The Best Buy Children’s Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to a Mesa County program set up to reduce adolescent birth rates. The Hilltop Get Real program will use the money to help participating youth develop life and leadership skills and plan for their futures. Launched in 1994, the Get Real program targets youth at […]
Well Master has opened a distribution center in Rifle to serve the natural gas and oil exploration and production industry in Western Colorado. The center is located at 3161 A Baron Lane and operates from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Well Master manufactures patented plunger lift systems for natural gas and oil well production, including […]
RSW Partners received five awards at an international competition for marketing and communication professionals. The Grand Junction-based advertising, marketing and business consulting company won a platinum award, three gold awards and an honorable mention for its Web site designs and the graphic design for a book cover. More than 6,000 entries were submitted for the […]
A tax preparation and accounting business has opened in the Grand Valley. Patti Reece has opened Expert Tax and Accounting at 647 30 1/2 Road. An open house is scheduled there for 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2. The event will include a ribbon cutting. Participants who bring canned goods for donation to a local […]
An Idaho-based residential insulation company has opened an office in Grand Junction. Located at 1128 S. Ninth St., the office is the fifth for Eco Insulation. The company supplies environmentally safe insulation products and services designed to help homeowners curb energy costs 25 percent to 30 percent a month and in turn reduce carbon emissions […]
A grand opening celebration is scheduled for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Dec. 9 for the new Oakley Gallery in downtown Grand Junction. Located at Sixth and Main streets in the Interiors etc. building, Oakley Gallery displays the works of more than 40 artists in a range of mediums, including acrylics, ceramics, encaustics, glass, oils, sculptures […]
FCI Constructors tops a list of Western Slope companies that rank among the top 250 private firms in Colorado. FCI Constructors, a construction management and contracting firm based in Grand Junction, ranks ninth in the 2011 list compiled by Colorado Biz magazine. FCI Constructors ranked even higher at seventh in the 2010 list. The 2011 […]
An annual benefit event dubbed the “Dirt Dance” raised more than $6,000 to help Family Health West purchase a new imaging system for the surgical suite at its Fruita hospital. “Our goal was $10,000 to purchase a new C-arm so that our surgeons can take care of our community with the best in technology,” said […]
Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado based in Grand Junction earned two awards in a national creative arts competition. The organization won first prize in a social media video category for a video titled “Grief Through the Eyes of a Child.” The organization won an honorable mention for a photograph titled “Louise Takes Off” […]
Gary Smith of Gary Smith Productions and GRS West Music in Grand Junction has released his 40th album on the GRS West Music label. The album, titled “The Soft Side of Jazz,” features Smith on guitar and is the third in a series of jazz albums. The Orchard, a distributor that places music for downloads […]