A $7.1 million transaction has been completed to clear the way for what soon will become Colorado Mesa University to purchase the Community Hospital site in Grand Junction. The completion of the deal was announced in a news release issued by the university and hospital. The presidents of the university and hospital announced their plans […]
A monthly index tracking labor trends slipped in July, forecasting slower job growth in the months ahead. The Conference Board reported that its Employment Trends Index fell to 100.6 in July, down three-tenths from a revised 100.9 in June. The ETI remains 4 percent higher than a year ago, however. Gad Levanon, an economist with […]
Unemployment edged down in the United States in July as payrolls rose an estimated 117,000. According to the latest statistical snapshot from the Labor Department, the jobless rate slipped a tenth to 9.1 percent. Nonfarm payrolls increased 117,000 as private sector employment rose 154,000 and government employment fell 37,000. What initially were estimated as meager […]
Five energy companies have earned awards for their operations in Colorado. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) announced its latest outstanding operator awards during the annual Colorado Oil & Gas Association conference. “We want to highlight the leadership of companies with exceptional conduct when it comes to protection of the public and our […]
The Grand Valley Gold’s Gym has been named the top franchise for the gym chain. The Franchise of the Year Award, presented at the Gold’s Gym International Convention in Las Vegas, recognizes excellent customer service, community outreach programs and efforts to promote the Gold’s Gym brand through superior facilities and operations. Out of 600 Gold’s […]
For Lara Galloway, social media is fun, rewarding and nothing less than the source of nearly all the business for her coaching firm. Galloway estimates that she’s developed contacts with more than 95 percent of her clients through Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites on the Internet. “It is fun. It is social. But […]
A monthly measure of business conditions in Colorado has edged downward, but continues to forecast expansion in the months ahead. The Business Conditions Index slipped two-tenths of a point in July, but at 54.2 still signals an expanding economy over the next three to six months. “Based on recent surveys, I expect continuing improvements in […]
Jessica Cassinari has joined Crossroads Fitness in Grand Junction as a certified personal trainer. Cassinari previously served as head trainer at Ultimate Fitness in Grand Junction and has worked with clients of all ages and physical abilities. Cassinari said she advocates full body functional training focusing on free weights and body weight movements not confined […]
Paula Pahler of Grand Junction has earned a master of science in pathologists’ assistant studies degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Ill. Pahler also holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in Denver. Founded in 1912, the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science offers a […]
Pam Middlemas, a library media specialist at Grand Junction High School, participated in a Library of Congress summer teacher institute in Washington. D.C. During the five-day program, Middlemas and other educators worked with Library of Congress educational specialists and subject matter experts to learn practices for using primary sources in the classroom. Participants developed primary […]