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Mesa County is celebrating a major milestone for western Colorado’s water future. On Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, Commissioner Bobbie Daniel joined water leaders from across the state in Golden as the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) voted unanimously to accept the Shoshone Water Rights into the state’s Instream Flow Program — a historic step decades in the making.

Mesa County has ratified a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration committing a $4,080,849.50 local match for the Orchard Avenue (E ½ Road) Safety and Connectivity Project, which is part of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Grant.

GVT is offering free rides every Friday and Saturday in December.

Nearly a decade after the child’s death, a Mesa County jury delivers a unanimous verdict

During their Nov. 18 public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved a $829,675 contract with Wiseland Construction, LLC to complete the MM-39.45-H.75 Rapid Creek Culvert Replacement Project.