An online hiring event planned for August is expected to match people looking for jobs with openings with the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment will host what’s billed as a virtual job fair around the clock from Aug. 1 to 31. To participate, people should register at […]
A Colorado organization continues an educational initiative offering information about what the group touts as the benefits of energy development, including hydraulic fracturing, in a free mobile application. “This new, free mobile app provides Coloradans easy access to the truth, science and technology behind fracking and its importance to our state, our economy and our […]
A company that operates convenience stores and other travel facilities across Western Colorado has opened a convenience store, quick-service Italian restaurant and fuel station in Glenwood Springs. Loco has opened the store and Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant near exit 114 off Interstate Highway 70. The facility employs 35 people and is expected to generate more than […]
A Grand Junction woman with more a decade of experience in marketing, public relations and social media has launched what she bills as the first completely virtual advertising and social media agency in Mesa County. Jennifer Hobbs is owner and brand strategist with the Kala Agency, a business she said she operates on a virtual […]
Congratulations are in order to two Grand Junction-based businesses that have earned considerable recognition for the way they do business. J.G. Management Systems (JGMS) is among the companies that will be honored at the Pentagon in September for their support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. Meanwhile, Cranium 360 is among […]
The dichotomy between increasingly encouraging national and state economic trends and the comparatively slow pace of recovery in the Grand Valley continues. The latest national and state indicators couldn’t be more promising. A monthly measure of consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level in nearly seven years, and an index forecasting economic performance in […]
A free panel discussion about the potential local effects of a changing climate has been scheduled for Grand Junction. The presentation — titled “It’s Our Food, Forests and Water: A Climate Change Discussion” — is scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Mesa County Libraries central library, located at 443 N. Sixth […]
Two Grand Junction men face sentencing after pleading guilty to money laundering in a scheme involving housing development in the area. Franklin Thad Harris and Merlin D. Unruh, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello in Denver. Harris and Unruh each pled guilty to one count of money laundering, which carries a […]
Oil and natural gas companies implement an average of more than six conservation measures per project to protect greater sage grouse when operating on public lands, according to the results of a study released by an energy trade association. The results show energy development can continue even while avoiding a listing of the sage grouse […]
A new scholarship program offers assistance to employers in providing additional education and training to their employees. Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado Community College have joined with the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce in offering workforce development scholarships. “Many employers that previously offered tuition assistance as a benefit to employees have been forced […]