Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Local cattle ranchers are preparing to host folks from the community for the annual Meat-In Day celebration, set for 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday March 15, at the Mesa County Fairgrounds. The event, which started in response to Gov. Jared Polis’ “Meat-Out Day” proclamation in 2021, has become […]
AgriWest, an initiative of the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center, and Colorado State University are bringing the AgriTech Seminar Series to the Grand Valley this year. The series aims to explore the latest technologies available for agricultural applications, providing insights and networking opportunities for local professionals. Beginning in March and running through August, the seminar […]
Retired editor/reporter Castle garners inaugural Spirit of Business Award Phil Castle was vacationing in Italy when the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce presented its 2025 Business Awards during its annual banquet Feb. 28 at Two Rivers Convention Center. He had a long-held belief that as an editor and reporter he was never to be […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times As business-school accreditations go, this isn’t run-of-the-mill stuff that every university gets at some point. When Colorado Mesa University’s Davis School of Business officially earned AACSB International accreditation recently, it marked the school’s entrance into an exclusive group. CMU said in a news release it “joins an elite group of […]
The Palisade Chamber of Commerce announced its award winners from its 2025 Annual Member Banquet and Community Awards, which took place Jan. 31 at Orchard River View, 3926 U.S. 6 & 24 in Palisade. Atlasta Solar Center was the event’s presenting sponsor, and Community Hospital was the hospitality sponsor. The award winners, along with comments […]
Mesa County Libraries invites the community to participate in discussion about the future of the Orchard Mesa Branch Library. Because of declining usage, rising rent costs and anticipated budget reductions in 2026, the library must evaluate the long-term sustainability of its current location. Mesa County Libraries said in a news release a 21 percent rent […]
West Springs Hospital’s board of directors announced the hospital will close March 10, leaving the Grand Valley without an inpatient psychiatric hospital. The board made the announcement in a news release Feb. 24, and it emphasized outpatient services are not impacted by the hospital closure. “While West Springs Hospital is located on the main campus, […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times With the lease for the Homeward Bound Resource Center set to expire April 15, the Grand Junction City Council is considering its next steps for potentially securing a permanent site for the center. During a Feb. 24 workshop, Grand Junction City Manager Mike Bennett outlined the possibility of purchasing a […]
Bonfire Oyster Co. already has 3 times as many events scheduled this year than it had last year Tim Harty, The Business Times After making do with a 6-foot-wide and 8-foot-long food trailer and a tent to serve fresh oysters at events on the Western Slope, Bonfire Oyster Co. decided this year to go big. […]
Museums of Western Colorado board sought a ‘great’ executive director to rev up revenues Tim Harty, The Business Times The Museums of Western Colorado have targeted $1.849 million for total revenues this year, and that’s an ambitious number. The nonprofit organization’s Internal Revenue Service Form 990s from recent years show why, as the total revenues […]