Registration is under way for the Howl-ween benefit event for the Roice-Hurst Humane Society. The Roice-Hurst Humane Society will join with the Greater Grand Junction Sports Commission to host the 5-kilometer and 1-mile fun run and dog walk scheduled for Oct. 30 at Las Colonias Park in Grand Junction. Check-in is set to start at […]
Another five Colorado businesses have converted to employee ownership with assistance from a state program. The businesses received $3,000 employer ownership grants from the Employee Ownership Office of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). “When a company transitions to employee ownership, the business benefits from a more engaged workforce, a guaranteed […]
A measure of consumer confidence has seesawed back down on less upbeat assessments of business and labor conditions that could signal an impending recession. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index fell 5.3 points to 102.5 in October. The loss followed gains in September and August. Components of the index tracking current conditions and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Patrick Pevoto once reminded a frazzled mother of the importance of taking better care of herself to better care for her children. It’s like the airline safety briefing about the oxygen masks that drop down in the event of decompression: Passengers should put on their own masks before helping others […]
High school students and teachers from across Western Colorado are expected to attend an annual economic leadership conference in Grand Junction. The Freedom & Responsibility Education Enterprise (FREE) Foundation and Foundation for Teaching Economics will host the Nov. 8 conference in the Colorado Mesa University ballroom. Based in Grand Junction, the FREE foundation hosts the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate has retreated in Mesa County to it’s lowest level in Mesa County in four months. It’s a trend that’s expected to continue through the end of the year before what’s typically a seasonal spike after the holidays, said Celina Kirnberger, employment services supervisor at the Mesa […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has decreased, continuing a trend that portends recession. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index (LEI) declined four-tenths of a percent to 115.9 in September. Separate measures of current and past conditions increased. The downward trajectory of the Leading Economic Index suggests a recession […]
A company that provides some of the top-ranked aviation maintenance and repair services in the country traces its origin back three-quarters of a century and to a business founded in Grand Junction. West Star Aviation celebrates 75 years in operations in 2022 and the combination of companies that started in Grand Junction and Illinois. The […]
A staffing service with offices in Grand Junction and Montrose once again plans a hiring drive to put more people to work during the coming holiday season. Express Employment Professionals has scheduled the Pay It Forward Hiring Drive for Nov. 1 to 14. “Pay it forward to us means working with local businesses to help […]
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has joined with local organizations as well as homeowners to eradicate an invasive insect threatening agriculture and tourism in the Grand Valley. After a Japanese beetle was detected in Grand Junction this summer, the agency has worked to educate homeowners, set up and traps and plan how to prevent the […]