The Herberger’s store in Grand Junction will join in a twice-annual fund-raiser for local nonprofit organizations. The next Community Days event is set for Feb. 27 and 28 at the store, located in the Mesa Mall at 2424 U.S. Highway 6 & 50. Nonprofit groups sell savings booklets for a $5 donation and keep the […]
Applications will be accepted through Feb. 20 for two college scholarships offered by Tiara Rado Animal Hospital in Grand Junction. Two, $1,000 scholarships are offered annually, one each to students studying business and science at Colorado Mesa University. Recipients must be Mesa County residents and have a grade point average of at least 3.0. For […]
A resource fair for child care providers is set for 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Mesa County Workforce Center, 512 29 1/2 Road in Grand Junction. Various early childhood organizations will offer information at the fair to participants interested in becoming child care providers. Scholarships also will be offered to help child […]
The Doyle & Associates real estate firm in Grand Junction is collecting donations for the Veterans Art Center. A variety of art supplies are needed, including beads and stones, fabrics for quilting, jewelry wire, paints and paint brushes, sketch books and wood chisels. Donations may be dropped off at the Doyle & Associates offices at […]
Applications will be accepted through Feb. 27 for an annual award recognizing the philanthropic contributions of Mesa County businesses. The Human Services Council of Mesa County will honor the award winner and nominees during the annual White Ribbon Breakfast set for 7:30 a.m. March 17 at Two Rivers Convention Center, 159 Main St. in Grand […]
Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom will continue a program offering customers an opportunity to try different beers. The latest installment of the Explorer Series will feature a collaboration with Left Hand Brewing and Allegro Coffee in creating a coffee pale ale. The beer, called De’Nilea Coffee Ale, is brewed with Allegro Coffee Blue Nile Blend […]
Listings will be accepted through Feb. 28 for the upcoming edition of the Colorado Farm Fresh Directory. “The Colorado Farm Fresh Directory is a great way for agricultural producers to market their products. Coloradans and tourists alike look forward to this publication every year,” said Wendy White, a marketing specialist with the Colorado Department of […]
A busy couple of weeks for business news also included a welcome announcement about improvements planned for Powderhorn Mountain Resort. The $5 million project will include the installation of a high-speed quad chairlift at the resort on the Grand Mesa. The project is doubly beneficial in that the chairlift will be manufactured at Leitner-Poma right […]
Universities aren’t usually considered in the same fashion as such major industry sectors as energy production or tourism in quantifying economic effects. And that’s too bad, because universities exert a variety of direct and indirect effects on the economy in the money educational institutes spend as well as the money students and faculty spend. Fortunately, […]
The new year is off to a better than expected start for job growth with an estimated addition of nearly 260,000 positions to U.S. payrolls in January. The national unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a point to 5.7 percent as more than 700,000 people returned to the work force to look for or […]