At their Sept. 20th Board of Directors meeting, the Board went on record as opposing amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 with a position paper that expresses their view. The paper states that Montrose Act is concerned with the funding of essential government services, specifically public education.  Steve Savoy, Chairperson of Montrose Act says [...]

Yesterday afternoon, firecrews responded to a home on the Redlands that was engulfed in flames. According to the Grand Junction Fire Dept. the house was unoccupied at the time and no other structures appeared to be in danger.  KJCT explains that firefighters had a challenge in putting out the blaze since a nearby electrical wire [...]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes said today he would lay off as many as 4,000 state employees if elected and force a showdown with the federal government over drilling for gas and oil. The Daily Sentinel says that those statements have prompted his opponent to question Maes’ ability to be governor.  Dan Maes told the [...]

The fines Dan Maes agreed to pay last month for various campaign-finance violations in his bid for the GOP nod for governor weren’t his camp’s first. The Daily Sentinel reports that over the past year the campaign was fined numerous times, primarily for filing late reports for large donations,  this according to the Colorado Secretary [...]