High Noon Solar has completed the installation of photovolatic solar electric system the company donated to the Western Slope Center for Children in Grand Junction. The system, which includes 43 solar energy panels located on the south roof of the center, is expected to reduce the annual electricity bill there by 40 percent. The savings […]
Powderhorn Resort has added incentives for skiers and snowboarders to purchase season passes. In addition to hitting the slopes at Powderhorn atop the Grand Mesa east of Grand Junction, the passes will be good for three free days each at four other resorts in Colorado and New Mexico. The 2010-2011 season passes will include three […]
A new solar energy system has been installed at the Colorado Army National Guard Readiness Center in Grand Junction. The 172-kilowatt array provides enough power to offset the equivalent of 450,000 pounds of carbon emissions. Bella Energy, a Louisville company that specializes in medium- to large-scale solar electric systems, installed the system. “Bella Energy is […]
Safeway has teamed up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association for a fifth straight year to served as regional sponsor of a summer camp mobiles program. Through Sept. 6, more than 150 Safeway stores in Coloado will offer mobiles and refreshments to customers who make a donation to help send children to summer camps. The Safeway […]
Housing Resources of Western Colorado has earned energy efficiency and conservation certification for its office building, a first in Grand Junction for an existing building. Housing Resources received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Plaza del Sol building received certification for energy use, lighting, water […]
A Grand Junction picture framing business has a new owner and soon will have a new name. Leani Hoffman is the new owner of Budget Framer and plans to change the name of the firm to Fusion Framing. A graduate of Fruita Monument High School, Hoffman studied professional photography at Colorado Mountain College and completed […]
Steve Thayer has been named outside salesman for the lumber division of Harbert Lumber in Grand Junction. Thayer brings to his new position 12 years of experience in the lumber business. Justin Krauss has joined the Harbert Lumber sales team. Krauss is certified by the American Light Institute and also is certified in selling fireplaces […]
Former Grand Junction resident David Been has assumed command of Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. Col. Been has served in the Air Force for 23 years. A master navigator, he has logged more than 3,800 flight hours, 850 of those in combat. Been graduated from Colorado State University in 1987 with a degree […]
Christopher T. Allen has been named a principal at Dalby, Wendland & Co. in one of five promotions announced by the Grand Junction-based accounting firm. Allen has worked in public accounting for nearly 10 years. He specializes in audits, business consulting, compilations of financial statements, reporting requirements and strategic planning. He provides those services to […]
A retired corporate executive who oversaw the operations of Swiss Army and Marmot markets a brand of a different sort in his new role with Mesa State College. Rick Taggart has been named acting executive director of marketing and student recruitment in an organizational change that brings together the offices of marketing and publication and […]