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Lighthouse Program meeting
Posted inEducation

Mesa County diversion program offers “a place of safety and guidance” for kids on the edge

by Nancy Lofholm 3:50 AM MST on Mar 6, 20239:01 PM MST on Mar 5, 2023

The Lighthouse Project helps teens at a tipping point for entering the justice system envision a future for themselves.

Posted inEnvironment

One tiny zebra mussel was found in a Colorado reservoir. It will be 5 years before the water gets an all-clear.

by Nancy Lofholm 4:01 AM MST on Mar 3, 20235:38 PM MST on Mar 2, 2023

Aquatic biologists began spraying to kill the invasive species at Highline Lake State Park on Wednesday.
Park managers are worried decontamination procedures will kill boat traffic.

Posted inEnvironment

The government will pay you $30 an hour to sort through Telluride’s trash in the name of social science

by Nancy Lofholm 4:26 AM MST on Feb 24, 20237:26 AM MST on Mar 7, 2023

Picking through what’s left behind by high-season tourists will help towns in San Miguel County figure out how to change what people toss and why

Posted inCulture

Grand Junction wanted to knock down a storied Basque handball court. Now, the city wants to preserve it forever.

by Nancy Lofholm 4:06 AM MST on Feb 13, 20234:06 AM MST on Feb 13, 2023

The court, built in the barnyard of Basque rancher Jean Urruty in 1978, is on track to be listed as a unique historic feature

Posted inCrime and Courts

Killer of Warren Barnes, Grand Junction’s “reading man,” sentenced to life in prison

by Nancy Lofholm 3:54 AM MST on Feb 7, 20232:19 PM MST on Feb 10, 2023

The killer said he chose Warren Barnes because he didn’t think anyone would notice a homeless person’s disappearance

Posted inBusiness

“We know”: Postal Service acknowledges growing mail problems in Colorado mountain towns

by Nancy Lofholm 4:50 AM MST on Feb 3, 20239:28 AM MST on Feb 3, 2023

Some Colorado towns are preparing to sue to make the post office prioritize mail over last-mile deliveries for Amazon.

Posted inBusiness

Soaring utility bills send huge waves of people scrambling for help keeping heat and lights on in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe and Nancy Lofholm 3:41 AM MST on Dec 23, 202212:15 PM MST on Dec 23, 2022

More than 100,000 people have called for aid paying gas and electric bills, but the help is available only once per customer

Posted inEnvironment

There’s a crappy situation in Colorado’s backcountry: too many pooping hikers

by Nancy Lofholm 3:18 AM MST on Dec 14, 20225:38 PM MST on Dec 13, 2022

Outdoor recreation groups hope handing out poop-disposal kits will cut down on the problem piling up on Colorado’s public lands

Doctors perform a surgery.
Posted inHealth

How Meeker, a small hunter’s haven, became a medical destination 

by Nancy Lofholm 4:18 AM MST on Nov 29, 202211:56 AM MST on Nov 29, 2022

Pioneers Medical Center is offering top-notch orthopedic care, and becoming a life blood of a historically oil and gas community in the process.

Posted inHealth

“Golden Girls” find community and safety in Western Slope shelter

by Nancy Lofholm 3:01 AM MST on Nov 28, 202210:40 PM MST on Nov 27, 2022

Women account for about 35% of people who are homeless in Mesa County, where the wait for subsidized housing is 3 years.

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