A Grand Junction-based company has completed a project featuring what’s billed as the world’s largest indoor waterfall. The new Jewel retail and entertainment complex at the Changi Airport in Singapore includes the HSBC Rain Vortex, a waterfall that tumbles more than 130 feet. The project represents several more milestones for Reynolds Polymer Technology, which engineers […]
The pace of job growth in the United States slowed in May, but the unemployment rate remains at its lowest level in nearly 50 years. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls increased 75,000. The jobless rate held steady at 3.6 percent, the lowest reading since December 1969. The payroll gain for May […]
Brian Davidson, an anesthesiologist who realized his aspiration to become both a doctor and hospital administrator, plans to step down as president of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. Bryan Johnson, chief operating officer at St. Mary’s, will serve as interim president starting June 15. Davidson stated in a news release he plans to […]
Visitors to the Colorado National Monument spent an estimated $23.7 million in Grand Junction and other nearby communities in 2018, in turn contributing to a total economic effect that approached $29 million, according to the latest results of an annual analysis conducted by the National Park Service. The economic effects of visits to national parks, […]
Tax collections have increased in the Grand Valley, an indication of more activity in the retail and hospitality sectors. Combined sales and use tax collections for the City of Grand Junction edged up a half a percent in April. Mesa County reported a 6.7 percent increase. Lodging tax collections on hotel and motel stays in […]
A public comment period is underway as part of an accreditation renewal process for the Colorado West Land Trust based in Grand Junction. The trust, a collaboration of the Mesa Land Trust and Black Canyon Regional Land Trust, announced that both member organizations have applied to renew their accreditations with the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. […]
A ceremony has been scheduled to celebrate the opening of an interpretive center that showcases the role of Grand Junction in uranium and atomic weapons production during World War II and the Cold War era. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 4:30 p.m. June 6 at […]
The City of Fruita has completed an infrastructure improvement project funded in part with a $50,000 grant from the Mesa County Federal Mineral Lease District. The Cedar Way project included replacing 935 feet of sewer lines between north Aspen Avenue between Ranchman’s Ditch and Pine Street, replacing 791 feet of sewer line in Cedar Way […]
There’s the potential for what might be called tech and rec to play increasingly important roles in the Grand Valley economy. One thing has everything to do with the other. Tech firms — including advanced manufacturing and software companies — have grown and earned recognition in the process. Wren Industries constitutes a notable example as […]
Western Valley Family Practice, a group of family medicine physicians, has joined Family Health West based in Fruita. “We are excited to join the Family Health West family. We already provide vast and comprehensive services, and this union will just expand and provide more primary care, specialty care and cutting-edge treatments for thousands of existing […]