Republicans’ lies are turning deadly
House Rep. Scott Tipton, State Senator Ray Scott and Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese all were recently outed in the […]
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Incumbent Mesa County Commissioners unilaterally failing to address Coronavirus pandemic
Guest post by Dennis Simpson, CPA, reposted with permission from his “Transparency in Mesa County” Facebook page The Mesa County
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Mesa County commissioners woefully silent during this pandemic
Op-ed by Kathryn Bedell, candidate for Mesa County Commissioner, District 1 – from the 4/21/20 Daily Sentinel (Please support our
County Commissioner Candidate Janet Rowland endangers public health with misleading, Q-Anon-linked posts on social media
Mesa County Commissioner candidate Janet Rowland (R) has been posting misleading information about Coronavirus on her campaign Facebook page that
In our most desperate time of need, America has a completely self-obsessed idiot for a president. Thanks, Republicans.
Above this post is a tweet that the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, actually posted
As many as a third of responders to Daily Sentinel survey fail to grasp the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic
The Daily Sentinel published results of a non-scientific online poll today asking readers for their opinions of the ongoing stay-at-home order
It took a pandemic to stop open burning in Mesa County, as public officials finally recognize it as a public health threat
The Mesa County Health Department suspended residential open burning in the county indefinitely on March 18 in response to the
Grand Junction family doc starts Facebook page to answer questions about COVID-19
Dr. Elvi Whiteford of Appleton Clinics has started a Facebook page called “Medical Providers Keeping GJ Educated and Supported,” where
Rep. Tipton votes to cut Medicaid, CHIP
On February 6, 2020 House Rep. Scott Tipton voted in favor of cutting funding for Medicaid and the Children’s Health
State to give free money to CO public schools to teach medically-accurate sex ed
Delta County School District 50J, are you listening? For the first time, the State of Colorado is offering free
State Senator Ray Scott (R) attends Denver rally opposing childhood immunizations
You can judge legislators by the company they keep. The Colorado Times Recorder reported that Mesa County’s State Senator Ray
Now you can get free, medically-accurate sexual health info anonymously via text
Do you have questions about sexual health but can’t afford to call a medical doctor? Are you finding it tough
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Reproductive Rights Road Show to be in Grand Junction 10/4 at CMU
The Colorado Reproductive Health Rights and Justice Coalition will be putting on a Reproductive Rights Roadshow at Colorado Mesa University
The U.S. has a measles epidemic, but is it in Grand Junction?
The growing number of unvaccinated people in the U.S. has led to the largest outbreak of measles in the U.S.
Gun laws WORK
On April 28, 1996, a crazed gunman armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 35 people and injured 18 more when
Sign the letter: Prioritize people’s health and safety above unfettered drilling by supporting SB 19-181.
In a reaction to a letter the Mesa County Commissioners sent to the state legislature opposing SB19-181(pdf), Mesa County residents
Community Hospital to stay secular, independent
Community Hospital issued a press release today announcing it has ended discussions to merge with Centura Health, a religious hospital
Grand Junction may soon lose its only secular hospital
A previous blog discussed why Mesa County residents should be glad to have an alternative to a Catholic hospital in the valley