Posted: 9:58 AM Democratic Governor Bill Ritter signed a state budget that includes his own stamp on the nearly $18 billion spending plan he inherited from Republican Governor Bill Owens.

Updated: 8:39 AM This week's Grand Valley Power Student of the Week wants to dedicate her life to helping others through a career in the medical field.

Updated: 5:25 PM A man who lives and works in Grand Junction as a clown at children's birthday parties and local events has been arrested for four felony charges.

Updated: 6:41 PM Kids at Pomona Elementary School are overjoyed, they swapped candy for apples, and video games for exercise; and on Wednesday they were rewarded for it.

Updated: 6:42 PM The man who was killed over the weekend when his truck rolled into a canal had almost four times the legal limit of alcohol in his body.

Updated: 8:35 AM Two Fruita Monument High School students are suspended for putting controversial fliers on car windshields at school.

Updated: 12:35 AM A high school is locked down and Parachute police are asking for help from the county as authorities search for a gunman on the loose.

Posted: 10:24 AM Two Moffat County High School students have been suspended and a police investigation is under way after the teens allegedly threatened violence last week.

Posted: 9:13 AM Gay people would be protected from being fired based on their sexual orientation under a bill approved by the State House.

Updated: 8:54 AM With school safety on the minds of many, District 51 releases its report on ways to make your kids safer in school.

Posted: 10:13 PM Several law enforcement agencies are looking to better protect the identities of Grand Valley residents and from getting financially scammed.

Posted: 10:07 PM The first degree murder case against a Grand Junction man is now in the hands of a jury, this after the defense team for 22-year-old Christopher Wieberg never called a witness, including the defendant himself.

Updated: 6:37 PM For the second time in about two weeks a piece of art on a street corner is vandalized.

Updated: 6:37 PM Every property in Mesa County has been re–appraised by the Assessor's Office, and it should come as no surprise that values are on the rise.

Updated: 6:38 PM A local high school is placed on lock–down Tuesday morning after someone reported seeing a gun near campus.

Updated: 3:57 PM The owner of a Mexican restaurant in Utah is offering a 500-taco reward for help in finding the person who stole about $3,000 during a break-in.

Updated: 8:16 AM The Department of Defense has announced that three more Fort Carson soldiers have died in Iraq.

Updated: 4:06 PM A supervisor in the state's tax-collection agency in under arrest, accused of approving at least $5.3 million in phony refunds and other tax payments.

Updated: 8:15 AM A 25-year-old Marine has died after a bomb struck his amphibious vehicle in Iraq.

Updated: 4:13 PM Colorado and six other Colorado river states have filed a plan with the interior department aimed at divvying up scarce water resources during drought.

Posted: 9:31 AM Researchers in Colorado say arctic sea ice is melting three times faster than many scientists project.

Posted: 9:26 AM A woman from Conifer survived an attack by a small bear and wildlife officials shot and killed a bear.

Updated: 9:00 PM From June 29 through July 4, Grand Junction will celebrate its 125th Anniversary, and the Visitor and Convention Bureau is encouraging you to invite the whole family down.

Updated: 9:27 AM He's been deployed three times for tours over Afghanistan and Iraq and flew 15 combat missions over Kosovo. But on Monday a local Lt. Colonel took his final flight.

Updated: 9:16 AM Authorities say alcohol played a role in Sunday's fatal rollover accident near Collbran.