Hilary Martin 6/26/2010 The local realtor growing marijuana in a warehouse will not face any charges. Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger confirms the grand jury came back with their decision Thursday night.

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3/17/2010 GRAND JUNCTION (KJCT) -- We're learning more about the efforts to keep our Western Slope census workers healthy and safe. This comes after several employees complained of feeling sick. Then news broke that police found more than one thousand marijuana plants growing in the office next door. Some employees complained of headaches or other symptoms saying its from a chemical odor coming from next door. But census officials don't expect this to affect their work.

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Maura Kennedy 3/13/2010 NewsChannel 5 was the first to break the story. Sources tell News Channel Five two employees with the local US Census Bureau were treated and released from Community Hospital this afternoon. Sources say the acting manager of Grand Junction’s office was treated for a swollen tongue, and the assistant manager was treated for confusion and fatigue.

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3/11/2010 Grand Junction, Colo. Tenants of 573 Building One were told Suite 101 was a “nursery” and “agricultural supply business.” A police search revealed that their realtor, Sid Squirrel of Bray Commercial Realty, wasn’t telling the entire truth.

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BY SARA GOLDENBERG 3/10/2010 GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT)- An odor leaking into the Grand Junction U.S. Census office led police to a forest of marijuana plants growing next door. Police executed a search warrant Tuesday night at an industrial complex off of Patterson Road. A tip led police to a suite in that building, where they found more than one thousand marijuana plants.

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