Hawaii Street Food brings its trailer to GJ – to stay Tim Harty, The Business Times Cue Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” to play in the background before you ask Dante Tripi, a chef who is French classically trained, to list the cities where he has worked in fine-dining restaurants during the past 20-25 years. […]
After weathering adversity, Twisted B’s Soda & Teas soon will operate inside Pinspiration store Tim Harty, The Business Times This spring brought the high of getting a food trailer and what it would allow Twisted B’s Soda and Teas owner Beth Dobyns to do with her new business. Two-and-a-half weeks later, an accident totaled the […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A new City of Grand Junction task force is taking a closer look at how the community can produce lower-priced, market-rate homes and increase housing inventory. During its first two meetings, the Housing Affordability Task Force defined its roles, elected a chair and vice chair, and began identifying top priorities. […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Mesa County Landfill has become the first site in Colorado to test a new technology that automatically monitors and adjusts landfill methane gas wellheads. Developed by Grand Valley Instrumentation of Grand Junction, the Meerkat Monitoring System takes hourly samples, balances wellfield pressure in real time and promises to boost […]
Mesa County and the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management are inviting local non-agricultural producers and supplier businesses that were impacted by the Turner Gulch Fire to complete a Business Impact Survey to help local, tribal and state authorities better understand the fire’s economic and physical effects on the business community. The survey […]
On Sept. 25, the Bureau of Land Management reopened public lands in Mesa County that the bureau had closed because of the Turner Gulch and Wright Draw Fires. The BLM announced an emergency closure July 15 to ensure public and firefighter safety during fire-suppression efforts. The bureau issued the rescission, because agency officials determined the […]
The Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to its members Sept. 19 to notify them about its nominations for the four open seats on the board of directors. The chamber’s nominating committee, in accordance with its bylaws, met Sept. 12 and submitted the following nominees for three-year terms: Kristin Lee, Vectra Bank; Mai […]
The Confluence Center of Colorado, 2600 Dos Rios Drive, will host its grand opening Nov. 5, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The six nonprofit organizations that are occupying the building are: RiversEdge West; EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum; One Riverfront; Colorado National Monument Association; Colorado West Land Trust; and Colorado Canyons Association. The grand opening will […]
Kiwanis Club of Grand Junction announced its new officers for the 2026 fiscal year. The incoming president is Stephanie Garcia-Hagen, and Audrey Kiser is the president-elect, while Tim Haggerty is past-president. Returning officers are Treasurer Alan Watkins, Assistant Treasurer Chris Thompson and Secretary Russ Adsit. Trish Hausenbauer will be a new board member. Returning board […]
Tax credits abound when donating to Contribution Projects EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometimes, for various reasons, The Business Times isn’t able to print everything it wanted to present in a story. When that happens and we feel the need to provide what the original story was missing, we’ll bring you “More to the Story.” In the Sept. […]