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For National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 24 - 28, we are highlighting different noxious weeds each day to bring education to our community and receive support to protect our environment from invasive weeds. Today, we bring awareness to the purple loosestrife, a highly invasive plant that takes over wetlands, forming dense monocultures that degrade wildlife habitat and water quality. Once sold as an ornamental plant, it can still be found in older gardens and easily spreads to nearby waterways.

Bear Necessities accepts items for children ages 0 through 18, sizes newborn through adult.

Commissioner JJ Fletcher shared comments at the Feb. 25 public hearing on his excitement for the economic boost Morgan Mining will bring to our community as they have decided to expand, bringing a mining-focused hub to Mesa County at the former Halliburton plant location, 365 32 Road in Grand Junction.

Today, we bring awareness to the leafy spurge noxious weed midway through National Invasive Species Awareness Week to educate our community so we can work as a team to stay protected from this harmful weed. The leafy spurge contains a milky latex that causes burns and rashes when in contact with human skin and is toxic to livestock.

Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program) is a health care benefit program for residents who meet income and resource eligibility guidelines established by the State of Colorado and the federal government.

At the Feb. 25 public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners unanimously approved Ordinance 008(D) to adopt and update eight building and construction codes to modernize them to the recent editions — keeping up with current construction methods, technology, materials, techniques, and state requirements and creating a balanced and thoughtful approach to localizing the updated codes. The approval came after Chief Building Official Darrell Bay gave a second reading of the Ordinance. The first reading of Ordinance 008(D) took place during the Commissioners’ Feb. 11 public hearing, followed by a request for public comment to ensure our community's approach to building and construction codes reflects our collective values.