Tim Harty, The Business Times April 15 gets circled on most calendars as the annual deadline to file taxes for individuals and many businesses. In Grand Junction next year, April 15 will be marked by a few downtown business owners for a celebration as they say farewell to a neighbor they didn’t like much: the […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Road construction, while in the works, is a necessary nuisance begrudgingly tolerated by the people affected the most by it. In the end the resulting nicer streets and highways tend to be worth the temporary inconvenience. But when the project is a large one, challenging the meaning of temporary and […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Spike Howard doesn’t have to wake up early and be out the door at 6:30 a.m. for work seven days a week anymore. For his wife, family, friends and employees, this is weird. This is we-must-be-in-some-bizarre-alternate-universe stuff. But it’s true. It’s happening. Spike Howard is retiring! On Dec. 16, he […]
HopeWest announced the hiring of Deneen Silva to be the nonprofit organization’s president and chief executive officer, beginning in February 2025. Cassie Mitchell, HopeWest’s current chief executive has committed to remaining with the organization through the end of March to ensure a seamless transition and serve as a resource to Silva. Silva joined Hope-West earlier […]
The City of Grand Junction opened the nomination process for four City Council positions that will be decided in an election April 8, 2025. The open seats are in Districts A, D, E, and one at-large. Each is for a four-year term. Election information is available on the website gjcity.org, and the link to the […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Business Times reviewed a letter sent to Grand Junction City Council via email from local housing developer Kevin Bray, lamenting ongoing delays in the process for getting approval for multiple projects. The letter, addressing Mayor Abram Herman and City Council members, starts out: “As a land developer that has […]
Mesa County has been awarded $54,791 in federal funds for Phase 42 under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The funding aims to enhance existing emergency food and shelter initiatives within the county. Acting as the award administrator, United Way of Mesa County is now accepting applications from local programs dedicated to delivering […]
Nearly a year into the AgriWest Initiative at the Business Incubator Center, it is time for reflection on what this agriculture-focused project brings to our community. The federal fellowship is a 30-month-long partnership between the BIC and the Economic Recovery Corps. We have had some significant learnings and some wins that will guide our project […]
That’s correct, the paper you are reading today is destined to become a classic. Well, at least to us. That’s because it’s the last of our twice-a-month editions of The Business Times. This last edition of the twice-a-month Business Times you are holding came into being as the result over a decade of lessons learned, […]
U.S. News & World Report named Intermountain St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction among its 2025 High Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study. U.S. News began evaluating maternity care hospitals in 2021, rating hospitals […]