Presentations featuring local authors to resume

Weekly presentations featuring local authors are scheduled to resume at Crystal Books and Gifts in downtown Grand Junction. The  Off the Shelf event set for 6 p.m. June 22 will feature Judith Blevins and Carroll Multz, co-authors of “Blue,” “One Frightful Day,” “Operation Cat Tale,” “The Plagiarist” and “Rogue Justice.” Blevins and Multz have written […]

Window cleaning service offers discount programs

Grand Junction Window Cleaning Services has introduced four discount programs for veterans, senior citizens, referrals and real estate agents. The company offers 25 percent discounts to veterans and senior citizens, up to a 25 percent discount for three or more referrals and package deals for real estate agents that can add up to 30 percent […]

Health care organization to honor atomic heroes

A health care organization that provides services to former nuclear and uranium workers will sponsor an event during a Grand Junction Rockies baseball game honoring their service. Nuclear Care Partners will sponsor Atomic Heroes Appreciation Night June 21 at a game set for  6:40 p.m. at Suplizio Field. Former Department of Energy workers and contractors […]

Taxpayer representation firms merge

Bentley Tax Consulting in Grand Junction has announced a business merger with Shannon Gass, the founder of tax solution companies Tax Problem Gone and American Taxpayer Advocates. Tom Bentley founded Bentley Tax Consulting in 2008 to provider taxpayer representation services to individuals and small businesses. He brought to the firm more than 35 years of […]

Marketing agencies collaborate

Two Grand Junction marketing agencies have formed a more collaborative relationship and are sharing space in a location renamed the Idea Factory. Ryan/Sawyer Marketing and COBB Marketing & Communications now operate at 652 White Ave. T.J. Elbert, who purchased COBB Marketing & Communications from Teri Cavanaugh last year, said the move makes sense. “Ryan/Sawyer is […]

Summit speaker: Economic development depends on local efforts

Phil Castle, The Business Times Ben Collins learned something about economic development while serving as a combat soldier. Success, Collins said, depends more on grass-roots efforts than top-down programs, however well-intentioned. That holds true in Western Colorado as much as it does Afghanistan, he added. “We are the ones who are going to have to […]

Real estate firm announces addition

Linda Sparks has joined Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction. Sparks has worked in the real estate industry since 2005. “I believe that owning your home is the first step in managing your finances wisely,” Sparks said. “My clients tell me that they are surprised to find out I have other clients because I’m so […]

Head shaving fund-raiser planned

An annual head shaving event to raise money for childhood cancer research is set for June 24 in Grand Junction. The sixth annual St. Baldrick’s and Community Hospital benefit is set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Lincoln Park Barn off 12th Street south of North Avenue. “We have had hundreds of local […]

Keller Williams agent join in RED Day event

Associates with Keller Williams Colorado West Realty in Grand Junction joined in a community service initiative organized by the real estate franchise. Associates volunteered at La Villa Grande, Larchwood Inn and Mesa Manor residential care facilities in Grand Junction, passing out cookies and silk flowers, leading sing-alongs and visiting with residents. The effort was part […]