Tomorrow Is The Deadline For Employees To Tell The BLM They’ll Move To Grand Junction
When the push to move the BLM west started to ramp up, it was presented as a hopeful idea, not a political divider. Now it’s become sharply divisive along party lines.
By Stina Sieg
Schools In Mesa County Are Reopening On Schedule After A Deep Clean Over Thanksgiving Vacation
Part of the clean-up process involved the district buying a new machine who’s whole purpose is to quickly disperse a bleach solution across classrooms.
By Stina Sieg
All 41 State Parks Will Be Free On Friday For Those Coloradans Who Prefer Camping Over Consumerism
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Great Outdoors Colorado are hoping to entice people outside on Black Friday.
By Stina Sieg
Mesa County Schools Await Confirmation Of The Culprit That Made The District Sick
School District 51 spokeswoman Emily Shockley said it was clear a “bigger measure” was needed, “and that was to close all the schools.”
By Stina Sieg
Everything You Want To Know About That Illness Sweeping Through Mesa County Schools, Answered
Warning; This story involves a lot of talk about vomit and poop.
By Stina Sieg
Every Mesa County School Is Closing Thursday And Friday As An Unknown, Norovirus-Like Illness Spreads
The main symptom is vomiting that lasts between 12 and 24 hours, with a few reports of diarrhea.
By Stina Sieg
6 Mesa County Schools Have Closed, More Scrubbed Clean As Mystery Illness Spreads
More schools are closed in Mesa County because of an unknown infectious illness.
By Stina Sieg
2nd Mesa County School Closed After Dozens Of Students Catch Unknown Illness
Mount Garfield Middle School closed after district officials said dozens of students were sent home vomiting and more had already called out sick.
By Stina Sieg
After Closing With Hundreds Of Students Sick, Palisade High School Hopes To Reopen Monday
Senior Liliana Flanigan, 16, described watching the illness ripple through a school rehearsal for “The Music Man” Wednesday.
By Stina Sieg
Colorado Has A Lot Of Thoughts About The Impeachment Inquiry. Most Hope It Won’t Drag On
People across the political spectrum had anxieties about the impeachment process and its effectiveness.
Federal Judge Blocks The West Elk Coal Mine Expansion After Environmental Groups Sue
Judge R. Brooke Jackson said the government failed to consider limiting methane emissions and ignored information about potential harm to water and fish.
By Stina Sieg
Pendley Gets The Anger Over BLM’s Grand Junction Move, But ‘We Want To Get It Done’
Pendley himself will stay in D.C., part of a small core of about 60 BLM employees. At least 27 personnel will be based in Grand Junction.
By Stina Sieg
For Colorado Libraries Desperate For More Funding, Voters Gave A Mixed Bag
Out of 11 measures across the state asking for public library funding, six got their wish and five were dismissed.
By Stina Sieg
In Delta County, Where Many Don’t Have A Stoplight Or Movie Theater, There’s A Library. But A Crucial Tax Boost May Not Come
Delta County Libraries has lost more than $650,000 a year in funding since 2011. Ballot measure 7A hopes to restore lost hours and programming.
By Stina Sieg
Drought Descends On Much Of Western Colorado After A Historically Wet Winter
Officials are emphasizing that in a place as dry as western Colorado, people should be mindful of their water usage.
By Stina Sieg
BLM Goes On Hiring Spree To Fill New Grand Junction Headquarters
Many pay above $100,000 and some as high as $152,000, putting the listed jobs far above Grand Junction’s average annual wage of $44,600.
By Stina Sieg