Cristian Sida
Multimedia Journalist
Grand Junction, CO
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Cristian graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May 2021. He is a Multimedia Journalist.
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On Sunday, the Elks Lodge hosted a regional tournament of one of America’s favorite camping games - cornhole.
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Danielle Carlon was inspired to begin sewing sweatshirts with chemotherapy port openings after her grandmother was diagnosed with cancer.
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Dogs took over the Grand Mesa today, and alongside their mushers, they participated in the 16th Annual Grand Mesa Summit Challenge Sled Dog Race.
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The Co-op Country Stores in Fruita, Nucla and Palisade are offering scholarships to area high school seniors interested in agriculture.
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The snowfall occurred Friday morning, which accumulated to be about 1.5 inches of snow.
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The Museum of the West in Grand Junction has installed a new contemporary Native American heritage exhibit. The exhibit is called The Art of Tradition, which features artists from all over the Colorado Plateau and Greater Southwest.
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Busch the says the COVID-19 Omicron variant entered the community of Mesa County in December and quickly started picking up speed in January.
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The nonprofit typically hosts a six-day celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. This year; it was decided only to hold the commemorative events, including the proclamations and march.
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The nonprofit organization, Black Citizens and Friends of Grand Junction, will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tomorrow Jan. 16, with its annual march.
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Geodav.tech is a company Michael Davlantes, a software engineer, started back in 2016. The company specializes in geospatial data visualization and analysis.
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The Great West Ice Fest took place Saturday evening at the Mesa Mall in Grand Junction.
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The Mesa Monument Striders grabbed their running shoes and ran a four-mile course.
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Mesa County leaders are reaching out to the Colorado Department of Human Services regarding the mental health system on the Western Slope.
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The City of Grand Junction and Colorado Mesa University (CMU) are working together to create a safer pedestrian and traffic environment around the university’s campus.
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The town of Palisade is moving forward in the search for a new police chief. The search has been on since their last chief moved to rifle for the chief position there.
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As we’ve been reporting, earlier this week, Secretary of State Jena Griswold stated terms that would allow Peters to resume her election supervision responsibilities in the county.
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The tax filing season begins in two weeks, January 24. AARP and Tax-Aide group are getting ready to begin their free tax preparation program.
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A local program that lets students earn college credit while still in high school is quickly expanding in Grand Junction.
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The reactivation is attributed to staffing shortages, high demand for patient transport, and the surge in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the most recent variant: omicron.
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According to Mesa County Public Health, the cold weather conditions have caused fine particulate matter concentrations to climb into the moderate category. They issued an air quality advisory from Thursday through Saturday at 6 pm.
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The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the three-week-old boy’s death as a homicide, as we have reported. Kye Fields, a 3-week-old infant who passed away on August 18, 2021.
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Senator Coram (R-Colo.), a native of Montrose, is throwing his hat in the ring to represent Colorado’s Third Congressional District in the upcoming election.
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The Grand Junction VA Medical Center is expected to receive a limited supply of doses.
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This is the first year the Mesa County Libraries will implement a strategic road map instead of a plan, which they have traditionally done.
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The City of Grand Junction’s Public Safety Agencies urges the public to sign up for emergency alerts. The safety agencies have set a goal of registering 10,000 additional cell phones to receive address-based emergency alerts in 2022.
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Long time Grand Junction City Councilman Rick Taggart announced on Wednesday he is running to be a state lawmaker.
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After a few weeks of seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases the health department reports there has been a drastic increase in the last week.
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We heard from the Community Hospital, and St. Mary’s about the first babies born in 2022.
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The Marshall fire has burned hundreds of homes and displaced thousands. Jessica Estes is one of those victims who had to evacuate her home when the fire began.
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Each year a number of Colorado State parks participate in the nationwide campaign of the “First Day Hike.”
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Ruff Around the Edges is collecting water, nonperishable foods, blankets, winter clothing, pet food, and supplies.
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According to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, the most common crime seen in Mesa County county is personal items stolen from unlocked vehicles.
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Republican Representative Lauren Boebert held a conference where she officially announced her running for re-election this year, on the last day of 2021.
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A nonprofit organization will be hosting a New Year’s Eve celebration for community members who want to celebrate the coming of the new year sober.
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The new Colorado minimum wage will go into effect starting January 1st.
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The cases include two individuals under the age of 60 as well as a teenager. These individuals have not needed to visit the hospital.
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CDOT says they are doing their best to keep the roads clear, but sometimes there are delays, especially with more snow on the way.
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Rental car shortages is a nationwide issue that has been occurring since the beginning of the pandemic and has only been heightened with the holiday season.
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Megan Alfaro, owner of Colorado Baby in Downtown Grand Junction, says this holiday shopping season has been their best one.
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The weather services state heavy snow will bring about moderate to significant impact across the mountains of eastern Utah and western Colorado through Monday.
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Mesa County has seen a recent slowing in new cases and hospitalizations from record highs just one month ago.
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Several people work the holidays like Christmas, such as truck drivers, military, and first responders.
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Each house on the block decorates their homes with these luminaries, a candle in a bag.
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Over 125 community members gathered to prepare and deliver a Christmas eve dinner to homebound seniors in the Grand Valley.
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The Absolute Dance annual Nutcracker Ballet returns to the stage after last year's absence due to the pandemic.
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A very special gift has come to a Clifton family. The Maclean family has added someone special to their home through adoption.
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The market provided a space for local businesses to gather and shed light on the services they offer to the community.
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The Museums of Western Colorado’s Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita hosted a mobile vaccine bus clinic on Saturday.
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Wreaths Across America began about thirty years ago in Arlington, Virginia.