Real estate agents join Grand Junction firm

Robin Read and Amberlee Read have joined Hummel Real Estate in Grand Junction. Robin Read brings to her position more than 15 years of experience as a real estate agent in the Grand Valley who’s been involved in everything from first homes to million dollar homes to subdivision development. Amberlee Read has worked in the […]

Index signals moderate growth through 2016

An increase in a monthly index forecasting economic performance in the United States signals moderate growth through the end of the year. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index rose four-tenths of a percent to 124.3 in July. Separate measures of current and past economic conditions also increased. “The U.S. LEI picked up […]

Accounting firm announces promotions

Dalby, Wendland & Co has announced six promotions at it offices in Western Colorado. Nathan Fyock, a certified public accountant with the accounting and business consulting firm in Grand Junction, has been promoted to associate principal. Fyock has worked for the firm since 2008 in providing accounting, attest and business valuation services to clients in […]

Commercial brokers attend real estate symposium

Ray Rickard and Brad Higginbotham, both commercial real estate brokers with RE/MAX 4000 in Grand Junction, attended an annual real estate symposium hosted by the Colorado Bar Association in Breckenridge. The three-day conference, attended by lawyers and real estate professionals, offered information about a range of subjects, including everything from land use applications and lodging […]

Publication honors real estate industry leaders

  Robert Bray and Sid Squirrell of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction were among 75 professionals recognized in the Colorado Real Estate Journal for their leadership in the industry. Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate, has worked in the business for 42 years. Squirrell, a broker associate with Bray Commercial, has worked […]

Professor and student win cheese recipe contest

A professor and his student earned an all-expenses-paid trip to Wisconsin as winners of a national cheese recipe contest. Wayne Smith, an assistant technical professor at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, and Kelvin Shaw, a culinary arts student at WCCC, were among three teams winning the contest sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing […]

CMU names head of theater arts department

Maurice LaMee has been hired to oversee the Department of Theater Arts at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. LaMee has worked as an assistant professor of theater at CMU since 2012, directing such plays as “The Glass Menagerie.” He’s also served as director of Aspen Words and artistic and executive director of the Creede […]