Grande River Vineyards in Palisade has started bottling and labeling five new wines for release. The winery also has launched a new wine club and scheduled an event for members. Richard and Jean Tally, owners of the Wine Country Inn in Palisade, purchased Grande River Vineyards earlier this year from Stephen Smith. Smith, an industry […]
A Grand Junction-based organization that works with health care providers and insurance companies to improve outcomes and lower costs has announced it’s reached a milestone in its efforts. Western Colorado residents will be able to purchase health insurance in 2022 with comparable — and in some cases, lower — premiums than those offered on the […]
Hiring continues in the United States, but at a slower pace in November that was less than half the average monthly gain this year. Nonfarm payrolls increased 210,000 and the unemployment rate decreased four-tenths of a point to 4.2 percent, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment gain […]
A measure of consumer confidence has slipped as concerns about inflation and COVID-19 mount. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index fell 2.1 points to 109.5 in November. “Expectations about short-term growth prospects ticked up, but job and income prospects ticked down. Concerns about rising prices and, to a lesser degree, the Delta variant […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times There’s more than fun to games. Jennifer Stoll makes it her business to quantify just how much more. Stoll believes it’s important to recognize the role of sports in generating billions of dollars in direct and indirect spending, building tax bases and contributing to economic development. That’s not to mention […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Growing up the son and grandson of doctors, Ryan O’Dell never doubted he’d one day join in the family business. Now that he’s returned to the Grand Valley, he’s the third generation of physicians to care for patients at Community Hospital in Grand Junction. The 34-year-old O’Dell joined Surgical Associates […]
Grande River Vineyards in Palisade has released five new wines and launched a new Legacy Wine Club. A wine dinner also is planned for January at the nearby Wine Country Inn to introduce the new releases. “We’re giving our new wine club members a preview of our first releases,” said Richard Tally, president of Ten […]
The largest workers’ compensation insurer in Colorado expects to continue to lower rates in 2022. Pinnacol Assurance announced plans to lower rates an average of 11 percent for its more than 53,000 policyholders in the state. The decrease will be nearly double that for 2021. With decreases in each of the last seven years, rates […]
Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction have entered into an agreement to proceed on work on a proposed interchange on Interstate Highway 70 at 29 Road. The memorandum of understanding establishes agency responsibilities for work on environmental clearances and federal and state approvals as required by the Colorado Department of Transportation interchange approval […]
Dick Thompson, executive director and chief executive officer of Quality Health Network, has announced he’s retiring from his position with the health information exchange based in Grand Junction. Thompson expects to retire effective April 1. A search committee has been formed to find his successor. Thompson has led Quality Health Network for more than 17 […]