Dr. Michael McFalls has been dismissed from his position as Superintendent of Grand County School District, with the school board accepting his “forced” resignation through a consent agenda vote during Tuesday evening’s meeting….
Residents are advised to take basic precautions to prevent mosquito bites through the remainder of September, especially vulnerable populations including people over 50 and those with weakened immune systems.
Grand County High School’s Students of the Month are seniors Klara Irene Harms and Kanton VanArsdol. Both students are set to graduate this spring. Klara Irene Harms Klara Irene Harms is the daughter…
Proud parents Matthew and Lily Jensen welcomed new daughter Emma Jean late on August 24, 2025. Congrats to the family!
FireBREAK is funded by a $5.2 million national Community Wildfire Defense Grant and targets dense thickets of Russian olive, tamarisk, Siberian elm, and Ravenna grass that create high fire risks, prioritizing vegetation along Mill and Pack creeks and in the Matheson Wetlands. Properties within these waterway corridors and those adjacent to structures receive priority for grant-funded removal work.
Tempers flared at the last Grand County commission. Read our summary and the listen to the entire meeting – with transcript.
“Our county, under this commission administrator’s leadership, has hit an all-time low,” McGann said. “They are creating a hostile, toxic work environment for all staff, but especially for the women working in this county. There has been a minimum of eight capable women leave this county because of harassment from some of our commissioners.”
Grand County’s first measles case was reported Saturday – an unvaccinated youth who was exposed to the infection from someone outside the county. Health officials are working to prevent further spread.
What I will say is that the worst example of repugnant behavior I witnessed was when Kristen Bushnell was physically threatened during a public planning meeting in front of a law enforcement official who did nothing. How can this behavior be condoned? Would it be allowed if Kristen were male and had a different last name?
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