A Mesa County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a dog in Orchard Mesa in Grand Junction on Monday afternoon (July 2). The dog was shot for being too aggressive.
The statue of the founder of Grand Junction is looking fresh. The George Crawford statue was recently cleaned and here are the before and after pictures.
The higher water in the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers recently has created pools that are now breeding grounds for mosquitos. That means an unusually high number of the pests in and around Junction and other valley communities.