Dan West

Colorado

Journalist at Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

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I-70B work on schedule, GJ Auto Sales building to be demolished

5 days ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

The reconstruction of the Interstate 70 Business Loop between Main Street and Third Street is on schedule and is expected to be completed in late fall of this year. United Companies, the contractor working with the Colorado Department of Transportation on the project, is in the process of installing storm drainage infrastructure south of Main Street, according to CDOT Grand Junction Resident Engineer Kaity Clark.
Local cyber security expert seeing rise in government data for sale online

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

A local cybersecurity expert is raising the alarm over what he says appears to be a significant increase in government data being offered for sale online. Kurtis Minder, CEO of cybersecurity firm GroupSense, said he has noticed a recent increase in offers to sell classified government data, as well as access to government systems.
Being a part of the Mesa County Search and Rescue team a perfect fit for local woman and her dogs

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

Earlier this year, Jeanine Camp was traipsing through the Oregon wilderness with her German Shepherd Roxanne, but this wasn’t a recreational outing. Roxanne was working — trying to find a missing person who was presumed dead. Camp, a Grand Junction resident and volunteer with Mesa County Search and Rescue, has been going out looking for missing and injured people in the wilderness for the last nine years. “I used to be an avid rock climber,” Camp said.
City Council splitting Fourth and fifth street project between downtown, neighborhoods in compromise decision

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

The Grand Junction City Council has decided to move forward with the Fourth and Fifth street pilot program, but will bifurcate the street design to provide two-lane traffic between Ute Avenue and Grand Avenue while retaining the one-lane design north of Grand.
Grand Junction Regional Airport seeing fewer passengers leaking to other Colorado airports

1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

The Grand Junction Regional Airport is seeing a smaller percentage of passengers using alternative airports in the state compared to the years prior to the pandemic, according to a report given to the Airport Authority board Tuesday. Harrison Earl with Crawford, Murphy and Tilly presented an update on the airport’s leakage study, which looks at which airports local residents and visitors use to travel in the region.
Nguyen apologizes for business boycott comment, Council expresses disapproval through resolution

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

The Grand Junction City Council unanimously passed a resolution at its Wednesday meeting expressing disapproval of a recent comment made by Council Member Jason Nguyen that called for a boycott of business that had been critical of the city’s Fourth and Fifth Street Pilot Project. Nguyen had previously apologized for the comment made in a private Facebook group, which was first made public in an editorial by The Business Times.
Council hears from those who want street pilot project restored

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

For more than two hours on Wednesday night, Grand Junction residents — many who lived in the Fourth and Fifth street corridor — spoke at the City Council’s regular meeting urging the council to reconsider its decision to end a pilot project that they said had resulted in slower speeds and safer streets through their neighborhoods.
Community celebrates completion of final phase of the Monument Trail

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

A large crowd of local residents and supporters came out Tuesday evening to celebrate the official opening of the final phase of the Monument Trail, which connects the Lunch Loops Trailhead west to South Camp Road with a paved multimodal path. The chain-breaking event recognized the many different partners who helped make the trail possible, including the City of Grand Junction, local residents, Colorado West Land Trust and project funders like Great Outdoors Colorado.
Fourth, Fifth street the focus of City Council's first two weeks

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

The first two weeks of the new Grand Junction City Council term has been marked by a narrow vote to end the contentious Fourth and Fifth Street Pilot Project and the resulting fallout. The project on Fourth and Fifth streets had been controversial for months, since it began last summer.
Mayor to propose new meeting policy, reaffirms commitment to 'Robert's Rules'

2 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Dan West

Grand Junction Mayor Cody Kennedy said in an email to City Council that he planned to propose a new council meeting policy to help the meetings run smoothly and align with Colorado’s open meeting laws. “As we get started as a new council, I want to thank you for the thoughtful dialogue each of you brought to our first meeting,” Kennedy stated in the email. “I value the experience each of you brings to this role.

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