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Worker acquitted in death of Alzheimer’s victim left in heat
February 3, 2023 GMTDENVER (AP) — One of three assisted living facility workers prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease left outside in 100-degree heat has been acquitted.
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Colorado funeral home owner sentenced in body sales case
January 4, 2023 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday by a federal court judge.
Women sexually abused by ICU nurse sue Colorado hospital
December 21, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital's management didn't do enough to prevent the abuse.
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Colorado clerk pleads not guilty in election system breach
September 7, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — A Colorado county clerk accused of allowing an unauthorized person to break into her county’s election system in search of proof of the conspiracy theories spun by former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges in the case on Wednesday.
New warrant issued for election-denying Colorado clerk
July 22, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A new arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Colorado’s election-denying clerk, less than a week after the embattled official convinced a judge not to send her back to jail for improperly traveling out of state while awaiting trial on felony charges.
Colorado funeral home owner pleads guilty in body sales case
July 5, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court.
The Daily Sentinel reports that Megan Hess faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after entering the plea Tuesday in Grand Junction.
2 people die in separate river accidents in western Colorado
June 16, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say two people died in separate river accidents in western Colorado.
Mesa County sheriff's officials say six people were recreating on a paddleboard, a kayak and a raft on the Colorado River in Grand Junction when they encountered trouble near a bridge Wednesday afternoon.
BLM speeds up planned gather of wild horses in Colorado
June 14, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Federal authorities have moved up an operation to remove hundreds of wild horses from western Colorado from September to this week, citing poor rangeland conditions that threaten the health of many in the herd.
Cyclist dies after running out of water during heat wave
June 13, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a 52-year-old man ran out of water and died while mountain biking in intense heat in western Colorado.
Mesa County sheriff's officials say three other cyclists called 911 after finding the Colorado Springs man alone on mile 28 (kilometer 45) of the 32-mile (51-kilometer) Palisade Plunge trail near Grand Junction on Saturday evening.
Indicted Colorado elections clerk appears in court
March 11, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado county elections clerk who was jailed after being accused of plotting to breach voting system technology that is used across the U.S. made her first court appearance by video Thursday.
Colorado girl dies after tripping under moving school bus
March 3, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — An 11-year-old girl died in rural Colorado after tripping as she ran to catch her school bus and getting run over by the moving wheels, authorities said Thursday.
The incident occurred in the town of Parachute about 40 miles northwest of Grand Junction.
New charges for Colorado clerk targeted in voting probe
February 10, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado county elections clerk under investigation by federal and state authorities in a security breach of voting machines posted bond on Thursday on two misdemeanor charges in a separate case, authorities said.
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Colorado official sues to stop clerk from running 2022 vote
January 18, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s secretary of state has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to remove Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from administering the 2022 election. The action comes amid federal and state investigations into an alleged breach of security involving election equipment in the western Colorado county last year.
Grand jury will investigate election equipment tampering
January 13, 2022 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury will investigate allegations of tampering with election equipment and official misconduct in a Colorado county where the clerk is being investigated for an alleged security breach of elections equipment, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Veteran reunited with bracelet stolen during World War II
December 12, 2021 GMTDENVER (AP) — When Joe Esquibel was just a teenager and about to be sent off to World War II, he bought himself a keepsake: a small, silver bracelet. On one side, he had the engraver add his signature.
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GAO: BLM headquarters vacancies more than doubled with move
November 20, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The number of vacant Bureau of Land Management headquarters positions more than doubled as the agency moved those jobs to Grand Junction and other locations in the West, before declining somewhat but not to the prior level, a new Government Accountability Office report has found.
Correction: Election Security-Colorado Searches story
November 19, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — In a story published November 17, 2021, about an election security probe, The Associated Press erroneously reported in the story summary the county where the elections clerk works.
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Pilot killed in small plane crash in western Colorado
October 11, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed in a small plane crash in western Colorado.
The Daily Sentinel reports search crews with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office found the wreckage of the beech baron twin-engine plane in a remote area northeast of Grand Junction on Monday.
3 charged in death of 86-year-old woman left outside in heat
September 22, 2021 GMTDENVER (AP) — Three assisted living facility workers are being prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease who authorities alleged was left outside in sweltering weather for six hours, officials said.
Land agency moving back to DC, reversing Trump-era decision
September 17, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the national headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado, reversing a decision by former President Donald Trump's administration to move the agency closer to the region it serves.
Interior secretary visits new public lands HQ in Colorado
July 24, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid her first visit Friday to the new Colorado headquarters of her department's Bureau of Land Management after its relocation from the nation's capital by the Trump administration sparked criticism that the move was intended to gut the agency that oversees vast tracts of public lands in the West.
Unvaccinated staff eyed in rising nursing home cases, deaths
July 21, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Lagging vaccination rates among nursing home staff are being linked to a national increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths at senior facilities, and are at the center of a federal investigation in a hard-hit Colorado location where disease detectives found many workers were not inoculated.
Colorado’s Mesa County emerges as hot spot for delta variant
July 8, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur.
Drought forces Grand Junction to dip into Colorado River
July 2, 2021 GMTDENVER (AP) — For 65 years, the Ute Water Conservancy District serving Grand Junction and Mesa County has let the Colorado River flow on by, while drawing drinking water from pristine runoff 11,000 feet high on Grand Mesa.
Colorado clerks have ideas to deter election misinformation
July 2, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's county clerks are proposing changes to the state's election system to address any concerns that it isn't already as good as it can be and to combat any disinformation about it.
Colorado Rep. Boebert: Bill lauding Capitol police political
June 17, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado was one of 21 members of Congress to vote against legislation this week to honor police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during and after the Jan.
2 Colorado men ID’d as victims of explosion at Oklahoma dam
May 28, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Officials say two Colorado men employed by a Grand Junction drilling firm died in a May 13 underground explosion while they were working at a dam in Oklahoma.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports that 22-year-old Hayden Tucker of Grand Junction and 48-year-old Philip E.
JUCO World Series is back in its panoramic Colorado home
May 23, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The games are played at Sam Suplizio Field, a dandy of a baseball diamond with a magnificent view from behind home plate of the Grand Mesa — the country’s largest flattop mountain.
Cases of virus variant from India rise in Colorado county
May 18, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Health officials in Colorado have reported the number of infections from the COVID-19 variant from India nearly tripled in less than a week in Mesa County, the only county in the state with reported variant cases.
Latter-day Saints to build new church temple in Farmington
April 7, 2021 GMTFARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans to build a new temple in Farmington, New Mexico making it the second temple in the state...
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Colorado Court of Appeals approves use of courtroom dogs
February 19, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — An appellate court in Colorado has ruled a victim of sexual assault in a child case in Mesa County was allowed to bring a court facility dog for comfort during the trial...
US agency OKs 2 Colorado drilling projects, to study others
January 7, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved two drilling projects in Colorado for a second time after considering a court-ordered greenhouse gas assessment of their environmental effects...
Colorado county clerk posts voter fraud claims, no evidence
January 6, 2021 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado county clerk posted claims of voter fraud without providing evidence and despite assurances from election officials nationwide that the November election was safe and secure...
Revamped minor league baseball to include 3 Colorado teams
November 30, 2020 GMTDENVER (AP) — Minor league baseball will be given new life in Colorado next season with the addition of three teams in the state...
Colorado requires early pollution monitoring at oil sites
September 25, 2020 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Colorado officials have approved new rules that require air pollution monitoring at oil and gas sites during early stages of operations — the first state regulatory system of its kind in the country, the state Department of Public Health and Environment said...
Pine Gulch fire grows to second-largest in Colorado history
August 19, 2020 GMTDENVER (AP) — A wildfire burning in remote terrain in western Colorado is now the second largest in the state's history, fire officials said Wednesday...
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Thousands turn out for 4th annual women’s march in Denver
January 18, 2020 GMTDENVER (AP) — Thousands of people attended the fourth annual women's march in Denver on Saturday....
Grand Junction woman honored for work as a foster mother
May 30, 2019 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Melody Frey knew she wanted to make a difference in the world, but didn't know how to do it. But after volunteering at the House, a homeless shelter for teens in Grand Junction, she realized what she could do.
Purdy Mesa telescope joins elite Air Force Falcon network
September 1, 2018 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — If a satellite, an asteroid or an old, dead rocket hurtles toward Earth, a telescope installed on Purdy Mesa is ready to help detect it and alert officials from around the world...
Colorado college reprinting up to 9.2K diplomas to fix typo
August 8, 2018 GMTGRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado university is offering to reprint up to 9,200 diplomas after the outgoing editor of the school newspaper found a big typo...
Sno-Cat resembling ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ car stolen in Colorado
March 13, 2018 GMTMINTURN, Colo. (AP) — "Yeee Haaa!"
Authorities in Colorado are looking for a man suspected of stealing a Sno-Cat fitted out to look like the "General Lee," the famous car featured in the classic television series "The Dukes of Hazzard...