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The Mesa County Board of Commissioners named four new finalists for its county attorney position Monday, including former 21st Judicial District Attorney Pete Hautzinger, who now works as a federal prosecutor in Grand Junction. The other three are Deputy Mesa County Attorney Jeremy Savage, Assistant 7th Judicial District Attorney Robert Zentner, and Todd Starr, who has worked as a county attorney in three Western Slope counties. The four finalists are the result of a third attempt by county commissioners to replace former County Attorney Patrick Coleman, whose contract was not renewed in Janu...

The sellers are a builder and an interior designer who updated the 1899 house while keeping many of its original finishes intact. 

Cotswold planners have rejected a scheme to convert a garage into a holiday let after fears that it would ‘hollow out’ the village. 

Every year in March, the News Leaders Association (formerly the American Society of Newspaper Editors) promotes Sunshine Week, reminding everyone that government business is supposed to be conducted in the open. In conjunction with Sunshine Week, we’ve offered an annual assessment of how well local agencies comply with laws that promote transparency in government. We didn’t do that last March. The COVID-19 crisis in Colorado was escalating quickly and each day brought new developments. A state of emergency was declared, ski resorts closed, schools closed, large gatherings were banne...

Some would say incestuous. The old boy’s network in Mesa County is alive and grifting. We’re all to blame, actually. But it’s not a good look for a new commission and not a good look for the community. Worse is the mumbo jumbo she and commissioners are spewing to justify the action. Note that there’s been no reference to Pugliese’s expertise in municipal law, her body of work winning cases on behalf of local government or her clear understanding of Colorado’s sunshine statutes that promote open government. Instead, Mesa County citizens are being asked to accept t...