Alpine Bank has opened a charging station for electric vehicles at its location in downtown Grand Junction. “Grand Junction is the largest population center between Denver and Salt Lake City, and the statewide network needed a conveniently located free EV charging station in the heart of the downtown business and cultural district,” said David Miller, […]
Humana has reached a deal to offer access to health care services offered at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction to members with Medicare Advantage plans. The Kentucky based insurance company announced that it had reached an agreement with SCL Health, the faith-based organization that operates St.Mary’s and a total of seven other hospitals […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A branch operation of Home Loan State Bank is expected to open in August in Montrose. The branch, at 340 S. Townsend Ave., is set to open no later than Aug. 10, said Mark Harmon, who will serve as branch president. “We’re very excited,” Harmon said. A group of five […]
Proposed regulations would require coal mines to test and monitor the conditions of streams that could be affected by their operations The proposed stream protection rules would replace 1983 federal regulations and govern an estimated 6,500 miles of streams nationwide over the next 20 years. “This proposed rule would accomplish what Americans expect from their […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said she decided not to appeal a court ruling threatening to close a Northwest Colorado coal mine to provide certainty for the operation and the more than 200 miners who work there. “We didn’t appeal because we determined that it would be better to address the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Robin Brown believes in a version of the old adage that two heads are better than one — in her case that two co-directors better serve the Downtown Grand Junction Business Improvement District than one. “We work more productively as two,” said Brown, who’s been hired as co-director of the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Stephanie Witwer crams what might otherwise constitute the ingredients of a really big garden salad down a large metal tube. In goes whole cucumbers and long stalks of celery along with kale, leeks and lettuce. Cilantro and even a few jalapeno peppers add to the mix. Witwer switches on the […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has retreated on less upbeat expectations for business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index fell nearly nine points to 90.9 in July. While a component of the index tracking consumer assessments of current conditions slipped almost three points, a component tracking their short-term […]
A monthly index forecasting economic performance in the United States continues to rise, in turn bolstering the outlook for the second half of the year. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index rose six-tenths of a percent to 123.6 in June. Separate measures of current and past economic activity also increased. “The upward […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Mesa County labor market once again hit a seasonal speed bump with a spike in the jobless rate in June. But with year-over-year decreases in payrolls and overall work force as well as a key measure of labor demand, the latest statistics raise additional concerns about the market. “We’re […]