Six area high school girls basketball teams are ranked in the top 20 in this weeks Preps Poll.  Montrose, Delta, Olathe, Paonia, Hotchkiss and Norwood all received votes this week.  To see where each team is in their Class, read below. GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS (JAN. 21ST)   Monday, January 21, 2013 – 1:05pm Not that many [...]

This story by the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel http://www.gjsentinel.com Tyler Kendall didn’t expect to challenge for the Montrose Invitational tournament title. The Paonia High School senior moved up a weight class this week after losing a wrestle-off to teammate Morgan Rieder. Kendall defeated Berthoud’s Kagen Henning 11-7 on Saturday to win the 195-pound title in [...]

Todays basketball finals that were broadcast on 94 KIX: Montrose Girls beat Falcon 62-21. Paonia girls beat Hotchkiss 51-29 Hotchkiss boys beat Paonia 61-54 Still waiting for a score from the Montrose boys game vs Roosevelt at Rampart

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This story originally posted at http://www.gjsentinel.com/ DELTA — A former Paonia town official accused of stealing nearly $400,000 from the town over several years has worked closely with investigators over recent months, the former official’s attorney said Wednesday. But Kristin Chesnik, 42, currently has no repayment arrangements with Paonia, Grand Junction attorney David Eisner said. “We [...]

Opening arguments were made yesterday in the Nathan Yager murder trial.  Yager’s defense attorney dropped a bombshell suggesting Melinda Tackett Yager pushed the buttons of a man with tenuous mental stability, going so far as to plan a situation in which she would be attacked, so that she could get everything she wanted from their [...]

Charges have been officially filed against Kristen Chesnik, former finance officer of Paonia.  Chesnik now faces one count of theft over $20 thousand, a Class 3 felony.  An annual review of the town’s finances found that Chesnik had defrauded Paonia over $625 thousand in a two year period.  The CPA firm Blair and Associates found [...]

Both Gunnison and Crested Butte schools were trying to unify their schedules  but came up against complaints within the community, primarily over when spring break should be. According to the Gunnison Country Times, RE1J officials decided to opt for the more traditional calendars for the next couple of years.  They came upon that decision during [...]