The Wine Country Inn in Palisade will host another winning contestant from “The Price is Right” television game show. CBS, the television network that broadcasts “The Price is Right,” asked the Wine Country Inn to participate in the program after the hotel offered a six-night stay package as a prize in 2012. The episode featuring […]
Like many Western Slope residents, I was disappointed at the decision by the Denver City Council to weigh in on a Western Slope economic development issue in the manner in which the council did. As the Denver Post reported, a council resolution centered on fears of the “possibility that future oil shale development could use […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has dropped — along with expectations for improving business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) retreated six points to 65.1 in December. While a component of the index tracking consumer assessments of current conditions rose more than five points, a component tracking […]
A monthly index forecasting economic performance in the United States has edged down, signaling slowing in an already slow recovery. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) slipped two-tenths of a percent in November to 95.8. Separate measures of current and past performance increased, however. “The indicators reflect an economy that remains […]
Nearly $158 million has been distributed to Colorado as part of revenues collected from energy and mineral production on federal lands during the 2012 fiscal year. A total of more than $2.1 billion was distributed to 36 states as their share of revenues collected from oil, natural gas and mineral production on federal lands within […]
In a response to a letter from an 8-year-old girl, the New York Sun opined in an editorial published in 1897 that yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Francis Pharcellus Church wrote the words that remain famous more than a century later: “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and […]
The Ale House in Grand Junction will donate a portion of proceeds from sales during New Year’s Eve to the Hilltop Latimer House program, which provides services to the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Mesa County. The celebration is scheduled for 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. Jan. 1 at the […]
A Palisade winery has donated more than $1,700 to a mountain bike trail building association, proceeds from a seven-month long fund-raiser. Talon Winery sold 1,760 bottles of Rock Red wine during a campaign that ran from April 1 to Oct. 31 and donated $1 for each of those bottles to the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike […]
As many as 150 auctioneers and their staff are expected to attend the annual state convention of the Colorado Auctioneers Association (CCA) scheduled for Jan. 4 to 6 in Denver. The three-day event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Center will offer a series of presentations on various aspects of the auction business, including […]
Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado has received a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation for $188,000 to help the organization continue to provide care for people facing serious illnesses. “This is such an important award because our palliative care program truly depends on generous funding through philanthropy and grants,” said Christy Whitney, […]