Healing Horizons offers donations to Grant-A-Wish program

Healing Horizons Integrated Health Solutions in Grand Junction will donate 5 percent of each service performed through Dec. 15 to the Grant-A-Wish program in Mesa County. The program offers scholarships to qualifying youth to participate in programs and activities that provide positive peers and role models. Healing Horizons provides a range of services, including acupuncture, […]

Nominations due Jan. 4 for chamber awards

Nominations will be accepted through 5 p.m. Jan. 4 for annual awards presented by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. The chamber bestows business of the year awards to a firm with less than 25 employees and a company with 25 or more employees. The chamber also honors a citizen of the year. Selections […]

Freddy’s adds A-1 steak burger and cookie butter concrete to menu

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has brought back the A-1 chop house steakburger and cookie butter concrete to the menu through mid-January or while supplies last. The A-1 chop house steakburger features two patties topped with grilled onions, sauteed mushrooms, white cheddar cheese and A-1 and garlic sauce. The cookie butter concrete features vanilla frozen […]

Grand Junction home included in global auction

A Grand Junction home will be sold in an auction conducted by Concierge Auctions as part of a sale targeting high net-worth Chinese real estate buyers worldwide. The home, located at 332 Red Ridge Court in Redlands Mesa, will be sold without reserve to the highest bidder in the auction. Bidding is scheduled to begin […]

Birthing center offers pregnancy app

A Grand Junction birth center has joined with a virtual prenatal care provider to offer clients the iBirth application. The iBirth app, a product offered through Babyscripts, provides a digital tool to help manage pregnancy from conception to one year after birth. “The iBirth app gives our clients an exciting way to stay current on […]

BLM appoints Colorado director

An administrator whose lengthy career has included work in Grand Junction and elsewhere in Western Colorado has been appointed director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in Colorado. In her latest role, Jamie Connell will oversee the management of more than 8.3 million acres of public land and 27 million acres of federal […]

Expanded West Springs Hospital opens

A Grand Junction psychiatric hospital is scheduled to begin accepting patients Dec. 11 at its newly expanded facilities. Mind Springs Health, an organization that provides services in Western Colorado, operates West Springs Hospital, the only inpatient psychiatric hospital between Denver and Salt Lake City. Following a $34 million expansion project, the hospital offers 64 beds, […]

Grand Junction budget earmarks $19 million for economic development

Nearly 11 percent of the proposed 2019 budget for the City of Grand Junction will be devoted to projects, organizations and efforts promoting economic development. Recommended spending will pay for improvements to Two Rivers Convention Center and work on the Las Colonias business park; support for the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, Business Incubator Center and […]

Library offers options to complete high school education

Mesa County Libraries now offer two options for Mesa County residents to complete their high school education: a GED preparation program and Career Online High School. Enrollment is under way for a new preparation program for students who want to earn their General Education Diploma. Assessments are set for Dec. 10 and 11 for enrollment […]