Davienne Jacobson, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties, plans to teach pre-licensure classes for Kaplan Real Estate Education. Classes are scheduled for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays March 6 to April 17 at the Grand Junction Area Realtor Association classroom located at 2743 Crossroads Blvd. Additional classes are set or 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. […]
Alpine Bank donated a total of $1.2 million to community groups and nonprofit organizations across Colorado in 2018, the latest proceeds from a loyalty debit card program. The bank donates 10 cents for every personal debit card transaction, contributions directed by customers to support the arts, community, education and environment. Since launching the program in […]
Wellness at Family Health West in Fruita now offers Rock Steady Boxing, an exercise program for people with Parkinson’s disease. “We are fortunate to bring this program to Family Health West,” said Kara Griffith, an exercise physiologist at Wellness at Family Health West who completed training to offer the classes. The program involves non-contact boxing […]
Proceeds from an upcoming film festival celebrating dogs will benefit the Roice-Hurst Humane Society in Grand Junction. Showings of the Bow Wow Film Festival are set for 1 and 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Avalon Theater, 645 Main St. Tickets sell for $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets for children 12 […]
A series of upcoming presentations at Colorado Mesa University will offer information about water use, drought and drought planning. The Hutchins Water Center will present its annual water courses from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 11, 18 and 25 in the Meyer Ballroom of the University Center on the Grand Junction campus. A light dinner […]
Jenne Baldwin-Eaton, a winemaker who teaches a viticulture and enology program at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, has received recognition from a trade group. Baldwin-Eaton won the “Friend of the Wine Industry Award” from the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology during its annual conference and trade show. “Jenne has worked tirelessly not […]
Travis Wright, an officer with the Grand Junction Police Department, was honored by Colorado Cattlemen’s Association as its Law Officer of the Year for 2018. Wright was among the recipients of awards presented during the trade association’s mid-winter conference in Denver. In responding to a report of a cow that had been shot, Wright located […]
Toni Heiden, Jon Nash and Cynthia Castaneda were honored as the top performing agents for 2018 at Weichert Realtors-Heiden Homes Realty in Grand Junction. Heiden, the owner and managing broker of the firm, posted the highest sales volume for the year. Nash finished second and Castaneda third. Heiden also posted the highest sales volume for […]
Jessica Blais Metcalf has joined ShelterBox USA as strategic gifts officer. Metcalf brings to the humanitarian relief organization experience in connecting philanthropists and causes. She’s worked for the American Red Cross, Goodwill Industries and American Cancer Society. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and media studies from the University of Southern Maine. “ShelterBox provides […]
Payrolls swelled in the United States in January despite the longest federal government shutdown in history. Nonfarm payrolls increased 304,000 and the unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a point to 4 percent, according to the latest Labor Department estimates. The partial government shutdown affected estimates in different ways. Federal employees on furlough during […]