Posted: 5:32 PM The Mesa County Board of Commissioners Friday approved a 2007 budget that is only slightly higher than this year's funding.

Updated: 3:55 PM According to a representative with the secretary of state's office, the Montrose County Clerk and Recorder's Office might have violated several election laws during preparations for the November election.

Updated: 3:55 PM The Mesa County Sheriff's Office continues to search for the man who eluded them in a truck and on foot Thursday.

Updated: 3:56 PM After almost 50 years Barbie is still young and hot, and according to the National Retail Federation, she's still a "top toy" for girls. But her competition is hot on her heels and ethnically diverse.

Updated: 3:56 PM A man wanted by authorities led police on a pursuit Thursday night.

Updated: 3:56 PM Felony charges have been filed against two Grand Junction high school students who allegedly stole a gun.

Updated: 3:57 PM More than 250,000 people world–wide are getting the gift of almond toffee this holiday season, and it's coming from a local candy maker.

Updated: 3:56 PM With Mesa County's unemployment rate at 3.3 %, and a booming oil and gas industry hiring; many employers are finding they have to be more aggressive when it comes to seeking out workers.

Updated: 3:55 PM Last week the entire state of New York banned the use of trans fats in all restaurants. The health concerns related to this fat prompted the ban.

Updated: 6:50 PM A ceremony today at the Western Slope Veterans Memorial Cemetery honors the soldiers of the past with Christmas wreaths

Posted: 4:47 PM Most drivers probably haven't noticed, but the City of Grand Junction has installed innovative stop signs at two intersections in town.

Posted: 4:39 PM Mesa County's Community Separator Program gets a big shot in the arm thanks in part to the Colorado Lottery.

Posted: 4:25 PM The number of homeless people in the state has tripled according to a survey just released by the Colorado Division of Housing.

Updated: 3:55 PM A 6-year-old girl is safe after escaping from a man after he attempts to abduct her as she was walking home from school.

Updated: 10:04 AM Two citizens made an arrest of a man they say stole a friends car. At 6:22 Tuesday night emergency dispatch received a call that a car stolen two weeks ago had been spotted with a man sitting in it in front of Hastings Books and Music.

Updated: 3:55 PM Tragedy inspired opportunity for this week's Grand Valley Power Student of the Week.

Updated: 3:56 PM Investigators with the Grand Junction Fire Department say it will be some time before they know what caused a local business to go up in flames on Monday.

Updated: 6:49 PM The Grand Junction Fire Department has a new tool that should help make some back–country rescues faster and easier.

Updated: 3:57 PM A trucker's load comes un–hitched Wednesday morning tying up Traffic on Horizon Drive for a little more than hour.

Updated: 3:56 PM A 17–year–old caused a rollover accident in a residential neighborhood Wednesday. The accident happened a little after 11a.m. off of 31 Road and Hoisington Avenue.

Updated: 3:56 PM Although the official start of the winter season isn't for another week, the Grand Valley has already seen above average snow fall and for the City of Grand Junction, technology is leading the way for snow and ice removal.

Updated: 9:45 AM A third Grand Junction High School Student has been arrested in a plan to trade a weapon for an unknown item.

Updated: 9:41 AM Grand Junction Fire Department Investigators still don't know what caused a fire that destroyed a local computer business last night.

Updated: 9:36 AM A Qwest telephone worker is taken to the hospital today after he falls into a semi-submerged vault.

Updated: 1:45 AM Hospice and Palliative care of Western Colorado gets a welcome Christmas present thanks to the State of Colorado.