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Mesa County and the Sheriff’s Office are making a major effort to address mental and behavioral health at the Mesa County Detention Center, as part of Mesa County’s efforts to deal with mental and behavioral health issues within the community as a whole. This is a smart area to address early on in this effort…

When did Thunderbirds become offensive? We’re forced to ask this question because a decision by the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs on Thursday will force Thunder Mountain Elementary School in Grand Junction to drop its Thunderbird mascot, according to reporting by The Daily Sentinel’s Dale Shrull. This decision is based on Colorado Senate Bill 116,…

A bill that aims to prevent internal breaches in elections has passed the Colorado Legislature and it makes a number of changes that we think were necessary and probably overdue. The bill formally enacts several emergency rules that Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office put in place to prevent new breaches in security protocols,…

Mind Springs Health is facing some serious issues, as been noted in multiple stories about the Western Slope mental and behavioral health provider. But we agree with the executive directors of the three state agencies that commissioned an audit of the provider – the Colorado departments of Health Care Policy and Financing, Human Services and…

It has been more than two years since Brachon Hyer killed a 24-year-old convenience store clerk, but the case has finally come to a close with his sentencing this week. Hyer, who was 21 at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty in February 2021 to second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 48 years in…

A confusing bit of news has finally been cleared up with a recent marijuana bust turning out to be much smaller than advertised. The confusion for us started after the District Attorney’s office filed a motion to dismiss the charges against case against Zhiyu Liu, 50, of California, on March 17, stating, “Based on the…

Tuesday night Mesa County residents heard from an important voice in our national media, former op-ed editor at both The Wall Street Journal and New York Times Bari Weiss, who shared her thoughts and experiences on antisemitism. Weiss was featured in a panel discussion at Colorado Mesa University’s Moss Performing Arts Center as part of…

Colorado Mesa University is once again holding its annual Holocaust Awareness Series, which kicked off Sunday, and Monday morning, with its Field of Flags dedication. Different flag colors represent the groups of people who were targeted or killed during the Holocaust. The three largest groups were Jews (yellow), Soviet citizens (blue) and Poles (orange). It’s…

With the merger of SCL Health, the organization that controls St. Mary’s Medical Center, and Intermountain Healthcare recently approved, we reported that SCL is sitting on more than $1.5 billion in accumulated profits, but it’s not just SCL taking in large profits. Colorado’s hospitals as a whole rank among the worst offenders in the nation.…

With the bonanza of federal cash given to communities across the country in the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, some municipalities have opted to fund ridiculous projects like a new sea-side hotel in Florida or to purchase a ski resort in Iowa. The act was passed to help communities that had been overwhelmed by the…