The picture above won Honorable Mention from Craig Hammes of Delta, CO. From wheat fields and cattle round-ups to farming families and ranch work, the winning pictures from the fifteenth annual “Colorado…it’s Agricultural” Photography Contest showcase the spirit of Colorado agriculture.  “Photographers from across the state and the nation submitted entries showcasing Colorado agriculture,” said [...]

The Montrose County’s Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported death of a hunter that occurred early this morning  in Montrose County. The Watch reports that at 11am this morning the Sheriff’s office received a call from Delta dispatch about an injured hunter in Maher, Co. which is part of Montrose County.  Soon after the Sheriff’s [...]

Coroner’s report in on Montrose Murder-Suicide. The Montrose County Coroner has ruled the causes of death of the victim’s in Friday’s apparent murder-suicide. Jeanne L. Mennel, 84; cause of death was asphyxia secondary to smothering; manner of death is homicide. Her Son-in-Law, Mark A. Koeman, 61; cause of death was a single intraoral gunshot wound [...]

Huge announcement for Montrose! (Photo by Janine Mayfield) Over a hundred people turned out for the official announcement of EXTRA Aircraft choosing Montrose as their US Headquarters and aircraft production center. EXTRA Aircraft is based out of Germany and makes the only carbon composite aircraft in the world. President Ken Keith said what’s so great [...]

Tomorrow is the start of the Colorado Renewable Energy Conference in Montrose, taking place mainly at the Montrose Pavilion (there is one event in Ouray). This is an annual event that  highlights activities and new energy opportunities in Colorado and the West. Last year it was held in Golden, next year in Fort Collins, and [...]

Need plans for the holiday weekend? Check out these links: Museums Memorial Day in Delta Memorial Day in Grand Junction Memorial Day in Montrose: –Disabled American Veterans’ Moore-Demoret Chapter 17 will hold its annual Memorial Day ceremony at Cedar Creek Cemetery on East Miami Road at 10:00am Monday. The guest speaker will be Jim Hougnon, [...]

The Mesa County Landfill Manager accused of stalking and harassment among other things was fired yesterday. The Daily Sentinel says the firing comes six days after Bob Edmiston turned himself in to authorties following a week-long investigation by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office.  Edmiston alledgely had a years-long affair with a co-workers wife and used [...]

Beaver Fire Update::Fire crews continued to make progress on the Beaver Fire as the fire transitions from a local Type III fire management organization to a Type II Incident Management Team. The need for a Type II team is based on a complexity analysis of the fire situation and the team can provide the resources [...]

A public memorial is planned Tuesday for a 12-year-old girl whose decomposed body was recovered last week, seven weeks after she was reported missing. The Greeley Tribune says Kayleah Wilson’s memorial will be at 2 o’clock at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Greeley. No arrests have been made in direct relation with this [...]