West Star Aviation has joined with Grand Junction High School students on a project to design and build solar charging stations. The effort is the latest environmental sustainability project for West Star Aviation, a gold member of the Colorado Green Business Network. West Star Aviation selected a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) class at […]
An annual home improvement and remodeling show will soon return to its previous venue. The Home Builders Association of Western Colorado has scheduled its Home Improvement and Remodeling Expo for March 24 to 26 at the Grand Junction Convention Center, located at 159 Main St. The expo will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its annual banquet for 6 to 11:30 p.m. March 3 at the Grand Junction Convention Center. The banquet serves as an opportunity to celebrate chamber accomplishments, network and raise funds. The event will include dinner, the presentation of annual business and citizen of the year awards […]
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, […]