A small business advocacy group has filed a brief with the Colorado Supreme Court in connection with a case involving the role of general partners in businesses. The National Federation of Small Business Legal Center filed a so-called friend of the court brief in Chan v. Heartland Energy Development Corp. The NFIB supports a Colorado […]
Applications will be accepted through Oct. 15 for a second round of grants to promote social emotional learning in Mesa County School District 51. Alpine Bank donated $50,000 to the School District 51 Foundation to fund the grants. The foundation will in turn award grants in various sizes to teachers, counselors and principals. “Alpine Bank […]
A measure of consumer sentiment has dropped to its lowest level in six months on less upbeat assessments of business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index fell 11.3 points to 113.8 in August. That’s the lowest point since the index stood at 95.2 in February. “Concerns about the Delta variant […]
U.S. payrolls continue to grow even as the unemployment rate drops. Nonfarm payrolls increased 235,000 and the jobless rate decreased two-tenths of a point to 5.2 percent in August, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, the latest payroll increase was less than half the average monthly gain of […]
A measure of optimism among small business owners has increased, but so have concerns over labor and supply chain issues. “As the economy moves into the fourth quarter, small business owners are losing confidence in the strength of future business conditions,” said Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist of the National Federation of Independent Business. “The biggest […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Robert Bray believes a slight pause in residential real estate sales in Mesa County in August could bode well for subsequent activity by replenishing low inventories. “It’s an encouraging time for buyers,” said Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction. Meanwhile, increased commercial sales and higher […]
Six Grand Valley residents have been named to state boards. Patrice Campbell and Chris Brownlee of Grand Junction were reappointed to the Board of Real Estate Appraisers. The board considers licensing matters, reviews complaints and takes disciplinary action against real estate appraisers. Juliann Adams and Garrett Portra of Palisade were appointed to the Colorado Wine […]
Grand Junction author Terri Benson has released a new novel in conjunction with the Champagne Book Group. “The Angel and the Demon,” the first book in the Lead Me Into Temptation Series, tells the story of Angelique Lawson, a 24-year-old spinster responsible for getting Demon Daugherty healthy enough to hang. The man isn’t a murderous […]
Toni Heiden and Kathy Tomkins were honored as the top-performing agents for July at Heiden Homes Realty in Grand Junction. Heiden, owner and broker of the firm, posted the highest dollar volume in sales for the month. Heiden and Tomkins tied for the most closed transactions. Heiden brings to her duties more than 40 years […]
Tom LaCroix has retired from LaCroix & Hand, the Grand Junction law firm he founded 44 years ago. “It is always hard to move on from something that you have built and watched grow and flourish so long. Though I am starting a new chapter today, I take comfort in the fact this practice will […]