Digital marketing business offers instruction

Walk to Success, a digital marketing company based in Grand Junction, has opened registration for a business marketing strategy class titled “Why WordPress for Business.” The class is set for 5:30 p.m. the third Monday of the month with upcoming sessions set for Oct. 17 and Nov. 21. The first hour of instruction is free. […]

Businesses participate in animal shelter fund-raiser

Grand Valley businesses plan to once again participate in an annual fund-raising campaign for the Roice-Hurst Humane Society. Throughout October, people can purchase paper “paws” for $1 or more at participating businesses, including All Pets Center, Alpine Bank locations, Bestslope Coffee, Chow Down Pet Supplies, Coronado Liquor Mart, Hot Tomato Cafe & Pizzeria, and Loco […]

Inventive entrepreneur launches tackle venture

Brayden Kelley, a 14-year-old entrepreneur who developed a canvas pouch to hold fishing gear, has launched Practical Tackle to sell his product. Kelley plans to sell his product at upcoming events, including a new member showcase at the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Fruita Fall Festival. The product also is […]

Membership-based health care provider opens clinic

A membership-based family health care provider is accepting patients for its new location in downtown Grand Junction. Dr. Robert Boyer and his staff operate Trailhead Clinics at 235 N. Seventh St. For as little as $69 a month, patients receive unlimited wellness visits, wound care, annual examinations and X-rays as well as urgent care for […]

Real estate business celebrates franchise affiliation with event

Heiden Homes Realty in Grand Junction officially joined the Weichert national franchise with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house reception. “We are so excited to officially be part of the Weichert family,” said Toni Heiden, owner and manager of what is now Weichert, Realtors Heiden Homes Realty. “Joining Weichert gives us the structure and support […]

Grand Junction real estate company expands with purchase of Montrose firm

Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties, a Grand Junction-based real estate company with additional offices in three resort communities, has purchased Coldwell Banker Bailey & Co. in Montrose. “Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties leadership is extremely excited about the opportunities for growth in the market,” said Todd Conklin, chief executive officer of the company. “The brokers and staff […]

Networks Unlimited ranks among top cloud services providers

Networks Unlimited in Grand Junction ranks among the top 100 cloud services providers in the latest results of an annual list  of vendors. Networks Unlimited ranks 86th in the Talkin’ Cloud 100 for 2016. Talkin’ Cloud is an operation of the Penton information services company offering news and other resources about Internet-based computing. The list […]

Latest indicators offer a mix of good and bad

The right-hand column of the Trends page in the Business Times constitutes a proverbial dashboard in tracking key economic indicators for Mesa County, among them the monthly unemployment rate, real estate sales and tax collections. Wouldn’t it be nice if all the indicators pointed at once to improving conditions? Unfortunately, that’s seldom — if ever […]

Study assesses financial literacy among students

While high school and college students consider themselves confident in the basics of financial literacy, they continue to give themselves only average marks for money management, according to the latest results of a study of student and personal finances conducted by U.S. Bank. “This is the second year we have checked in with students to […]