Mountain film festival coming to Grand Junction

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is scheduled to come to the Avalon Theater in Grand Junction. The festival is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Avalon,   645 Main St. Admission is $20. Tickets are available online at www.supportingcmu.com/banff. The Rotary Club of Grand Junction will bring the festval to Grand Junction […]

Plumbing business collects food for holiday drive

Peterson Plumbing in Grand Junction collected an estimated six to eight months worth of food during a holiday drive for families served by Hope of the Grand Valley. Peterson Plumbing offered $2 coupons for services up to a total of $40 for donations of nonperhishable food. The company also conducted a fill-the-truck event at the […]

Tournament seen as opportunity to promote sports tourism

About 60 teams are expected to compete in Grand Junction in April in the first ever Amateur Softball Association fast-pitch tournament on the Western Slope. The Greater Grand Junction Sports Commission, an organization that promotes sports tourism in the community, announced the upcoming event. “We are excited about the opportunity for ASA to host a […]

Retirement community awarded for high ratings

The Mesa View retirement community in Grand Junction has earned recognition for consistently high ratings from residents and their families. Mesa View won a Best of Senior Living award from SeniorAdvisor.com, a consumer ratings and reviews Web site for senior living communities and home care providers. “The team at Mesa View is compassionate, forward-thinking and […]

Airline launches seasonal services between Montrose and Las Vegas

Allegiant now offers seasonal commercial air service between Montrose and Las Vegas. The twice-weekly nonstop service offers Western Colorado residents flights to Las Vegas while offering those in Las Vegas access to Telluride and other Western Slope ski resorts. The flights are expected to bring nearly 5,000 visitors to the region during the ski season. […]

Grant supports domestic violence and senior care programs

Hilltop Community Resources based in Grand Junction has received a $60,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to help operate domestic violence shelters in Mesa County as well as Delta, Montrose and Ouray counties. The grant also will support the Senior Daybreak program in Grand Junction. “We are grateful to the Daniels Fund for supporting these […]

Capital One refinances manufactured home park

Capital One provided a $10.6 million loan to refinance the Midlands Village Mobile Home Park, a 313-space manufactured home community in Clifton. Capital One provided financing through the Federal National Mortgage Association fixed-rate loan. Proceeds from the loan allowed the recipient to retire higher-rate debt as well as a second loan on the second phase […]

Grand Valley Power refunds $1.5 million

Grand Valley Power has retired more than $1.5 million in capital credits in the largest such refund to members in the nearly 80-year history of the electric cooperative. Based in Grand Junction, Grand Valley Power serves a total of more than 17,000 meters in Mesa County as well as in Delta and Garfield counties. The […]