An open letter to Sen. John Hickenlooper from a local trans person
Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper (D) held a town hall meeting in Grand Junction on Monday, April 14 at the Asteria […]
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Rep. Jeff Hurd uses anti-semitic trope to dismiss constituents at the town hall meetings he refuses to attend
When CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd (R) was running for office, he was open to talking to all sorts of western
CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd skips G.J. town hall meeting where over 400 constituents waited anxiously to hear from him
A standing room-only crowd packed into the First Congregational Church for a town hall meeting with CD-3 House Rep. Jeff
Indivisible groups to host Town Hall meeting, with or without Republican CD-3 Rep. Jeff Hurd, on Sat., 2/22 in Grand Junction
UPDATE: As of 12:27.p.m. on Saturday, Feb., 22, 453 people have registered to attend. UPDATE: As of 3:45 p.m. on
Group organizing a national labor strike
A decentralized group, GeneralStrike.us, is organizing a generalized national labor strike in the U.S. in an effort to force significant
Colorado’s abortion rights ballot measure surpasses its signature goal, putting it one step closer to being on the 2024 November Ballot
Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom announced that it has surpassed their campaign’s goal of collecting 185,000 signatures to put Ballot
United Way to host Poverty Immersion Experience to increase understanding of what life is like for people living in poverty in Mesa County
The Poverty Immersion Experience allows participants to spend a simulated month in the life of an individual who is experiencing
“Thoughts and Prayers” PSA by Mothers for Democracy
This is the debut video of the group “Mothers for Democracy,” a grassroots group that started as a protest group
Mesa County Democrats seek help with literature drop Sept. 23
Mesa County Democrats are seeking help to rock the vote in 2024. Don’t wake up on November 6, 2024 asking
New website up for the effort to recall D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz
The public can now keep track of the effort to recall School District 51’s Board President Andrea Haitz by going
City cancels meeting about homelessness, out of apparent concern the homeless would attend
After hosting two internal planning meetings and circulating emails (pdf) in which Grand Junction Community Development personnel warned the City
Group urgently seeks help to keep Orchard Mesa Pool open
Mesa County residents have formed a group to try to keep Orchard Mesa Community Center Pool open, and they are
Petition wording approved in recall of Mesa County Clerk; campaign moves to signature-gathering phase
Eagle County Treasurer Teak Simonton has approved the wording of the petition submitted by the RecallClerkTina campaign to recall Mesa
Citizens protest Pendley at new BLM office in G.J.
About 35 people turned out in 27 degree weather to protest a visit from Acting Director of the Bureau of
Annual Grand Junction Women’s March draws huge crowds again
The third annual Women’s March in Grand Junction on Saturday, January 19th, drew an enthusiastic crowd of about 2,000 liberal
Ridgway passes single-use plastic bag ban
On December 12 the Ridgway Town Council passed an ordinance (pdf) banning single-use plastic bags and urging residents to curtail their use
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Pickup of the “Impeachment Now” banner: History made in western Colorado with first-ever banner flight
The banner flew over Delta, Montrose and Grand Junction on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. It was crowd-funded by voters across
Sentinel wrongly blames citizens for North Avenue name change “imbroglio”
In an op-ed in today’s Daily Sentinel, the paper blames KeepNorth4Ever — the citizen group lobbying to keep “North Avenue”