Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A newly launched environmental campaign calls on the federal government to match every acre of public land leased for oil and natural gas development with an acre set aside in perpetuity for conservation. Supporters of Equal Ground came to Grand Junction to meet with local environmental leaders and the owners […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The entire agenda for the Club 20 fall meeting focuses on a single issue: federal health care reforms that soon will be fully implemented. “This will be the first time that we have dedicated a full meeting to one topic. We are doing so because the issue is of such […]
A funny thing happening on the left side of the House. While political eyes focus on internecine tensions among the right, a similar thing seems to be occurring on the left, although it’s a far less fashionable topic upon which to comment. Polemicist and political philosopher Matt Damon’s public “breakup” with President Barack Obama offers […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Retail marijuana outlets and growing operations have been banned in Mesa County under an ordinance approved by county commissioners. The Grand Junction City Council has scheduled a public hearing and second reading for a similar ordinance banning marijuana operations within city limits. That meeting is set for 7 p.m. Sept. […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Lewis Engineering, a Grand Junction company that manufactures aircraft components, was among the stops on a Western Colorado tour promoting connections among businesses in the aerospace industry. In addition to designing and machining parts for oil field applications, Lewis Engineering produces parts for commercial and military aircraft, including the new […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A growing aerospace industry in Colorado offers opportunities to businesses not only on the Front Range, but also the Western Slope, according to members of an organization that recently toured the region. Club 20 hosted members of the Colorado Space Business Roundtable on a tour that included stops in Durango, […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Grand Junction television station will be sold and its operations moved to a different building under the terms of transactions announced by three companies involved in the deals. KJCT, an ABC affiliate, will be sold to a subsidiary of Excalibur Broadcasting, a newly formed company launched by a television […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The 2014 campaign season began in earnest in the Grand Valley with visits from two candidates seeking statewide offices. Greg Brophy, a state representative from Wray running for the Republican nomination for governor, and Mark Waller, a state representative from Colorado Springs seeking the GOP nomination for attorney general, stopped […]
In the days following the Supreme Court decision in June to strike down the dated provision of the Civil Rights Act requiring some states to receive permission from the Department of Justice before changing voting laws, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the left this signaled a return to the Jim Crow […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Colorado lawmaker has joined in what’s become a growing chorus of opposition to a move by the federal government to withhold a portion of mineral lease payments to states because of budget cuts implemented under sequestration. “They have it wrong, and the president ought to know this. They are […]