- As Governor Jared Polis presided over a bill signing in Grand Junction Monday afternoon, several groups of protesters — representing very different causes — gathered with homemade signs in the burning sun.
- Friday’s 2020 Juneteenth celebration is the latest sign of social change in this majority-white rural city.
- Activists packed the council chambers after a video emerged that showed councilmember Phillip Pe’a saying how a large crowd of protesters at a previous meeting had made him wonder if he should bring his gun.
- The name of a former Ku Klux Klan member will soon be stripped from a stadium at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.
- The past week has brought dramatic images of confrontations between protesters and police. But there have also been moments when the two sides have tried to understand one another. From Grand Junction, CPR’s Stina Sieg has the story of two potentially unlikely allies who have started that conversation.
- Several football players from Colorado Mesa University and their coach, Tremaine Jackson, joined a march against police brutality before meeting with Grand Junction Police Chief Doug Shoemaker.
- So how’s dine-in service going across the state? Colorado Public Radio reporters checked in with places and here’s what they found.
- While some Western Slope businesses are embracing the return to relative normalcy, others are taking it slower.
- The owner of Shooters Grill on the Western Slope moved her tables in the street Thursday, less than 24 hours after being served with a cease and desist order, requiring her to shut down in-person dining.
- “I don’t want to die,” said Tom Johnston, who runs a mineral shop in Colorado Springs.
- For people dealing with mental illness, the global pandemic, and the drastic isolation required to slow its spread, can be a doubled-edged sword.
- The drive-in made several coronavirus-related changes to its operations which is why the Delta County Health Department gave it the green light to open.
- “It’s a lot of pie,” said Katie Langford with a laugh.
- As the state’s efforts shift with the ever-evolving pandemic, so has the help that West Slope nonprofit Child and Migrant Services has offered.
- Restaurants and other eateries are meeting community need -- and finding new revenue streams -- after closures limit dining.
