Downtown sales-tax collections outpace retail corridors, reverse prior-year decline Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Sales-tax collections in downtown Grand Junction increased at a faster rate than the city’s primary retail corridors in 2025, marking a reversal from earlier reports that showed the district declined in the first part of 2025 compared with 2024. Overall, citywide […]
Clifton Christian Church Food Bank seeks greater visibility as it eyes getting more donations Tim Harty, The Business Times Standing around before things got going with the March 13 ribbon cutting for the new Panda Express restaurant in Clifton, Jackie Feaster saw a person she did not know and introduced herself. That person was the […]
The Christi Reece Group announced it hired Realtor Julie Rieke as a new agent. Originally from Indiana, Rieke moved to Grand Junction in 1994. She has a diverse background with undergraduate and law degrees, teaching and traveling abroad for three years, working in the private sector and with the State of Colorado in employment and […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times School District 51 is moving forward with asbestos abatement, a step that must be completed before demolishing a former school building that a resident says was originally transferred to the district for $1 in the 1960s. This comes as the district continues to grapple with consistently declining enrollment, which accelerated […]
Democrat gubernatorial candidates U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser will be part of the morning keynote during the 10th Annual Western Colorado Economic Summit on April 23 at Colorado Mesa University. The summit, hosted by the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, will convene business leaders, elected officials, entrepreneurs and community partners to […]
The Palisade Chamber of Commerce announced its 2025 award winners during its Legends of the West Annual Banquet on March 6 with Peach Street Distillers receiving Business of the Year and Jesse Scott Ferber-Brown being named Citizen of the Year. Meanwhile, Volunteer of the Year went to Courtney Webb; Sallie Millard was 2025’s Friend of […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Grand Junction’s tourism sector continued to post gains in 2025 and into early 2026, with hotel-performance metrics outpacing state and national trends even as lodging-tax growth remained comparatively modest, according to Visit Grand Junction data and comments from the organization’s director. Visit Grand Junction Director Elizabeth Fogarty said in an […]
The Western Region One Source is partnering with the Western Slope Vietnam War Memorial Park to present the annual Vietnam War Veterans Day Ceremony with the theme of “Welcome Home” on March 30. The ceremony will honor veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States and will start at 11 a.m. at the Western […]
Community Hospital celebrated its 10th anniversary at 2351 G Road, where the independent, nonprofit health-care organization moved on March 17, 2016. On that day, multiple local ambulance-service agencies helped Community Hospital move all of its inpatients from the old hospital at 2021 N. 12th St. to the new hospital. Community Hospital began receiving patients at […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A series of financial controversies involving Mesa County Public Health over the past several years has exposed gaps in oversight, procurement practices and internal controls, prompting ongoing efforts by county officials to strengthen accountability for taxpayer dollars. The most recent issue involves former Executive Director Xavier Crockett, whose use of […]