Grand Junction Colorado

Burn scars from weeks of Western Slope wildfires have left the ground in a condition where even a short rainstorm can turn a dry gulch into something unrecognizable.

Grand Junction barely saw a drop of rain, but Unaweep Canyon got flash flooding and two brand-new fires in the same 24-hour stretch.

Most people picture Colorado as cool mountain air and shady pines. The Grand Valley has a very different story to tell come mid-July.

Not all of Colorado's 58 fourteeners are a long haul from Grand Junction. Some of the most dramatic ones in the San Juans are closer than most people realize.

The Asteria Theatre at Colorado Mesa University already picked up a national green energy award, and it hasn't even finished its first full season.

The Grand Mesa is the largest flattop mountain in the world, and its edge drops off in a way that stops people mid-sentence.

Library cards in Mesa, Delta, and Montrose counties now open the door to eBooks, audiobooks, Discovery Kits, and park passes.

One-tenth of an inch of rain over 47 days. That's what Grand Junction has seen since mid-May, and the Colorado River is showing every bit of it.

Grand Junction has a tradition that fills school buses with supplies instead of students, and it happens every summer right at Mesa Mall.

Grand Junction's most storied park started out as a fairgrounds, complete with a racetrack and stables, long before anyone called it Lincoln Park.