Applications will be accepted through Sept. 30 for the Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club grant program. The grant program funds efforts to meet community needs, particularly organizations that support the club’s focus areas of children’s education and literacy, youth leadership and development and hunger abatement. Grant guidelines and applications are available online at the website at […]
Nominations will be accepted through midnight Sept. 8 for a program that will award a person an automobile. Antonelli’s Advanced Automotive and MBC Grand Radio in Grand Junction will join in the effort to award a 2005 Ford Explorer that comes with free oil changes for two years. Nominations should explain in 150 words or […]
DWC CPAs and Advisors promoted six members of the staff to new positions with the Western Colorado public accounting and advisory firm. Sarah Fisher was promoted to principal. A certified public accountant, Fisher has worked on the tax team since 2001, focusing on business tax planning, family owned firms and financial planning. She holds a […]
Breeana Gumpert has joined the Colorado West Land Trust as director of development for the Grand Junction-based organization. Gumpert brings to her duties experience as associate director of development at the Pablove Foundation in Los Angeles and director of alumni relations at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northeastern University. […]
Three Grand Valley residents have been appointed to state boards. Ken Haptonstall of Grand Junction was reappointed to the Business Experiential Learning Commission as a representative of the education sector. The commission promotes experiential learning opportunities for the workforce. Kathy Hall of Grand Junction was named to the Task Force on the Rights of Coloradans […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to decline, signaling slowing and what could be a recession. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index decreased four-tenths of a percent to 105.8 in July. A separate measure of current conditions increased. A measure of past conditions remained unchanged. The Leading Economic […]
Registration is under way for the second session of a training series for nonprofit organizations involved with behavioral health. The Business Incubator Center has scheduled the series for 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays Sept. 5 to Oct. 17 at the center, 2591 Legacy Way in Grand Junction. There’s no cost for agencies and institutions to […]
Tickets are on sale for a community dinner promoting agriculture and local businesses. The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled the From Soil to Supper event for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Fruita Civic Center, 325 E. Aspen Ave. Tickets sell for $80 and include a three-course meal, educational presentations and […]
Mind Springs Health has entered into a one-year agreement in which St. Mary’s Medical Center will help manage a psychiatric hospital in Grand Junction. The agreement fulfills a conditional licensing requirement imposed by the state on West Springs Hospital. Mind Springs reached the management services agreement with St. Mary’s, now part of the Intermountain Health […]
Sales tax collections continue to trend upward in Mesa County, although not for all retail or industry categories. The county collected more than $4.4 million in sales tax in July, an increase of four-tenths of a percent over collections for the same month last year. July collections reflect June sales. The county collected more than […]