Zoup adds cheddar soup and bread bowls to menu

Zoup has added a cheddar cheese soup and three seasoned bread bowls to the menu at the fast casual restaurant. “The Brewhouse Cheddar is a top-notch addition to our menu of tasty and filling soups,” said Eric Ersher, founder and chief executive officer of Zoup. “And our seasoned bread bowls pair perfectly with any of […]

Real estate firm joins in Habitat group build

Agents, staff and managers from Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction joined in a volunteer group build for Habitat for Humanity of Mesa County. “It is the mission of the Mesa County Habitat for Humanity to build safe, decent and affordable housing for people in need, and it was a great experience for all of […]

Presenters sought for Grand Junction event

Proposals will be accepted through Nov. 3 for Ignite Western Slope, an event featuring five-minute presentations on a variety of topics. The Grand Junction Toastmasters Club will host the event from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Mesa County Libraries central library, 443 N. Sixth St. in Grand Junction. The event is free […]

New partners join in food safety program

A total of 10 restaurants and other organizations have joined in a food safety program conducted by Mesa County Public Health. The 10 new participants in the  Partnership for Food Safety Program are 626 on Rood, Community Hospital, Dairy Queen of Fruita, Enzo’s Pizza Shack, Enzo’s Pizzeria & Italian Café, Mesa County School District 51, […]

Grand Valley Oncology offers educational platform

Community Hospital’s Grand Valley Oncology has joined with Outcome Health to offer a new patient education platform to help cancer patients better navigate treatment options and improve outcomes. “We are excited to offer this new innovative technology to our patients,” said Dr. Ryan Bagley, a radiation oncologist at Grand Valley Oncology. “We always strive to […]

St. Mary’s implanting smaller pacemakers

St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction offers a procedure to implant a smaller, leadless pacemaker to manage slow heart rhythms. The Micra transcatheter pacing system offers advanced technology at one-tenth the size of traditional pacemakers and without leads from outside the heart. The first Micra implantation at St. Mary’s took place in June. Dr. […]

Mesa County jobless rate holds at 10-year low

Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate remains at a 10-year low in Mesa County even as labor demand continues to grow. “I like where we’re at,” said Curtis Englehart, director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. According to the latest estimates from the Colorado Department of Labor, the seasonally unadjusted […]

Leading index slips, but growth still expected

An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has declined for the first time in a year in the aftermath of hurricane damage, but growth is expected to continue. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Indicator slipped two-tenths of a percent to 128.6 in September. Ataman Ozyildirim, an economist with the business research […]

Colorado ranks 18th in state tax analysis

Colorado ranks 18th among the 50 states in the latest analysis of how taxes affect businesses. Colorado slipped two spots in the State Business Tax Climate Index for 2018, faring well for property and income taxes, but less so for unemployment insurance premiums and sales taxes. The Tax Foundation — a nonprofit, nonpartisan tax research […]