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Progress is moving forward on the E Road Phase 2B Construction Project. The majority of the structural work on the bridge is complete, and the construction crew is focusing on the E Road and 31 Road intersection improvements.

Mesa County has formally requested Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) through a letter to cease further wolf releases until the management and compensation processes associated with gray wolf reintroduction efforts improve. This request comes after a series of challenges were highlighted during the Club 20 Spring Conference, where CPW officials shared the difficulties faced in the ongoing wolf restoration efforts in Colorado.

On May 14, 2024, the Mesa County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution in opposition to the creation of the Dolores Canyons National Monument. This comes in response to the Protect the Dolores Coalition's initiative to designate an approximately 390,000-acre area encompassing parts of Mesa, Montrose, and San Miguel counties as a national monument.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard commenced the May 7 administrative public hearing with a presentation of the flags before the Board of Mesa County Commissioners formally declared May 5 - 11, 2024, as Correctional Officers Week in Mesa County.

Access to clean, safe water plays a vital role every day for everyone in our community.

At the Mesa County Commissioners administrative public hearing on May 7, they approved a 13-month lease between Mesa County and Faith Heights for the property at 600 28 1/4 Road in Grand Junction.