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School District 51 begins solar panel installation on school
Last Updated: 6:57 PM 02/03/12 - The Dual Immersion Academy is the first school to start constructing solar panels on the roof. High Noon Solar started construction on the roof last Friday. Students and community members are taking notice and are embracing the new technology.
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Social media helps voters choose candidates
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 02/03/12 - Nearly half of social media users plan to use an online network to learn more about presidential candidates.
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Mesa homicide/suicide suspect's violent past
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 02/03/12 - A homicide, suicide, is what the coroner says happened in the town of Mesa where two bodies were discovered in a home Thursday.
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Most registered Mesa Co. Republicans won't get VIC cards in time for caucus
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 02/03/12 - According to Sheila Reiner, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, there was a "failure to get cards printed and to the Postal Service in time."
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Colorado winter storm causes problems for travelers
Last Updated: 6:18 PM 02/03/12 - If you have travel plans to the Front Range today; you may need to change them.
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Major winter storm sweeping across Colorado
Last Updated: 6:18 PM 02/03/12 - A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
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Accident at the intersection of I-70 B & Warrior Way
Last Updated: 12:46 PM 02/03/12 - A two car accident has shut down an intersection at I-70 B and Warrior Way.
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Fighting the flu; lower number of vets vaccinated
Last Updated: 6:21 PM 02/03/12 - Each year, countless Americans head to hospitals, drug stores and supermarkets to get their annual flu shot. But this year, one group here in Grand Junction is skipping out.
Grand Junction performer makes it to NBC's "The Voice"
Last Updated: 11:04 AM 02/03/12 - Grand Junction resident and performer King joined us live in the KKCO 11 News studio for a performance, just in time for the season debut of "The Voice" on NBC this Sunday.
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Restaurant regular, friend raises funds to save server's life
Last Updated: 10:55 AM 02/03/12 - The Grand Valley community is coming together to help a local woman get the help she needs to be the healthy, happy mother and wife she once was.
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Hackers take over Boston police website
Last Updated: 10:39 AM 02/03/12 - The hacking collective Anonymous is claiming credit for defacing the Boston Police Department's website.
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Judge rejects challenge on sage grouse listing
Last Updated: 10:21 AM 02/03/12 - A federal judge has upheld the federal government's determination that sage grouse in the West deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, but that other species have higher priority.
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TRENDING: Sheep cyclone and First Lady shows off the guns
Last Updated: 10:54 AM 02/03/12 - Trending today: A cyclone of sheep swarming a car, and Mrs. Obama shows off her presidential fitness.
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2nd teacher from LA school both charged with molestation
Last Updated: 9:57 AM 02/03/12 - Los Angeles school officials say molestation complaints have increased since news broke of an elementary school teacher's arrest over such allegations.
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Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
Last Updated: 9:41 AM 02/03/12 - After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.
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More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets
Last Updated: 9:36 AM 02/03/12 - The St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in at least eight other cities.
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Wrong-number call helps Ohio woman in emergency
Last Updated: 9:23 AM 02/03/12 - An Ohio woman called the wrong number when she was experiencing a medical attack but still found help a couple of time zones away.
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Healthy and Delicious Super Bowl Snacks
Last Updated: 9:22 AM 02/03/12 - Join us in the KKCO 11 News kitchen with the local authors of "Green Eggs and Let's Get Hammered" with some more healthy choices for Super Bowl Sunday.
Man guilty of killing UNH football player in Colo.
Last Updated: 9:07 AM 02/03/12 - A jury has convicted a man of fatally shooting a University of New Hampshire football player in Boulder.
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Investors, bankrupt Ky. oil company settle lawsuit
Last Updated: 8:27 AM 02/03/12 - More than a dozen investors who put up between $4 million and $5 million have settled a lawsuit with a bankrupt company in southern Kentucky
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Michael Foods widens egg recall
Last Updated: 8:00 AM 02/03/12 - A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.
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GJ City Council takes stand on proposed bus transfer station
Last Updated: 1:59 PM 02/03/12 - GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)- The Grand Junction City Council has taken a stand on a proposed bus transfer station out by Mesa Mall on 24 ½ and f ¼ roads.
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MCSO: Woman hosts parties with pot for kids as young as 10
Last Updated: 2:18 PM 02/03/12 - A Pear Park woman is in custody, accused of hosting wild parties with alcohol and marijuana for children and teenagers.
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Victim's friend speaks out on Mesa shooting
Last Updated: 8:18 PM 02/02/12 - As the Mesa County Sheriff’s office tries to piece together the events that led to the shooting, one woman says she knows what happened.
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Family, sheriff's office speak out on missing GJ men in Utah
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 02/03/12 - Volunteers joined the search for two GJ men missing since Saturday on Thursday. The local Grand Junction Abby and Jennifer Recovery Foundation has joined the Carbon County Sheriff's Department to find these two men.
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EMS parents need to pick kids up
Last Updated: 6:15 PM 02/02/12 - If you have a student at EMS who walks home, please plan on picking them up today. Students who ride the bus home are being escorted to the correct bus by law enforcement and should arrive home on time. Parents who are picking up a student at EMS will need to check-in and go through the reunification process.
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Santorum coming to Montrose, no firm plans to come to GJ
Last Updated: 6:11 PM 02/02/12 - 11 News has confirmed Republican candidate for U.S. President Rick Santorum will be in Montrose on Saturday.
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UPDATE: More schools in protective mode
Last Updated: 6:13 PM 02/02/12 - R-5 High School is on lockdown. East Middle, Bookcliff Middle, Nisley Elementary and Chipeta Elementary are in Shelter in Place in response to reports that there's a man with a knife in the area.
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Two people found dead near Mesa
Last Updated: 6:21 PM 02/02/12 - The Mesa County Sheriff''s Office investigating a crime scene in Mesa.
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Families of missing GJ men find last known whereabouts
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 02/03/12 - The families of the two men who went missing near Price, Utah, are continuing their frantic search.
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Trump: Getting to know Romney led to endorsement
Last Updated: 12:50 PM 02/02/12 - Donald Trump has confirmed that he will endorse Mitt Romney’s GOP presidential bid. He says he made the decision after getting to know Romney after meeting with him several times in the past few months.
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Business self-defense bill getting 1st hearing
Last Updated: 7:52 AM 02/02/12 - Lawmakers will hear testimony on a proposal to allow Colorado business owners and employees the right to use deadly force against suspected intruders.
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Crossfit training: the new workout trend
Last Updated: 5:16 AM 02/02/12 - He’s a pro bmx rider and He trains at Crossfit Red three times a week to get into fighting shape. Co-owner Patrick Bland oversees his training and explains how a workout at Crossfit translates into a better performance on his bike..
New 911 system approved by City Council
Last Updated: 10:55 PM 02/01/12 - GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -The Grand Junction city council approves a new 911 system that will put our area on the cutting edge of technology.
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Drug ring dismantled, 14 people are in custody
Last Updated: 11:08 AM 02/02/12 - A major bust puts an end to an operation that was delivering several pounds of illegal drugs to Grand Junction. Wednesday, 11 News learned new details on how that drug operation worked, and how it was stopped.
Indoor tanning teens may need parent's "ok"
Last Updated: 10:54 PM 02/01/12 - Teenaged indoor tanning customers in Colorado may soon have to get their parents permission, by law, before they put on the goggles.
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Two Grand Junction men missing in Carbon County, Utah
Last Updated: 5:16 AM 02/02/12 - Two Grand Junction men are missing after disappearing from a man camp in Carbon County, Utah, and their families are frantically searching for them.
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Mt. Garfield Middle School uses Nooks to give readers confidence
Last Updated: 10:22 AM 02/03/12 - The days of paperback novels are becoming a thing of the past with more and more readers turning to electronic books. One middle school in Mesa County is using these e-books to help students become more confident readers.
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National Heart Health Month
Last Updated: 6:39 PM 02/01/12 - More than 64 million Americans suffer from one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.
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Sharefest 2012
Last Updated: 6:36 PM 02/01/12 - Do you or someone you know need a hand to tackle some yard clean up? The fifth annual Sharefest is right around the corner to assist them.
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Suspected drug distribution ring busted
Last Updated: 7:25 PM 02/01/12 - According to the Grand Junction Police Department, a drug ring involving 14 people has been busted.
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GOP idea to help CO. budget defeated in Senate
Last Updated: 12:51 PM 02/01/12 - Colorado Republicans have been talking for months about trying to save money by seeking federal permission to cut Medicaid.
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Laura Bradford threatens to leave GOP
Last Updated: 6:34 PM 02/01/12 - According to the Denver Post State Representative Laura Bradford says she is considering leaving the Republican Party.
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Indiana Senate approves right-to-work bill
Last Updated: 11:20 AM 02/01/12 - Indiana’s Senate has passed right-to-work legislation, placing the state on the verge of becoming the Rust Belt’s first to enact the contentious labor law.
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Santorum picks up Tancredo endorsement
Last Updated: 6:33 PM 02/01/12 - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has picked up an endorsement from former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo.
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Colorado oil, gas commission director resigning
Last Updated: 10:59 AM 02/01/12 - The executive director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is resigning.
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Pitkin County officials considering road donation
Last Updated: 10:41 AM 02/01/12 - Pitkin County officials are trying to decide whether to accept money from a billionaire for road improvements.
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Workers' comp privatization gets cool reception
Last Updated: 10:07 AM 02/01/12 - A proposal to privatize the only state-chartered workers' compensation company is getting a cool reception from a special panel reviewing the plan.
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Art Jewelers Guild creates wearable art from the heart
Last Updated: 10:05 AM 02/01/12 - Just as writers or craftsmen might come together in a guild to share their talents, the women behind the Art Jewelers Guild do the same. They're a group of local artists who go beyond simply stringing beads and tying knots. They spend countless hours weaving, beading, and most importantly working together, to create what they call wearable art.
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Tips on Making Great Valentine's Day Treats
Last Updated: 10:04 AM 02/01/12 - Join us in the KKCO 11 News studio with some great tips on making Valentine's Day treats.

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