Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Grand Junction City Council voted unanimously on May 20 to loosen zoning rules for drive-through businesses after developers, engineers and commercial real estate representatives argued the city’s existing code made some projects difficult or impossible to build. The amendment removes portions of the city’s zoning and development code that […]
Palisade orchards largely escaped freeze damage that hit some other Western Slope fruit producers Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times After parts of the Western Slope faced an unusually warm early spring followed by late frosts in some areas, some orchard owners in Palisade say customers were left with the wrong impression about the region’s signature […]
Mesa County Public Health announced Dr. Kathryn Spangler will be its new medical director, effective June 1. Spangler is a hospitalist at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, where she has worked the past seven years. Mesa County Public Health said in a news release that Spangler’s leadership roles included the associate chief hospitalist and […]
Western Colorado Hearing Clinic is hosting Lenire Week, June 1–5, in Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs to educate patients about tinnitus and introduce Lenire, the first and only FDA-approved treatment designed to reduce tinnitus symptoms. As part of the weeklong event, Dr. Ross O’Neill, founder and inventor of Lenire, will be a special guest speaker […]
The Business Incubator Center, administrator of the Mesa County Enterprise Zone, announced Downtown Grand Junction has officially been reinstated into the Mesa County Enterprise Zone following approval of a boundary amendment by the Colorado Economic Development Commission. According to a news release from the Business Incubator Center, the amendment restores Census Tract 3 to Enterprise […]
The Mesa County Workforce Center reminds job seekers who created their resumes using the workforce center’s previous resume builder, Career Coach, that the Lightcast Career Coach and Resume Builder platform will no longer be available after May 31. To avoid losing your resume or saved documents, log in and retrieve your files before the deadline.
Following the success of two Ice Cream with a Cop events in 2025, the Grand Junction Police Department and Enstrom Candies are partnering again to bring the community together for sweet treats and meaningful conversations. The GJPD invites community members of all ages to attend “Ice Cream with a Cop” on June 3, 11:30 a.m. […]
The Mesa County Commission approved a $674,000 grant agreement between the Colorado Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Administration and the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. The funding supports jail-based behavioral health services, including substance-use-disorder treatment, opioid-use-disorder treatment and mental-health services for people in custody, the county said in a news release. According to the Sheriff’s […]
At a time when birth rates continue to fall across much of the United States, Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital is seeing a significant increase in deliveries. St. Mary’s Regional Hospital said in a news release it is experiencing a 15 percent increase in births compared with the previous year, while new data from […]
The City of Fruita selected Andrea Downs as the artist for the Co-op Tower banner project, which will bring new artwork to one of Fruita’s most visible landmarks. Downs was one of three finalists, joined by Sasha Primo and Bailey Murphy. The selection followed a competitive process led by an evaluation committee made up of […]