NEWS

Headlines:

• “Non-citizen” driver’s license bill passes Senate committee
• Whooping cough breaks out in Garfield County
• Can medical marijuana users buy guns? Some say no.
• The strange tale of the U.S. government and helium
• Western Slope Skies: The moon and its phases
  

Delta county athletes set four records Saturday at the annual Frank Woodburn Invitational track and field meet in Grand Junction .

Track

Cedaredge's Reid Gates cleared 6 feet, 8 inches, to claim the meet high jump record, and sailed 21 feet, 9 and a quarter inches to reset the record in the long jump. Teammate Austin Williams fell short of a meet record in the shot put, but jumped to the top of the 3A state rankings in the event with a winning throw of 51 feet, 2 inches.

Headlines:

• Judge rules against industry trade group in local suit against BLM
• Stricter reporting of gas and oil spills clears committee
• Williams says failed pressure gauge is the source of Parachute leak
• Half of state’s sheriffs consider legal challenge to gun restrictions
• Why are the deer in your yard? They may be starving.
• Delta County athletes keep records falling; double-header doubles as fundraiser

Headlines:

• Grand Mesa Fire Destroys Lodge
• Black Canyon Hiker Falls To His Death
• Bills Would Revamp State Oil and Gas Commission
• Legislators Want to Mandate Renewables Increase for Rural Electric
• BLM Favors Energy Development Companies in Thompson Divide
• Parachute Leak Went Farther, Started Earlier Than Previously Reported
• Tea Party, Part II. Utah Legislator Brings Freedom Rally To Colorado
  

Headlines:

• State's Oil and Gas Commission Issues Many Violations, Few Fines
• Parachute Creek Spill: Is the Fox in Charge?
• Joint Committee Splits On Spleaf
• Mt Snowpack Better Than Last Year, But Well Below Average
• Measure Passes To Compensate Those Wrongly Imprisoned
• Road Conditions
  

Headlines:

• State Budget Clears House With 9 Republican Votes
• Governor At Center Of Oil And Gas Battles (click on Read more for a list of pending legislation)
• Reporters Discuss the Aftermath of Gun Legislation
• iSeeChange: Cornstalk Bales Off an Alternative for Ranchers