pleaded guilty to...

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Colorado Foreclosures Numbers Show Mixed Signs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure, Colorado Foreclosures, Colorado Department of Local Affairs and Housing, Mesa County, Denver County, Denver News

DENVER — Foreclosure filings in Colorado's 12 largest counties have been rising this year, but the number of completed foreclosures is down. Th...

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No Charges After Grand Junction Woman Shot Nine Times In Driveway

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: District Attorney, Crystal Nash, Mesa County, Da, Grand Junction, Shot Nine Times, Woman Shot, Make My Day Law, Woman Killed, Self-Defense, Denver News

District Attorney Pete Hautzinger said Thursday that he will not file criminal charges in the November shooting death of a Pear Park woman, saying she...

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Oil Shale Regulations: Judge Grants More Time To Resolve Controversial Bush-Era Rules

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Shale, Gale Norton, Mesa County, Colorado, Department of Justice, Oil Drilling, Ken Salazar, Shell Oil, Denver News

A Colorado U.S. District Court judge has granted an extension until Nov. 16 for federal government attorneys trying to reach a settlement with environ...

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Colorado Democratic Lawmakers Ally Against Mesa County Nuclear Storage

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steven Chu, Mark Udall, Nuclear Storage, John Salazar, Mesa County, Michael Bennet, Energy Secretary, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Colorado's senators and Rep. John Salazar sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week urging him to remove a Mesa County storage site fr...

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Ritter Faces Rude Reception From Protestors, Public Officials In Grand Junction

The Denver Post | Nancy Lofholm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Scott McInnis, Josh Penry, Club 20 Meeting, Mesa County, Janet Rowland Janet Rowland, Bill Ritter, Denver News

GRAND JUNCTION -- Gov. Bill Ritter received an unprecedented noisy, nasty welcome at a Club 20 meeting Saturday as one protester outside the meeting r...

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