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State transportation project shutters 22-year-old Grand Junction auto sales business via eminent domain

The Business Times, Approved, Local / June 6, 2025 / CDOT, Eminent Domain, Grand Junction, Mobility Hub, Property Rights, small business

For 22 years, GJ Auto Sales was a fixture in the Grand Junction community, a family-run business operated by Amber Colunga Martinez and Mike Martinez. But now, the lot at 320 S. First St. will be transformed into a state-led mobility hub, part of Colorado’s climate-focused transportation plan.

Selling the property to the state of Colorado, the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County due to impending eminent domain has left the couple without enough to financially open up again in a viable location.

The Martinezes said they first learned of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s plans not through official communication, but by reading a story in The Daily Sentinel.

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“My job is to represent”: New Grand Junction Mayor Cody Kennedy on ending 4th and 5th Street pilot project

Westernslopenow.com, Approved, Local / May 11, 2025 / Fourth and Fifth Street, Grand Junction, Grand Junction City Council, Public Engagement, Public Outcry, Public safety, Traffic Policy

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) – A months-long discussion on what the fate of Fourth and Fifth Street in downtown Grand Junction will has reached a breaking point.

After nearly two hours of public comment at Wednesday night’s Grand Junction city council meeting, a motion was made, and ultimately passed to revert the Fourth and Fifth Street pilot projects back to the way they were before the pilot project began.

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How will marijuana revenue shortfalls affect District 51?

Local, Approved, The Business Times / March 21, 2025 / Grand Junction, Marijuana

Amid reports that the city of Grand Junction’s marijuana revenue fell short of projections by $800,000 and that statewide marijuana revenue has declined by more than 41 percent since its peak in 2020-2021, The Business Times reached out to Melanie Trujillo, chief financial officer of Mesa County Valley School District 51, to understand how the shortfall might affect the district

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This should be the easiest City Council vote you’ve ever cast

Local, Approved, The Business Times / March 19, 2025 / Grand Junction, Grand Junction City Council

As we see it, the coming Grand Junction City Council election on April 8, 2025, provides some simple choices. Although in our fair city two problems tend to arise when it comes to our spring, City Council elections.

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Former City Councilman argues for greater transparency in Grand Junction’s election filing process

Top Stories, Approved, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice / March 10, 2025 / Elections, Grand Junction

Three days. That’s all the time a Grand Junction resident has to challenge a candidate’s petition. But there’s one problem: the public doesn’t even know when the clock starts ticking.

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13-year-old brings gun on campus, threatens classmates at Grand Junction middle school

Approved, KKTV CBS 11, Local / March 8, 2025 / Crime & Safety, Grand Junction, School shooting

A middle schooler is facing more than a dozen charges after Grand Junction police say he brought a gun to school and threatened classmates.

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Western Colorado’s only psychiatric hospital to close

Approved, DENVER7, Local / February 26, 2025 / Grand Junction, West Springs Hospital

West Springs Hospital in Grand Junction will cease its in-patient operations after March 10, the medical center announced on Facebook Monday. Outpatient services at Mind Springs Health will remain open.

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In Grand Junction, officials and community alike want to know more on future resource center site

Approved, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice / February 18, 2025 / Grand Junction, Grand Junction City Council

City officials are negotiating to relocate Grand Junction’s Resource Center to North Avenue, but residents and business owners have thus far been left uninformed.

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Alexis Hitzeroth challenging Cody Kennedy for District A on Grand Junction City Council

Approved, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice / February 15, 2025 / Grand Junction, Grand Junction City Council

Grand Junction voters on April 8 will choose between incumbent Cody Kennedy and Alexis Hitzeroth for the District A seat on City Council.

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Candidates for Grand Junction City Council tackle key issues at Mesa Co. Republican Women’s forum

Approved, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice / February 6, 2025 / Elections, Grand Junction, Grand Junction City Council

Candidates for Grand Junction City Council recently gathered at a forum hosted by Mesa County Republican Women, addressing the city’s pressing issues ahead of the April 8th municipal election.

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