Good morning, Grand Junction.

The Mesa County Workforce Center hosted a Thursday morning job-search workshop to help people over 50 (resumes, online applications, interviewing) and to address age-discrimination concerns, and the center is offering one-on-one resume and interview help for attendees.

Second-grade students from Tope Elementary toured the Mesa County Elections office in late October to watch ballot sorting, counting, and verification, see bipartisan volunteers at work, and cast unofficial ballots (kid-friendly questions and a proposition on longer recess).

Colorado Parks and Wildlife warns drivers to slow down and scan roads as clocks turn back this Sunday, because earlier darkness and animals moving to lower elevations are increasing wildlife encounters and crashes during evening commutes + drivers should give animals time to cross.

An atmospheric-river storm is expected to bring 1–3 inches of rain starting today, with the bulk of moisture arriving Sunday into Monday across southwest Colorado, southeastern Utah, and parts of Mesa County.

Forecasters warn saturated soils could trigger rockslides, mudflows, and rising rivers in flood-prone areas.

Clocks fall back this Sunday, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is urging drivers to watch for wildlife as earlier sunsets and animals moving to lower elevations raise collision risk through October through December; slow down in crossing areas, scan roadsides, and call Colorado State Patrol after a crash.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife removed docks, buoys, and work boats from Highline Lake (Oct.

3) and found more adult zebra mussels on the equipment than in previous years. CPW says it will not drain the lake again in the near future and will focus on containment, education, and ongoing monitoring.

Mesa County RTPO released the 2025 Annual Crash Report today, unveiling an interactive dashboard that maps high-risk corridors and multi-year trends across the Grand Valley and will guide engineering, education, and enforcement under the Move SAFE plan (dashboard available online).

Community Hospital and Montrose Regional Health said this week their partnership hit a key milestone and leaders expect to sign the final agreement before the end of 2026; a public town hall with updates and the 2026 to 2028 Community Health Needs Assessment will be Thursday, Dec.

3, 3 to 4 p.m. at Montrose Regional Health.