Mesa County Public Health announced it launched a Behavioral Health Division to better align efforts in the community. The new division is the next step in the agency’s commitment to community well-being, the department said in a news release. Jennifer Daniels has been selected to lead the new division as the Behavioral Health Division director. […]
HopeWest announced its hospice program achieved a deficiency-free result in its most recent Hospice Certification and Licensing Survey conducted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The unannounced survey included a thorough review of operations, patient care and compliance standards, HopeWest said in a news release. A team of CDPHE surveyors conducted the […]
Grand Valley Power announced the recipients of its 2025 scholarship and youth-leadership programs. Its selection committees chose nine students to receive college scholarships, three students to attend the 2025 Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp and Washington D.C. Youth Tour, one recipient of the CMU Tech Electric Lineworker Scholarship. Grand Valley Power awarded a total of $22,000 […]
An abandoned piece of land in Cedaredge is about to be transformed into a Veteran’s Monuments Park by the Support Our Soldiers Foundation. The foundation, founded by Cathy Meskel, secured the property at 100 SE Buffalo Ave. as the permanent home for the park, where it will display 13 marble monuments honoring the service and […]
RiversEdge West received a $19,998 grant from the Colorado Watershed Assembly Healthy Rivers Fund to support its Western Slope River Stewardship program. This funding will help RiversEdge West build on years of successful community-driven river restoration in Mesa County while expanding efforts to include Montrose County. “Our rivers are healthiest when we care for them […]
The Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center will host The Grand Mesa Writers’ Symposium on Aug. 8-10 at 195 W. Main St. in Cedaredge. The symposium will feature large and small group presentations by award-winning and best-selling writers who specialize in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The featured writers are Colorado residents, including novelist Shelley Read, […]
ABC Storage Inc. signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Grand Junction area, U-Haul Co. of Colorado announced in a news release June 12. ABC Storage, 2546 W. Pinyon Ave., will offer essential services such as U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies. Normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 4 […]
The Palisade Chamber of Commerce said the 2025 Palisade Peach Festival is looking for volunteers to work the event Aug. 14-16. Volunteers are needed for jobs such as helping with festival logistics, greeting guests, supporting sustainability efforts and assisting at events around town. All volunteers will receive: a weekend festival ticket; commemorative festival cup; a […]
Colorado National Monument Association announced a new collaboration with Denver-based distillery Leopold Bros. The distillery has crafted a special whiskey called “Monument Canyon Trail,” with 10 percent of every bottle sold benefiting CNMA and its work supporting Colorado National Monument. Monument Canyon Trail whiskey will soon be available in stores across Colorado and for online […]
Local nonprofit Foundation for Cultural Exchange will make cultural delegation trips Aug. 1-9 and Dec. 4-9 to Grand Junction’s sister city in El Salvador, El Espino. The focus of the August trip is promoting cultural understanding and building relationships between Western Slope travelers and residents of El Espino and is geared for a more adventurous […]