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Mesa County Department of Human Services will hold a resource fair this Saturday, June 29th along with community partners. Please join us from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Orchard Mesa Lions Park (2770 US-50) to learn about resources available for foster, kinship and adoptive families.

Today is Primary Election Day! Make sure you turn in your ballot to a 24-hour Ballot Drop Box Location or Voter Service and Polling Center by 7 p.m. tonight, June 25, 2024, to make your vote count.

During the June 18 public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners ratified a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with comments regarding an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a multi-year wild horse gather plan in the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range (LBCWHR). The LBCWHR is a 36,113-acre Herd Management Area (HMA) located about 8 miles northeast of Grand Junction.

Herbicide treatments along Mesa County roadways are starting soon, and property owners wishing to opt out must join the "No Spray" list.

Today, June 19, is Juneteenth — the 159th anniversary of the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.

At their June 18 public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved a letter to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Moab Field Office with concerns about the impacts the Dolores River Travel Management Plan (TMP) could have on the well-being of Mesa County’s residents and communities.