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For a year when law enforcement officials perceived fewer Jammers, drunken-driving arrests by the Colorado State Patrol during the four-day Country Jam festival in Mack hit a five-year high for the event, according to figures released Monday.

A Mesa County prosecutor on Tuesday filed 22 new charges against a boy already accused in a May vandalism spree on Orchard Mesa that left tens of thousands of dollars in damage.

Palisade Police Chief Carroll Quarles is the first candidate running in the 2010 election for Mesa County Sheriff to toss his hat into the ring.

A Grand Junction man was arrested Friday on suspicion of 66 offenses related to sexual assaults of several underage girls.

In his sixth month in office, Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson said he is a "peacemaker" in conflicts between his fellow commissioners.

A Grand Junction man who killed his best friend after driving drunk in February may only be sentenced to probation.

Childcare costs in Colorado are among the highest in the nation. A new report out from the Colorado Children's Campaign shows Colorado is the third most expensive state in the country for child care for four year olds, and local experts say the problem is even worse here in Mesa County.

A Grand Junction man was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly admitted to sexually assaulting a young child who was staying overnight at his house.

Proposed federal legislation targeting hydraulic fracturing fluid, used by the energy industry to release trapped pockets of gas deep underground, drew the ire of the Mesa County Commission on Monday.

The Mesa County commissioners have passed a resolution opposing federal regulation of a drilling technique that uses liquids to fracture rocks to release oil and gas.

A new bill making its way through Capitol Hill is drawing sharp criticism from the Mesa County Commissioners.

A body found in an orchard west of Glenwood Springs was not a young girl but a woman who had been dismembered, authorities said Sunday.

Garfield County authorities remained tight-lipped on Saturday concerning any and all information about human remains found in an orchard in the Canyon Creek community the day before, June 12.

County foster care What we knew: The county has only one foster care parent. John Fay, a foster care recruiter with the county, organized a series of community meetings to try and explain the need for foster care in the county and find other families interested in being part of the program.

A Fruita man has been sentenced to three years in community corrections after pleading guilty to sexual assault on a child.

After plaguing the nation for months, the swine flu has now made its mark in Mesa County.

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A man wanted on suspicion of attempted murder in the May 31 shooting at Chateau Apartments surrendered to police Tuesday.

Grand Junction Police press Release: The Grand Junction Police Department has arrested 22-year-old Robert Roy Rodriguez, the man suspected of being the gunman during the May 31st shooting at the Chateau Apartments.