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Glenwood Springs bush fire leads to subdivision evacuation

Glenwood Springs bush fire leads to subdivision evacuation

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Aiga Petelo and Cristian Sida
Bushfire in Glenwood leads to neighborhood evacuation, the cause unknown.

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Senator Bennet pushes for the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay and Classification Act

Senator Bennet pushes for the Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Pay and Classification Act

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By Aiga Petelo and Cristian Sida
Michael Bennet held a roundtable discussion with firefighters regarding pay cuts and what solutions could be an option in the future.

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Maverick Football loses back and fourth game to Black Hills State

Maverick Football loses back and fourth game to Black Hills State

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By Garrett Brown
The lead changed four times in the fourth quarter, including the Yellow Jackets taking the lead with just one second of play left

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Oregon running back Noah Whittington (6) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Colorado...

Bo Nix, No. 10 Oregon slam brakes on Coach Prime’s ‘Cinderella story’ with a 42-6 rout of Colorado

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
Turns out Colorado wasn’t quite ready for Oregon’s version of prime time.

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Paonia building receives historic preservation grant

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 10:37 PM MDT
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By Kyrsten McBrayer
Blue Sage can begin repairs on historic roof of Curtis Hardware building in Paonia.

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Friday Night Blitz

Friday Night Blitz Week Five

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 8:13 PM MDT
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By Garrett Brown
We’re in the middle of high school football season, with a couple teams looking to remain unbeaten this week on the Western Slope

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Roice-Hurst Pets of the Week!

Roice-Hurst Pets of the Week: Meet Nova and Patches!

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 6:22 PM MDT
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By Melissa Wright
Nova and Patches are two adorable pets seeking forever homes!

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Roice-Hurst Pets of the Week

Roice-Hurst Pet of the Week: Meet Taz!

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 6:09 PM MDT
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By Melissa Wright
Taz, an 8-year-old cat, previously an outdoor adventurer, now seeks an indoor home.

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Fire near Utah-Colorado border ignited Thursday

Fire near Utah-Colorado border ignited Thursday

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 3:17 PM MDT
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By Kacie Sinton
Firefighters report the ignition is within a conservation area near the state border.

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2 children killed in Aurora house fire, 7 others hospitalized

2 children killed in Aurora house fire, 7 others hospitalized

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 3:13 PM MDT
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By Alexander Kirk and Lauren Scafidi
Nine occupants were at the home, and all were transported to area hospitals. Two children later died.
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Grand Rivers Pet of the Week: Meet Quartz!

Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:23 AM MDT
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By Melissa Wright
Quartz is an adult Labrador Retriever with a lively and enthusiastic personality. She adores spending time with her family and enjoys cuddling, belly rubs, walks, and treats.

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Fruita Soccer rallies to take down Grand Junction

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:12 PM MDT
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By Garrett Brown
The Fruita Monument Wildcats Boy’s Soccer Team overcame an early deficit to take down the Grand Junction Tigers at a final of 3-1 snapping a four-game losing streak.

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Maverick Volleyball looks to continue undefeated streak against tough conference foes

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:52 PM MDT
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By Garrett Brown
Another season of Maverick Volleyball, another season of dominance so far

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Enochs Lake will be up for sale in October

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:25 PM MDT
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By Kyrsten McBrayer
While Enochs Lake is beautiful and cherished, the City of Fruita says they’ve spent decades trying to free themselves from ownership.

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Colorado’s Attorney General makes settlement with major hotel chain

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:49 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
The company Choice Hotels International Inc. agreed to inform customers of room rates and other charges after it failed to do so.

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Heavy traffic impacts on I-70 expected this weekend for leaf peeping

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:29 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
Drivers should prepare for delays between the Denver metro area and Silverthorne.

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Declining enrollment in Mesa County Valley School District 51

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 6:08 PM MDT
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By Cristian Sida
Enrollment numbers are declining in Mesa County Valley School District 51. Declining school enrollment is not specific to Grand Junction, it’s happening nationwide.

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Getting to know 3 of the District 51 school board candidates

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 5:49 PM MDT
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By Gabriel Gonzalez
Here's a look at why new candidates are running for a spot on the board.

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Community talks about closing of Whitman Park

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 5:46 PM MDT
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By Cristian Sida
The closure of Whitman Park has shed light on discussions of homelessness.

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Colorado experiencing worst West Nile virus outbreak in US

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 5:31 PM MDT
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By Cristian Sida
Colorado is experiencing the worst West Nile virus outbreak in the nation.

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Maverick Athletes visit Tope Elementary School

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:12 PM MDT
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By KKCO Staff
According to Colorado Mesa University, the visit to Tope Elementary is part of a bigger initiative to teach younger students the value of higher education.

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County grows sunflower patch decoy to keep influencers off farms

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 2:30 PM MDT
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By Bryan Wendland
Trespassing and damage from people taking photos of sunflowers got so bad in Adams County that they grew a public patch where you can film your Tik Toks.

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Colorado searching for wolves in places outside of management plan

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 2:25 PM MDT
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By Aaron Adelson
Colorado's first choices all said no. If Washington state agrees to provide wolves, it won't happen this year.

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Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain’s fatal encounter with police

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:52 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Colleen Slevin
Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain.

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Moose charges, headbutts and stomps on woman who was walking her dog on wooded trail in Colorado

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said a woman was walking her dog when a cow moose charged, headbutting the hiker and stomping on her before she escaped back down the trail.

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Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of ‘I can’t breathe,’ prosecutors say

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Colleen Slevin
Prosecutors in Colorado say two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe. He was later injected with a powerful sedative and pronounced dead three days after going into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital.

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Colorado house fire kills two children and injures seven other people

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Jesse Bedayn
A Colorado fire department says two children were killed in a Colorado house fire Wednesday night and another seven people were hospitalized.

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Grand Valley artists make one-of-a-kind road trip

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 12:57 PM MDT
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By Joshua Vorse
A Cadillac that's half buried in the ground in Cisco, Utah is a new "interactive piece of art" according to the man who put it there.

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Food Bank of the Rockies stops by to talk about National Hunger Action Month

Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:59 AM MDT
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By Melissa Wright
Sue Ellen Rodwick from Food Bank of the Rockies talks about their involvement in Feeding America’s annual campaign, Hunger Action Month, held in September

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Athletes of the Week - Will Applegate and Noah Watkins

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 11:42 PM MDT
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By Garrett Brown
The two were near-automatic in near the endzone against the Mountain Range Mustangs

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Grand Junction residents react to Whitman Park closure

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:26 PM MDT
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By Kyrsten McBrayer
Conversations surrounding Whitman Park closure continue.

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One Western Colorado wildfire fully contained, another slow moving

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 9:16 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
One fire is burning slowly in Western Colorado while another one reached full containment.

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Elijah McClain died after a police stop and ketamine injection. Now, 2 officers are on trial

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 4:02 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Colleen Slevin
A trial is opening soon against two police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine while walking home in a Denver suburb. His death later became a rallying cry amid nationwide protests and spurred police reform in Colorado.

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Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:50 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Matthew Daly
After being thwarted by Congress, the Democratic president is using his executive authority to create the climate corps, which will serve as a major green jobs training program.

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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:43 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Marcia Dunn
A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off pebbles and dust collected from the asteroid Bennu to close out a seven-year journey.

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BOE discusses new Integrated Health Center at GJHS

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 9:19 PM MDT
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By Bernie Lange
Location and provider of Integrated Health Center at GJHS discussed at D51 BOE meeting

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Professional learning grant dispersed across District 51

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 9:07 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
The District 51 Foundation announced its professional learning grant award totaling over $125-thousand.

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Denver Archdiocese pushes for universal pre-school program ahead of court appearance

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 8:58 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
A status hearing is set for this Thursday in Denver.

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Group calls for ethics investigation into Rep. Boebert for “lewd behavior in public”

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 4:45 PM MDT
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By Adam Woodbrey
Washington-based group is calling for investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert for potentially violating House ethics rules, which govern public conduct.

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Meals on Wheels Mesa County gets huge donation after funding cuts

Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 3:07 PM MDT
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By Gabriel Gonzalez
Thousands of dollars are now going towards food-insecure seniors on the Western Slope.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife finds invasive species in Upper Colorado River Basin

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 8:48 PM MDT
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By Hannah Hickman
Multiple rusty crayfish were found at Lake Granby during routine aquatic sampling on August 17th.

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After one week, how are the houseless reacting to the Whitman Park closure?

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:02 PM MDT
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By Gabriel Gonzalez
"Let's work together"

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Former Colorado officer gets probation for putting woman in police vehicle that was hit by a train

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 4:17 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press
A former Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked vehicle that was hit by a freight train last year, causing the woman to suffer a traumatic brain injury, has avoided a jail sentence.

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A Colorado mountain tied to an 1864 massacre is renamed Mount Blue Sky

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 4:08 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Thomas Peipert
A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado's Indigenous people.

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Showstopper Pizza and Bakery: A woman-owned food truck in Grand Junction

Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 8:26 AM MDT
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By Melissa Wright
Taylor Erby, who owns the food truck, is dedicated to making her business stand out. Showstopper Pizza and Bakery offers a variety of unique pizzas, each made with high-quality ingredients and secret recipes, all based out of Illinois.

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Colorado WineFest economic impact

Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 10:49 PM MDT
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By Cristian Sida
The Colorado Moutain Winefest is the primary fundraiser for the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), a nonprofit organization that supports Colorado’s winemaking and grape growing.

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Sound baths for self care

Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 10:15 PM MDT
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By Kyrsten McBrayer
Spiral Light Sound and Meditation bringing self care to a new level.

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Howell leads big rally for Commanders, who hold on to beat Broncos after Wilson’s Hail Mary

Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 6:34 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press
Russell Wilson connected with Brandon Johnson on a 50-yard Hail Mary that was deflected multiple times. Wilson tried to hit Courtland Sutton for the tying 2-point conversion, but cornerback Benjamin St-Juste broke it up. St-Juste appeared to get away with pass interference, but no flag was thrown.

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Buffaloes hit meaty part of their schedule with swagger but minus injured two-way star Travis Hunter

Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 6:27 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Arnie Stapleton
The Buffs visit No. 10 Oregon next weekend, followed by a game against fifth-ranked Southern California. All three teams are 3-0. The Buffaloes will be without two-way star Travis Hunter, who was hospitalized after a late hit to his midsection

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Broncos safety Kareem Jackson disqualified for hit on Commanders tight end Logan Thomas in end zone

Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 6:16 PM MDT
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By The Associated Press and Pat Graham
Big-hitting Denver Broncos safety Kareem Jackson was disqualified Sunday in the second quarter for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Washington tight end Logan Thomas in the end zone.
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