If you live in the area of 26 1/2 and H Roads, a big change is coming to your neighborhood, and it may not be a change you’re going to like. Verizon Wireless has submitted plans to the Grand Junction Planning Department to…
Category: Activism
State Senator Ray Scott’s Flawed, Nasty Source of Info on Climate Change
Three days ago, Colorado State Senator Ray Scott (R-Dist. 7) posted a link on his blog to a Forbes article titled “’97% of Climate Scientists Agree’ is 100% Wrong.” Scott posted the article as a way to tell his constituents…
Hundreds Turn Out for Grand Junction’s March for Science
A crowd of about 900 people turned out for Grand Junction’s March for Science on April 22, one of about 600 such marches held across the globe on Earth Day to show support for scientific research and scientifically-derived information that…
Grand Junction’s Tax Day March Dominates Downtown on the Day Before Easter
While some stayed home dying Easter eggs Saturday, almost 300 western slope citizens turned out for the national Tax March to demand Donald Trump make his tax returns public. Marchers gathered at Grand Junction City Hall and listened to speeches before starting off…
Central High Seniors Take Steps Toward Eliminating Religious Baccalaureate
Word is out that Central High School’s Senior Student Senate has voted to change the school’s annual baccalaureate from a religious event featuring a blessing by a pastor to a secular event featuring 3-5 minute speeches by students about what…
Tax Day March Planned in Grand Junction to Push Trump to Reveal his Tax Returns
Activists are organizing a local tax day march on Saturday, April 15 in solidarity with a national effort to show President Donald Trump that Americans very much want him to reveal his tax returns. The Trump administration poses unprecedented economic conflicts of interest…
Delta County “Sex Ed” Teacher Shelly Donahue Banned from Oklahoma School District
A school district in Tulsa County, Oklahoma has banned sexual abstinence speaker Shelly Donahue from returning after students complained that her comments during a “sex ed” presentation were demeaning to girls and insulting to children of broken families. The news of…
Daily Sentinel Threatens CO Sen. Ray Scott with Defamation Lawsuit
Jay Seaton, publisher of the Grand Junction, Colorado Daily Sentinel, publicly threatened Colorado State Senator Ray Scott with a defamation lawsuit in his editorial column Sunday, February 12, after Scott, in a tweet, charged the Sentinel with publishing “fake news.”
Massive Anti-Trump March in Grand Junction One Day After Inauguration
If yesterday’s massive Women’s March to protest Donald Trump in Grand Junction proves anything, it’s that western Colorado is clearly not a politically monolithic area for conservatives any more. Grand Junction saw the largest crowd ever in its local history turn…