De Beque News

Updating the TU's stream-access debate, contest info and more. High Lonesome Ranch De Beque, Colorado By: John Gierach Books Robert Behnke on trout and John Barr on flies By: Seth Norman 10-Minute Ties By: A. K. Best Sporting Life A trip down Tennessee way By: John Gierach Letters More steelhead, canoe anchors, worm balls and the lives of fly rods ...

A fire sank two boats Friday night at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell. The boats were docked at the marina alongside others.

Every year there seems to be some new, trendy catch phrase that spreads across the nation like a bad intestinal virus.

Potter's Field Ministries, featuring Michael and Pam Rozell, will perform during the 8:30 and 10 a.m. services Sunday at Calvary Chapel Grand Junction, 492 Morning Glory Lane.

Wastewater treatment plants are falling into disrepair across Mesa County. De Beque, Powderhorn, Mack and Coll- bran all face major issues.

The report last week that a Colorado pikeminnow had been captured in the Colorado River in De Beque Canyon may not have been the most closely monitored bit of news in a week of high school graduations, Denver Nuggets victories and the usual gloomy economic stories.

A big and exciting world awaits De Beque High School's Class of 2009, but before heading out into it, graduates looked back fondly Saturday on their small-town beginnings.

The Colorado Department of Transportation is proceeding with the purchase and placement of several variable message signs for the Interstate 70 corridor through Mesa County at a cost of nearly $1 million.

Grand Valley Irrigation reported that two sofas, a mattress and a refrigerator were thrown into a canal Wednesday in Clifton at 35 Road, according to the Mesa County Sheriff's Department.

Mesa County Health Department is offering Tdap vaccinations this month to help students meet the health requirements for School District 51.

Three stretches of the Colorado River are among 20 river and stream segments in the Grand Junction area the Bureau of Land Management has determined are eligible for the federal Wild and Scenic River designation.

Anshumaan Reddy, 11, of Longmont, left, looks on as Benjamin T. Schneiderman, 13, nervously tries to answer a question during the Colorado Geographic Bee on Friday.

A teenager was arrested Friday in De Beque on suspicion he took a joy ride on an all-terrain vehicle before stealing a 1997 Pontiac Grand Prix.

Mesa County has scheduled free disposal days at its landfill and transfer stations.

Sen. Josh Penry's bill would require that local school districts get 50 percent of the federal funds currently paid to counties in lieu of property taxes on federal land.

At the same time international energy-services company Schlumberger is hardening up its infrastructure, it is softening its work force.

A Golden company is proposing to drill up to 107 oil and gas wells west and southwest of De Beque in Mesa and Garfield counties.

A Denver man died Saturday morning after his pickup hit an Interstate 70 guardrail on the east end of De Beque Canyon and rolled into the Colorado River.

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A Denver man died Saturday morning after his pickup hit an Interstate 70 guardrail on the east end of De Beque Canyon and rolled into the Colorado River.