An upcoming women’s conference will offer information about professional and personal development. The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business group has scheduled the conference for 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 9 in the Colorado Mesa University Center ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St. in Grand Junction. Timberline Bank will serve as the title […]
Central High School is among the three latest winners of an award recognizing efforts to register students to vote. The school received the 2023 Eliza Pickrell Routt Award for registering 85 percent or more of eligible students to vote. Denver East High School and KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy also won the award. “It is […]
Employees should walk like a penguin to avoid the winter time slips and falls that rank among the most common cause of workplace injuries, according to a Colorado workers’ compensation insurer. Pinnacol Assurance reported that a study of its claims from January 2017 through March 2021 found that 40 percent of claims resulted from slipping. […]
Conservation districts and other organizations have until April 3 to apply to participate in program offering grant funding to agricultural producers who introduce or expand soil health practices. Funding for the STAR Plus program comes from the Climate Smart Commodities grant the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded to the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). […]
A random selection event has been scheduled to issue the first two of 10 cannabis business licenses in Grand Junction. The event is set for 11 a.m. March 2 at Grand Junction City Hall to determine which two of three applicants will receive licenses. The applicants all have proposed locations within the Horizon Drive Association […]
Sales tax collections, a key measure of retail activity, continue to increase on a year-over-year basis in Mesa County. The county collected nearly $4.6 million in January, an increase of almost $277,000 and 6.4 percent over the same month a year ago. January collections reflect sales in December and the traditional holiday shopping season. Mesa […]
Colorado Mesa University has received a federal grant for a program supporting students from two Grand Valley high schools. Students in ninth and 10th grades at Grand Junction and Central high schools can apply for the TRIO Upward Bound program for the 2023-24 academic year. Applicants must be between the ages of 13 and 19, […]
The executive director of a Grand Junction-based health care organization has accepted a new role as vice president of finance for St. Mary’s Medical Center. Ashley Thurow will assume financial oversight for the hospital while also leading efforts to expand value-based care for patients. An elongated transition period is expected to ensure Monument Health continues […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to decline, signaling the risk of recession. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index (LEI) declined three-tenths of a point to 110.3 in January. While separate measures of current and past conditions increased, the latest readings suggest an elevated risk of economic contraction. […]
A Grand Junction-based health care organization has joined in program to serve Medicare beneficiaries in Western Colorado. Under the Medicare shared savings program (MSSP), Monument Health will support Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries under a value-based care model. “This is an exciting day for Monument Health,” said Ashley Thurow, executive director of the clinically integrated network. “By […]