Author: Nancy Lofholm
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Supreme Court to decide case of Mesa County school board candidate who ran from wrong district
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GRAND JUNCTION — Paul Pitton has been on that edge between a win and a loss many times in his 36 years of coaching football. But waiting for the Colorado Supreme Court to decide if he can hold on to the school board seat he won by a landslide in November is a tougher type…
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‘Prosecutor’s prosecutor’ Hautzinger departs district attorney job for federal position
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Pete Hautzinger has a pile of unfinished murder-case files in his office. He has just added a new manslaughter case to his workload. And he has great interest in seeing those criminal matters through to the end. But after 11 years as the 21st Judicial District Attorney, Hautzinger is resigning his elected position and taking…
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McInnis battles feds, ruffles feathers as Mesa County commissioner
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Rusting dump trucks. Feral cats. Potholed roads. A crumbling dog pound. Scott McInnis has his hands full. Being a Mesa County commissioner means dealing with a slew of problems. He is buttonholed by constituents over breakfast, stopped as he walks his dogs through his subdivision, and hailed from passing cars as he leaves the grocery…
