De Beque News

A water truck that rolled into the Colorado River Sunday night between Parachute and De Beque has yet to be brought back to shore, as salvage crews continue to seek a safe means of recovering it.

This newspaper is no fan of government-generated lawsuits. We have generally argued against governments initiating legal action - particularly against other government entities - unless all other options have ...

A tanker truck that lost its brakes and rolled into the Colorado River is still submerged.

A wildfire caused by a cigarette thrown from a car Thursday evening burned four to five acres of land along Interstate 70 in De Beque Canyon.

A new survey says Colorado's attractiveness for oil and gas investment has plummeted as a result of more onerous regulations and drilling permit requirements.

The Bureau of Land Management is looking to unload some property in the Grand Valley, if it will assist the community to grow properly, said Catherine Robertson, field manager for the Grand Junction office of ...

Gov. Bill Ritter hailed a plan from two Grand Junction lawmakers Wednesday as a sensible way to stow away millions of dollars in mineral revenue for higher education and Western Slope communities during a ...

Those dastardly county commissioners are at it again - conjuring up good deeds to perform just to further their own political ambitions.

Cindia L. Cooney , 64, Parachute, died May 31, 2008, at St. Mary's Hospital. Services will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Palisade Municipal Cemetery.

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Peter Schaller The town of De Beque spent 8 months without their main entrance, but the county promises that'll end this Friday.

Gov. Bill Ritter will sign four bills into law during a stop at Mesa State College on Wednesday.

T-storms, floods in forecast By Bill Scanlon , Rocky Mountain News Originally published 07:40 a.m., May 21, 2008 Updated 07:40 a.m., May 21, 2008 Thunderstorms and floods are brewing to the east and the west ...

Runoff has started in earnest on the Colorado River , according to The Glenwood Springs Independent .

Tiny little De Beque, the sleepy little hamlet of 500-or-so good souls just north of Interstate 70 in eastern Mesa County, is about to awaken. via The Grand Junction Sentinel

“As the well starts to decline, they have ways of going back in to get the production back up”

Schlumberger, a France-based international oil and gas company, closed last week on 394 acres south of De Beque. via The Grand Junction Sentinel

“I don't think we have any argument with restrictions that are placed on what we do if they are based on facts and science”

A plan to help protect the greater sage grouse in the heart of natural gas drilling country in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties is near completion. via The Grand Junction Sentinel

Collbran town officials have to grapple with a judge's ruling that the town owes its former clerk nearly $125,000. Mesa County District Judge David Bottger upheld a jury verdict that the town had breached its ... via The Daily Sentinel

“Mostly it's just salty water, which really won't hurt anything”

A tanker truck carrying water that had been used for energy drilling overturned Friday afternoon near De Beque, spilling an estimated 5,400 gallons into a dry canal. via The Grand Junction Sentinel

Interstate 70 must have seemed like a movie set Tuesday afternoon. The Garfield County Sheriff's Office says a drunken semi-truck driver ran cars off the highway and eluded police until they punctured his tires ... via Denver Post

UPDATE: The Colorado State Patrol is now searching the truck trailer and closed the Cameo exit . via KJCT