An investigation is underway following a bear attack on a child that occurred over night near Grand Junction in Mesa County.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers interviewed the five-year-old girl’s mother. She said she heard screaming around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, and discovered a black bear dragging her daughter away. The bear dropped the child when her mother started screaming at the animal. She believes her daughter went outside after hearing noises, thinking it was her dog.

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HONOR

Words that are banned from our school system and from some courts because they are “religious.”

“Honor thy father and mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which they LORD thy God giveth thee.”

15 Years Ago

May 9, 2003

• Kiowa County Sheriff Forrest Frazee informed local business leaders that a serious drug problem, as well as underage drinking, is facing the community.
• Town’s auditor, Gary Woodward, stated the town would be subject to new financial reporting requirements for fiscal year 2004.
• East End Events-Kami Stum: Following the Plainview Jr/Sr banquet and prom, we played bingo for prizes & then went to the football field to Paintball.

25 Years Ago

Our pal Doc is a genius. 

Just take the other day, and all of us were gathered up and coffee’d at the Mule Barn truck stop coffee shop and world dilemma think tank, and ol’ Doc just proved it again.

Steve noticed them first, the young couple who had just pulled into a parking space outside the “efaC” window. From the outside, it reads “Café.” 

“Say,” said Steve, “isn’t that Bobby and Carol Ann?”

“Yep,” said Jimmy, “and if I ain’t mistaken, there’s three of ‘em today.”

Nearly one-third of Colorado remains within the two worst categories of drought as portions of the southwest corner shift from extreme to exceptional drought.

Exceptional drought, the worst category, has been impacting all of Montezuma, much of La Plata and portions of Dolores and Archuleta counties since April. With the latest update, the remainder of Dolores county moved to exceptional, along with much of San Miguel and parts of San Juan and Montrose counties.

A study by Colorado State University researchers has revealed that the amount of time snow remains on the ground can be used to determine annual streamflow patterns. 

In the past, snow accumulation has been used to predict streamflows, however taking accurate measurements is difficult in mountain areas.