The Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club in Grand Junction has distributed a total of more than $13,000 to six nonprofit organizations. The club distributed proceeds from its annual A La Mode fund-raiser to the Community Food Bank, Counseling and Education Center, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Grand Junction Imagination Library, Riverside Educational Center and Spellbinders.
Applications will be accepted through Dec 15 for the latest grants from United Way of Mesa County. Volunteers on allocation panels will review applications and applicants and make recommendations to the United Way of Mesa County Board of Directors. Funding will begin in July. “United Way’s model is based on keeping things local and is […]
Alpine Banks of Colorado will pay quarterly cash dividends on Nov. 1. The bank will pay a dividend of $24 per class A voting common share and 16 cents per class B nonvoting common share. Those dividends are unchanged from dividends paid the previous quarter. A $5.8 billion employee-owned organization headquartered in Glenwood Springs, Alpine […]
Counselors with the Mesa County RSVP are available to help people enroll for Medicare. State health insurance program counselors are available from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Dec. 7 or until they reach capacity. Counseling is free. Counselors don’t sell or endorse any insurance company or product. They’re trained and certified by the […]
A free presentation offering information about COVID-19 vaccination mandates is planned for Grand Junction. The Western Colorado Human Resource Association and Bechtel & Santo law firm have scheduled the presentation for 3 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Mesa County Workforce Center, 512 29 1/2 Road. Michael Santo, a partner in the firm, and […]
Tickets are available for a virtual presentation of a selection of documentary films shown at the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride. Tickets for the Mountainfilm on Tour are free with a suggested minimum contribution of $15 to the Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action in Grand Junction. Tickets and additional information about the featured films are […]
A gala fund-raiser for the Roice-Hurst Humane Society animal shelter in Grand Junction will return with an additional option. The Wine and Whiskers gala is set for 6:30 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13 at Two Rivers Winery and Chateau, 2087 Broadway in Grand Junction. “We are so excited to bring Wine and Whiskers back again […]
A staffing services firm with offices in Grand Junction and Montrose has announced additional efforts to fill skilled trades and office positions in the Montrose area. “Due to current market conditions and the closing of Russell Stover, I’ve decided we can best serve the Montrose area by concentrating on these positions,” said Nina Anderson, owner […]
West Star Aviation has entered into a dealership agreement with CCX Technologies to sell, install and maintain onboard cyber security products. “All this recent attention on security breaches has encouraged operators to want onboard cyber security. It’s a rising concern and an emerging trend we see escalating,” said Aaron Berg, avionics technical sales manager at […]
A project to clean up uranium mill tailings at a site near Moab, Utah, has passed another milestone in transporting more than 12 million tons of tailings to a disposal facility. More than 1 million tons were shipped during the 2021 fiscal year alone, the largest annual amount for the U.S. Department of Energy Uranium […]