WPX Energy has sold a subsidiary company involved in natural gas development in the Piceance Basin in Western Colorado as part of efforts to boost liquidity, pay down debt and shift focus to oil-producing regions. WPX announced an agreement to sell WPX Energy Rocky Mountain to Terra Energy Partners for $910 million. The transaction is […]
Colorado Canyons Hospital in Fruita has earned three-year accreditation for offering a higher level of emergency care. The three-year Level IV trauma accreditation follows a one-year certification on an initial application for the higher level and review by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. “We passed that review without any reservations and will […]
ICON Eyecare has donated $10,000 to Colorado Mesa University to help pay for a revamped facility housing its health sciences program. “The donation is being made on behalf of our entire care team on the Western Slope in an effort to invest in the surgical talent of the greater Grand Junction region. As long-term members […]
Construction has begun on a project to turn a soon-to-be vacated hospital into the new home of the health sciences program at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. Work is underway to remodel a portion of Community Hospital on 12th Street as the first step in revamping the 50-year-old building and surrounding property in a […]
Three companies are expected to bring jobs and economic development to Mesa County as participants in a new program offering tax incentives. Colorado Clean, ProStar Geocorp and TSW Analytical have been approved to participate in the Rural Jump-Start Program. Mesa County was the first county in Colorado selected to join in the new state program. […]
An indicator of hotel and motel business in Grand Junction continues to trend upward. The Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau reported collecting $67,569 in lodging taxes in January. That’s an increase of $3,316 and 5.2 percent over the same month last year. January collections reflect hotel and motel stays in December. For all of […]
An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has slipped for a second straight month, but continues to signal moderate growth. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index fell two-tenths of a percent to 123.2 in January. Separate measures of current and past economic conditions both increased. The decline in the leading index […]
Small business owners are more upbeat about their prospects in the new year, according to the latest results of a quarterly survey. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index jumped 13 points to 67 for the first quarter. The gain was the largest in a year and reversed three straight quarters of declines. “The latest index […]
ICON Eyecare has donated $10,000 to Colorado Mesa University to help pay for a revamped facility housing its health sciences program. “The donation is being made on behalf of our entire care team on the Western Slope in an effort to invest in the surgical talent of the greater Grand Junction region. As long-term members […]
Construction has begun on a project to turn a soon-to-be vacated hospital into the new home of the health sciences program at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. Work is underway to remodel a portion of Community Hospital on 12th Street as the first step in revamping the 50-year-old building and surrounding property in a […]