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 […]

Colorado business filings signal employment growth

Employment is expected to slow, but continue to grow in Colorado during 2018, based on the latest analysis of business filings in the state. “In the short term, Colorado is positioned very well, with employment levels projected to increase over the next six months,” said Wayne Williams, secretary of state. The business research division of […]