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Tina Peters supporters rally in Grand Junction
About 200 supporters of Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters gathered for a noon rally Saturday in Grand Junction. Peters’ office is being investigated for alleged participation in an elections system security breach by the Colorado secretary of state, the Mesa County district attorney’s office, and the FBI. The rally took place just west […]
Secretary Haaland meets with Colorado delegation in Grand Junction
During her first official visit to Grand Junction, the nation’s first Native American secretary of the interior, Deb Haaland, wouldn’t say whether the Bureau of Land Management headquarters will remain in the city or return to Washington, D.C. “It’s an open question, but needs to be known soon,” she said. Haaland was joined on Friday […]
‘Unusual’ contract provision earned former Montrose County manager payout after resignation
A stipulation in his employee contract allowed former Montrose County Manager Ken Norris to receive a substantial severance package, despite resigning his position, and to accept within days another, higher-paying county job as director of facilities and construction management, a position that was posted for roughly 25 hours and to which Norris was an immediate […]
‘Palace intrigue’: Montrose official takes new county position after receiving severance package
Within days of leaving his $120,200-a-year job as Montrose County manager, Ken Norris was offered a position as the county’s director of Facilities and Construction Management, which pays $125,200, after he received a severance package of $142,162 — a year’s salary plus benefits. During a June 3 special session, Montrose County Commissioners Sue Hansen, Keith […]
Uranium mill tailings legacy continues
“Uranium mill tailings legacy continues” first appeared in Corner Post. Salt Lake City native Jim Moore was aware of Grand Junction’s uranium mill tailings legacy when he moved to western Colorado in 1981. However, it wasn’t on his mind, nor did the seller or real estate agent mention the presence of radioactive mill tailings, when […]
Details few on December crash that leaves Montrose coroner unable to perform duties
Montrose County Coroner Thomas Canfield sustained injuries in a December car crash that left him unable to perform his duties, but local law enforcement and county authorities have released few details about the incident and his condition. Canfield continues to recover at home, after spending several weeks at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, said […]
‘Not adequate security’ for Boebert town hall in Montrose to proceed
On Friday morning Gary Lear, pastor of the Circle 3 Cowboy Fellowship church in Montrose, received a call from a local resident representing U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert seeking to set up a town hall meeting at the church for the following day, Jan. 30, he said. It would have been the Republican congresswoman’s first town […]