 01/24/10 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Brand inspector Mike Walck won't soon forget one of the worst cases of animal cruelty he has seen. In mid-November, between Rulison and Parachute, someone shot a horse in the head, leaving the gray gelding in his late teens or early 20s for dead. But the horse didn't die.
 01/23/10 Brand inspector Mike Walck won't soon forget one of the worst cases of animal cruelty he has seen. In mid-November, between Rulison and Parachute, someone shot a horse in the head, leaving the gray gelding in his late teens or early 20s for dead. But the horse didn't die. "I don't know why they were trying to kill the horse, but they damn sure shot it in the head," Walck said angrily. "It's a ...
 11/23/09 Just outside De Beque sits a pile of tires 15,000 to 30,000 strong, according to Mesa County officials.
11/18/09 The first phase of an evaporative-wastewater facility southeast of De Beque was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Mesa County Commission.
10/26/09 Eric Thompson received an in-your-face lesson Monday on just how different negotiating big-city traffic is from winding through the high cliffs and curves of De Beque Canyon.
10/02/09 Less than a mile out on a dirt road west of De Beque, most signs of civilization fall away, opening up miles of unobstructed views. Adobe hills dot the landscape, and sandstone formations create curious hourglass pinnacles.
09/28/09 During the construction of a county road in Whitewater two threatened Colorado hookless cactus, which are found nowhere else in the world except here in northwestern Colorado, vanished overnight, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
09/13/09 Local wineries are hoping to sell big at the 18th Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest.
 08/25/09 Steve Hunter of Ozark High School, Jacky Payne of Skyline and Gary McDaniel, formerly of Lebanon, Willard and Rogersville, are among 11 coaches and broadcasters who will be inducted into the MBCA Hall of Fame in October.
08/17/09 Jim West, owner of Old West Trucking, told the Mesa County Commission it would cost him $1.5 million to be annexed by the town of De Beque.
08/12/09 Nearly a year after the Mesa County Commission shut down Black Mountain Disposal, the commission opened the door for a new owner to revive the operation.
08/12/09 Prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Tuesday against a Rifle man accused of beating a De Beque man to death with a sledgehammer handle.
08/08/09 One person remained in intensive care after a pickup careened off Interstate 70 near De Beque on Thursday. | 
