Riverfront Trail Phase I complete
Fruita Connection gives all new trail access By Kathleen Goddeyne Mesa County and Colorado Riverfront Commission representatives started work on the Riverfront Trail over 25 years ago. To make the Riverfront Trail System possible, the City of Fruita, the City of Grand Junction, the City of Palisade, and Colorado State Parks work together with Mesa [...]
New grow-out ponds constructed near Fruita
Part of Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program By Kathleen Goddeyne The Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed construction of a complex of grow-out ponds at the Horsethief Canyon Native Fish facility near Fruita. The ponds were constructed as part of the Upper Colorado River Endangered [...]
Man makes push for Wright to withdraw candidacy
By Tim Merris Mesa County republican voter Alex Chaffetz has paid out $400 of his personal money for 6,000 automated calls asking voters in the county to ask beleaguered HD 54 candidate Jared Wright to step down from his candidacy. Wright’s ability to represent his constituents has come under fire lately with public scrutiny surrounding [...]
Robinson announces plan to help seniors
HD 55 candidate challenges Senior Homestead Exemption By Tim Merris Dan Robinson, the democrat candidate for House District 55 announced a proposal to help senior citizens with their property taxes. Robinson stated that the current Senior Homestead Exemption is in need of adjustments. The exemption as it is written now, reduces property taxes by 50 [...]
Julio Ortiz to stand trial for murder
Abel Roper, 31, fatally stabbed outside truck By Tim Merris District Judge Brian Flynn has ordered Julio Ortiz to stand trial starting Dec. 3on charges including first degree murder, first and second degree assault in the March 1 stabbing of death of 31-year-old Fruita resident, Abel Roper. Judge Flynn ruled there was probable cause regarding [...]
Family Health West to invest $1.5 M on new imaging facility, MRI machine
By Tim Merris Family Health West has broken ground to add a 1,800 sq. foot building on the south side of the hospital next to the emergency entrance. Angelina Salazar, Development & Customer Support Director said “the new building will house a brand new state of the art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.” Family Health [...]
Proposed gravel pit upsets residents of Fruita subdivision
By Kathleen Goddeyne Grand Junction Pipe turned in an application to turn a field into an expansion of an existing gravel pit. The property where the pit will be expanded too is in the Adobe View Subdivision in Fruita. Homeowners in the area aren’t enthused about the gravel pit expansion. Gary Clayman, president of the [...]
School Dist. 51 administration reorganizes
By Kathleen Goddeyne School District 51 made some changes to their administration for the 2012-13 school year. In order to align with the implementation of Senate Bill 191, which requires principals and assistant principals to evaluate every teacher yearly, the district refocused their efforts on student achievement. Administrators with new titles and duties include Bill [...]
Meet the Candidates
Chamber, Cavalcade host candidates forum By Kathleen Goddeyne The Cavalcade, located at 201 East Aspen Avenue, hosted a candidate forum on Aug. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. The Fruita Chamber of Commerce and Cullen Purser, Fruita City Council member and part owner of the Cavalcade, worked together to coordinate the event. Republican candidate John [...]
First human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in Mesa County
By Kathleen Goddeyne The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) state lab has confirmed the first positive human case of West Nile virus (WNV), a virus transmitted through a bite from an infected mosquito, in an adult female resident in Mesa County. So far this year, no mosquitoes trapped from the Grand Junction [...]