Some Colorado towns are preparing to sue to make the post office prioritize mail over last-mile deliveries for Amazon.
Grand Junction
Posted inNews
Grand Junction company will send team to Berlin to look into aquarium rupture
Early-morning break in major Berlin tourist attraction sent 264,000 gallons of water rushing through building, killing hundreds of fish
Posted inHousing
Western Slope voters overwhelmingly passed taxes on short-term rentals to fund affordable housing
Colorado’s Western Slope communities could generate about $40 million in new tax revenue from vacation rentals to support affordable housing
Posted inElection 2022
Voters across Colorado’s high country will weigh in on new taxes on short-term rentals, affordable housing proposals
As many as 14 Colorado municipalities and counties will ask voters next month to increase or repurpose taxes on short-term rental properties — offered on sites by Airbnb and Vrbo — to help fund affordable housing
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An old Grand Junction ball court came back to life with a game that hadn’t been played there for nearly 50 years
Pro-level athletes competed in a Basque handball exhibition last weekend, bringing lamb, red wine and community spirit
Posted inBookstore Recommendations, SunLit
Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
As part of The Colorado Sun’s literature section — SunLit — we’re featuring staff picks from book stores across the state. >> Click here for more SunLit This week’s bookstore: Out West Books, 533 Main St., Grand Junction outwestbooks.co | @outwestbooks on Twitter, Instagram Deep Creek By Pam HoustonW.W. Norton & Co.$15.95January 2022 >> Purchase From the publisher: On […]
Posted inBookstore Recommendations, SunLit
Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
As part of The Colorado Sun’s literature section — SunLit — we’re featuring staff picks from book stores across the state. >> Click here for more SunLit This week’s bookstore: Out West Books, 533 Main St., Grand Junction outwestbooks.co | @outwestbooks on Twitter, Instagram Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West By Heather HansmanUniversity of Chicago Press$18January […]
Posted inBookstore Recommendations, SunLit
Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
As part of The Colorado Sun’s literature section — SunLit — we’re featuring staff picks from book stores across the state. >> Click here for more SunLit This week’s bookstore: Out West Books, 533 Main St., Grand Junction outwestbooks.co | @outwestbooks on Twitter, Instagram The Water Knife By Paolo BacigalupiVintage Books$18April 5, 2016 >> Purchase From the publisher: Paolo […]
Posted inColoradans, Health
Whistleblowers say they falsified patient records at Western Slope community mental health center
A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure funding from the state, whistleblowers say. The state overlooked what former workers describe as a long practice by the Grand Junction-based Mind Springs […]
Posted inBookstore Recommendations, SunLit
Suggestions from the staff at Out West Books for your next great read
As part of The Colorado Sun’s literature section — SunLit — we’re featuring staff picks from book stores across the state. >> Click here for more SunLit This week’s bookstore: Out West Books, 533 Main St., Grand Junction outwestbooks.co | @outwestbooks on Twitter, Instagram The Dominguez-Escalante Journal Edited by Ted J. WarnerUniversity of Utah Press$14.95Dec. 4, 2004 >> Purchase […]