Mesa County News

A Grand Junction nursing home resident has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after family members cleaning out his house found sexually explicit pictures of him and a young girl that were taken nearly 20 years ago.

The identity of the man killed in a bar fight on Main Street has been released. The Mesa County coroner identified the victim Wednesday afternoon as Richard Martinez, 32, of Grand Junction.

Mesa County election results started rolling in around 7 p.m. 11 News will keep the information updated all night and have additional coverage on 11 News at 10 p.m. There are two incumbent candidates uncontested up for School Board as well.

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Election officials have already received thousands of ballots from voters across the Western Slope, and the clock is ticking to make your vote count on Election Day on Tuesday.

It is officially National Adoption Awareness month in Mesa County. On Monday morning, the Mesa County Board of Commissioners announced the proclamation with the Mesa County Human Services Department.

The Mesa County Coroner's Office has identified a Pear Park woman killed in a shooting this weekend.

An attorney representing the Mesa County Sheriff's Department has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against the agency related to the slaying of a pregnant woman last year.

Mesa County Sheriff Deputies are investigating shooting near 30 and D1/2 Roads early Sunday morning.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Friday might be the Eve of Halloween, but many businesses and schools participated in Halloween festivities.

A Parachute man says he's guilty in the drunk driving death of a local woman and her six-month-old baby.

A road rage case against a former Fruita Police officer and Mesa County Sheriff's Deputy has been dropped.

No one can be happy to learn that yet another police officer in the Grand Valley faces criminal charges, albeit misdemeanor ones.

MESA COUNTY, Colo The Mesa County Health Department says it has received 400 more doses of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine -- but it's still only giving them to high priority groups.

Police are looking for two armed men after a clerk is held up at a Clifton gas station.

Grand Valley Transit buses carried 15 percent more people in September 2009 than they did during the same month last year.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Mesa County Health Department will offer injectable 2009 H1N1 vaccine to the public through appointments.

Coloradoa s unemployment rate fell to seven percent in September and the statea s top labor officials predict the trend will continue.

The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday it is seeking assistance in trying to locate a Grand Junction man, who was reported missing earlier this week.

A residential group home that houses sexually abusive youth between the ages of 12 and 18 will be allowed to increase the number of people living together in the home by two.