Grand Valley Power will receive $13 million in grant funding over 15 years from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. The funding will be used for Grand Valley Rural Power Lines Inc. to procure more than 26 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from the Garnet Mesa Solar agrivoltaics facility […]
The City of Grand Junction will host Coffee with the City Manager on Jan. 30 at 7:30 a.m. at Main Street BagelS, 559 Main St. in Grand Junction. These events are an opportunity for members of the community to have a conversation with the city manager and members of city staff and hear about upcoming […]
ExoPower Inc., which is based in Grand Junction at the Business Incubator Center, 2591 Legacy Way, has been approved for Colorado’s Jump-Start Program. ExoPower developed an in-motion capacitive wireless charging system for industrial mobile robots, such as small picking robots and autonomous forklifts, and eventually for larger electric vehicles (EVs). This technology enables these vehicles […]
Colorado-based real estate investment and management firm Gart Properties announced it acquired Canyon View Marketplace, 632 Market Street in Grand Junction. The 42,783-square-foot shopping center was built in 2007 and is currently 91 percent occupied by tenants such as ULTA, Dollar Tree, Shoe Carnival and T-Mobile. Kohl’s, which is separately owned, was not part of […]
The City of Grand Junction City Council nomination petition is now available for in-person pickup in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall, 250 N. Fifth St. Call the City Clerk’s office, 970-244-1509, in advance of picking up the petition. The nomination petition is due no later than 4 p.m. on Jan. 27. Online Candidate […]
The Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative, a program under the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, received a $75,000 Energy Communities Alliance Grant. Northwest Colorado is one of only five regions in the country to receive this funding, according to a news release from the AGNC. “This award builds on the foundation we’ve established, positioning Colorado as […]
The four finalists to become the next city manager of Fruita will make presentations to the Fruita City Council during a special meeting Jan. 9 from 7:45-9 a.m. The finalists then will participate in a community meet and greet later that day, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Fruita Community Center, 324 N. Coulson St.. Comment cards […]
U.S. News & World Report named Intermountain St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Grand Junction among its 2025 High Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study. U.S. News began evaluating maternity care hospitals in 2021, rating hospitals […]
The Mesa County Women’s Network will host a creative workshop Jan. 14, 6-8 p.m., at Abstract & Title Company, 2464 Patterson Road in Grand Junction, to kickstart 2025. The workshop is called Design Your Year: A Word of the Year and Hand Lettering Workshop and will feature presenters Maggie La Hue and Jolynn Chavez. La […]
The VA Western Colorado Health Care System has a new phone number for its Moab Clinic to better serve its veteran community. Veterans and community members can reach the Moab Clinic by calling 435-268-7960 for all their needs and inquiries. The previous phone number will remain operational until Dec. 31 to help facilitate a seamless […]