Cartoon by Dalton Trombone GJPD Settles Civil Rights Claim The city of Grand Junction agreed to pay Abraham Ybarra $250,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed in response to a 2023 incident and arrest. After Ybarra was tased and on the ground, GJPD officer Cody Lopez can be heard telling Ybarra’s wife “He’s gonna get … Continue reading Decembers News Briefs
Seven Change Makers from Grand Valley History You Have Never Heard of But Should Have
by Jacob Richards Carl Gleeser Gleeser was Grand Valley’s first radical and was amongst the first couple dozen settlers in 1881. An anarchist, Gleeser advocated for collective ownership of the first irrigation ditch (he lost), he was an organizer with the Knights of Labor, taking part in Grand Junction’s first railroad strike in 1885, and … Continue reading Seven Change Makers from Grand Valley History You Have Never Heard of But Should Have
The Revolutionist 