Mesa County Community Corrections Case Manager Jason Black was recently recognized for outstanding service and professionalism by the Colorado Department of Corrections’ Grand Junction Parole Office. Black received a Certificate of Excellence and a commemorative coin in recognition of his strong communication skills, commitment to public safety and collaborative work supporting high-risk, high-needs individuals under […]
Beginning in February, the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County will engage residents, stakeholders and community partners to develop a Housing Needs Assessment. The assessment will provide a shared understanding of housing conditions and needs across the community, while informing two separate Housing Action Plans, one for the City of Grand Junction and one […]
Two of the three Awards of Excellence handed out by the Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology during its annual VinCO Conference and Trade Show went to Grand Valley winemakers. Kaibab Sauvage of Colorado Vineyard Specialists and Sauvage Spectrum was named 2025 Grape Grower of the Year, and Richard McDonald of Cliff Dweller Wine Co. […]
The Museums of Western Colorado installed new animatronic dinosaurs at Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita as part of the museum’s Return of the Roar campaign. The project marked a major milestone for Dinosaur Journey, restoring movement and immersive storytelling to one of Western Colorado’s most popular family attractions, the museum said in a news release. […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Mesa County Valley School District 51 warned of increasing financial instability during the Jan. 20 Board of Education meeting, citing state and federal funding uncertainty, declining enrollment and what board members described as misleading assurances from the State of Colorado regarding school finance protections. District officials said those assurances centered […]
Hormone Health & Wellness is now easy to find, offers more services Tim Harty, The Business Times A good-sized waiting room? Didn’t have that. Good visibility of its business in a corner building, where it’s the only tenant, on a busy street? Didn’t have that. The ability to expand if needed? Didn’t have that. But […]
Cross Orchard Development LLC started groundwork and looks to begin building homes in the spring Tim Harty, The Business Times The sound of heavy machinery moving dirt in November on an 8-acre, L-shaped parcel that used to be the south end of Cross Orchards Historic Site must have been akin to a sigh of relief […]
Brandon Leaullen, The Business Times For years, agriculture in Western Colorado has been discussed in fragments, from county statistics and commodity reports to anecdotal accounts from producers facing drought, rising costs and development pressure. A regional study released this month brings those elements together, offering a consolidated, data-driven look at agriculture as an economic engine […]
Renovation of the building at 119 N. Seventh St. in Grand Junction has begun. The building was the former home of Junct’n Square Pizza and is now leased by Matt Chasseur and Ashley Fees Chasseur, who own fine-dining restaurant Peche in Palisade. Xtract Environmental Services was doing work inside the building a week ago. A […]
The City of Grand Junction has begun Phase Two of the Four Canyons Parkway project. The transportation improvement is designed to support future growth by reducing traffic on neighborhood streets, easing congestion and improving overall traffic flow along the 25 Road and Patterson Road corridors. In preparation for roadway construction planned in 2026, Xcel Energy […]