When you're a member of Mesa County Search and Rescue, you never know when or where the next rescue will come from. In this case, it was Mount Garfield.
This seems bizarre or perhaps macabre, but the Mesa County Sheriff's Office has an urn containing cremated remains and no idea who they are or the family they belong to.
The Western Colorado Drug Task Force was busy this week with two substantial drug busts in two consecutive days that netted a cache of heroin and methamphetamine.
February 8, 2016, was a tragic day for both a family and a community. That day, Mesa County Sheriff Deputy Derek Geer was killed in the line of duty. To honor and remember this peace officer, a moment of silence will take place on the first anniversary of his death.
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is attempting to locate a person believed to have pointed a gun at a Deputy on Saturday (February 4) at a Clifton store.