Grand Junction

Man Free From Prison After 16 Years For A Crime He Didn't Commit

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Robert Dewey was 33 when he went to prison for the 1994 rape and murder of a Colorado woman. The 51-year-old walked away free...

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Rick Steves' Roadtrip: Colorado's Red-Rock Majesty

Rick Steves | Posted 05.09.2012

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Grand Junction is a springboard for good country living: vineyards, thrilling rivers, red-rock canyons and fossilized dinosaurs.

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Colo. Couple Returning Rare Book To Mexico

Posted 11.26.2011

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A book bought by a Grand Junction, Colo. couple on their 1972 honeymoon in Mexico City for $50 is now heading to the National Institute of Anthropolog...

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Man Wears Nothing But Socks To Allegedly Rob Liquor Store

Posted 01.10.2012

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Leslie Lind, a 32-year-old Grand Junction man, was wearing nothing but his white socks when he was arrested under suspicion that he robbed a liquor st...

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LISTEN: John Otto, Colorado National Monument History

Posted 07.26.2011

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It's been a century since the breathtaking red rock canyons of western Colorado became the Colorado National Monument. The man who lobbied to get them...

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Church Venue Denies Churchill

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.23.2011

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The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Valley church changed its mind on granting access to former CU professor Ward Churchill for a speech ...

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HE'S BACK

The Huffington Post/AP | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.17.2011

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The controversial former ethnic studies professor from CU-Boulder Ward Churchill is scheduled to give a speech in Grand Junction over the Memorial Day...

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Grand Junction Votes To Ban MMJ Dispensaries

KJCT Grand Junction | Posted 06.06.2011

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The unofficial results are in and voters in Grand Junction made their choice to ban medical marijuana dispensaries within cit...

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Could Colorado Get Another National Park?

aspentimes.com | Judith Kohler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Interior Department, Colorado National Monument, National Parks, Denver News

COLORADO NATIONAL MONUMENT, Colo. -- On the eve of the 100th birthday of Colorado National Monument, supporters are pushing for the landmark to be upg...

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Salvation Army Store Collapses In Grand Junction; Patrons, Employees All Safe

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salvation Army Collapses, Grand Junction, Thrift Store Collapses, Denver News

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Customers and employees have safely escaped after the partial collapse of a Colorado thrift store's ceiling. Firefighte...

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Grand Junction Health Care System Will Be Studied By Nobel Laureate

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Grand Junction, Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize Economics, Denver News

The Grand Junction health care system has been studied from afar for years now. It's about to get the equivalent of a house call. This examina...

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Philip R. Lochmiller Grand Junction Pleads Guilty In $30M Investment Scheme

KMGH Denver | Wayne Harrison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Philip R. Lochmiller, Irs, Fbi, $30 Million Investment Scheme, Investment Scheme, Denver News

DENVER -- A Grand Junction man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities and mail fraud and money laundering in a $30 million investment s...

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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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Obama Billboard Taken Down In Grand Junction

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The owner of a Grand Junction company located beneath a controversial billboard of President Barack Obama is glad the sign is now gone. Doris Downe...

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Barack Obama gay? A terrorist? A gangster? See the Grand Junction billboard going viral

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, we told you about WhoSaidYouSaid putting up its 100th anti-Barack Obama billboard in cities like Denver, Fort Collins and Grand ...

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Jack Dalton Duke Of Grand Junction Faces Prison Time For Smoking Pot With Six And Seven-Year-Old Kids

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Marijuana, Jack Dalton Duke, Man Smokes Pot With Daughters, Denver News

A Grand Junction man faces decades of possible prison time after admitting in an arrest warrant affidavit to routinely providing marijuana for two of ...

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Grand Junction Marijuana Dispensary Ban Approved By City Council 6-1

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | AMY HAMILTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Medical marijuana dispensary owners were correct to predict that Grand Junction City Council members would vote Monday night to shutter their shops. ...

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PHOTOS: Colorado's Best Chocolate Shops

Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of National Chocolates and Mousse Day (November 29-30), we've put together a list of some of Colorado's best chocolate--starting with the Roc...

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Goodwill Auctions Purported Dali Print

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — A Colorado Goodwill store is auctioning off a purported lithograph of a Salvador Dali work that it received from a myste...

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God in Grand Junction

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Religion, God, Denver News

Jesus Christ is this town's Lord and Savior -- end of story. Even so the Ramada Inn on Horizon Drive took me surprise.

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Grand Junction Obama Billboard Depicts Obama As A Muslim, A Gangster, And A Gay Man

Posted 05.25.2011

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An anti-Obama billboard in Grand Junction is raising eyebrows and grabbing attention around the country this week. The 20 x 10 billboard off of I-7...

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Witness: Grand Junction Police Maced, Shot Unarmed Man In Home

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | PAUL SHOCKLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Jason Kemp, Police, Police Shoot Unarmed Man, Denver News

Jason Kemp was unarmed when a Colorado State Patrol trooper fatally shot him in the doorway of a Redlands home Tuesday night, according to a man who c...

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Grand Junction Police Sued By Woman Alleging Rape

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Paul Shockey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Grand Junction Police, Grand Junction Police Lawsuit, Sexual Asault, Rape, Glenn Coyne, Denver News

A woman who alleges she was raped in her home by a Grand Junction police officer claims the department ignored evidence of the officer's "propensity f...

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Feds Not Handling Uranium Claims From Women Who Worked As Clerks And Secretaries

Grand Junction Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Justice Department, Atomic Energy Commission, Uranium, Denver News

The clerks and secretaries who worked in the Atomic Energy Commission offices in Grand Junction during World War II and later during the Cold War hand...

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Grand Junction Police Wondered Allowed Whether They Were Committing Crime While Destroying Homeless Camp: Probe

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grand Junction, Homeless Camp, Joseph Mulcahy, Criminal Mischief, Grand Junction Police, Grand Junction Homeless Camp, Phillip Van Why, Internal Police Probe, Denver News

Statements attributed to three former Grand Junction police officers in an internal investigation show they expressed degrees of regret over their act...

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