Grand Junction going to the dogs?

I was just reading the Grand Junction Sentinel online when I saw an interesting article entitled, “Animal control spending more time chasing loose dogs: owners are to blame“.  According to this article, up to 42% of the Mesa County Animal Control’s caseload in 2007 involved chasing down loose dogs: In 2008, that number rose to [...]

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When the going gets tough…

I have just read an article in nbc11new.com entitled, “Demand at Grand Junction food banks skyrocketing”. With the economic situation across the nation worsening, even the tough are finding themselves in need of some extra help putting food on the their tables. According to this article the Food Bank of the Rockies has seen [...]

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Grand Junction in Top 20 most secure cities

I was just reaeding some articles at the Grand Junction Sentinel online when I ran across an interesting article entitled, “Grand Junction among Top 20 most secure places to live”. This is the fourth Annual Farmers Insurance Group’s Top 20 Most Secure place to live ranking and guess what, Grand Junction has done it [...]

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Grand Junction in top 10 strongest real estate markets in the U.S.

While browsing housingpredictor.com today, I noticed that Grand Junction has ranked 7th in their “Top 25 Appreciating US Markets” ranking. HousingPredictor.com’s Housing Forecast compares 250 real estate markets across the nation and lists the top 25 cities. Unlike the majority of cities in the nation, those cities that ranked in the top ten [...]

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Grand Junction still resilient

Even though many U.S. cities are struggling due to the current economic problems, Grand Junction is still ranked among the top five best performing cities of its size.  According to an article that I have just read in the Grand Junction Free Press entitled, “Grand Junction continues to weather economic storm, reports say” Grand Junction [...]

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GJ man comes face to face with Marlin

I love fishing, and I love fishing stories.  While reading the gjsentinel.com today, I ran across a great article entitled, “A fish out of water“.  This article is about Mike Solomons, a GJ angler who took a trip with some friends to Guatemala to do some deep-sea fishing.  According to an article that Solomons read [...]

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Royce-Hurst Humane Society Benefit in Grand Junction

While reading an article entitled, “Grand Junction animals benefit from music” in the Grand Junction Free press online, I noticed that there will be a music benefit sponsored by the Royce-Hurst Humane Society this weekend.
If you love music and animals, you will want to stop by the Royce-Hurst Humane Society Benefit in Grand Junction this [...]

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Relay for a cure

Though Fruita’s third annual Relay for Life is still approximately three weeks away, dozens of volunteers are already raising money for this worthy cause.  This relay consists of team who will alternate walking around the track at the Fruita Monumental High School.  Fruita’s Relay for Life is the western Colorado American Cancer Society’s primary annual [...]

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Planet Wines

Wine lovers in Grand Junction now have reason to rejoice.  I was just reading some articles in the Grand Junction Free press when I saw an article about the upcoming opening of a beverage retailer in downtown Grand Junction.  This article entitled, “Wine time in downtown Grand Junction” states that starting July 10, Grand Junction [...]

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Gas Prices

City
Current
Yesterday
Last Year

National Avg.
$4.086
$4.079
$2.961

Colorado Avg.
$4.005
$4.011
$3.135

Grand Junction
$4.131
$4.128
$3.098

Denver
$3.924
$3.923
$3.077

Salt Lake City
$4.024
$4.019
$3.110

Los Angeles
$4.602
$4.605
$3.135

Seattle
$4.383
$4.381
$3.072

Phoenix
$4.128
$4.128
$2.891

Chicago
$4.215
$4.218
$3.263

Dallas
$3.935
$3.933
$2.851

Houston
$3.916
$3.914
$2.812

Miami
$4.142
$4.137
$2.998

Atlanta
$4.000
$4.000
$2.903

New York
$4.388
$4.387
$3.260

Data provided by AAA.

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