SCL Health St. Mary’s in Grand Junction ranks among the top hospitals in the state and nation in separate magazine ratings. St. Mary’s was rated as a high performing hospital in five areas of adult procedures and conditions and ranked as the eighth best hospital in Colorado in the 2020-2021 Best Hospitals analysis in U.S. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Three years of development and testing — as well as some national recognition along the way — have led to this point. A network designed to more efficiently connect people with organizations providing medical, behavioral and social services is operational. “It’s exciting,” said Jackie Sievers, director of implementation for the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times About 10,000 cloth face masks will be delivered to Mesa County businesses in what’s described as a show of support for both safety and Colorado Mesa University students. Diane Schwenke, president and chief executive officer of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, said it’s important for businesses to keep […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Lindsey Robinson considers herself something of an outlier as a woman who owns a machining company. But that doesn’t change a managerial approach she says focuses on diversifying and growing operations while providing a good place to work for employees. If anything, Robinson says she strives to continue building on […]
A real estate company based in Grand Junction will lead a pilot program offering home improvement resources to sellers. Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties is one of two Coldwell Banker affiliates selected to lead the RealVitalize program as it expands to affiliate offices nationwide. The program offers sellers home improvement resources prior to or during a […]
Colorado could lose 128,500 jobs in 2020 in the wake of a pandemic that’s caused an unprecedented downturn, according to a midyear economic update compiled at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mesa County has fared better than other metropolitans areas in the state, however, with a proportionally smaller year-over-year employment decline and lower jobless […]
A measure of optimism among small business owners has declined on less upbeat expectations for the economy and sales in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The National Federation of Independent Business reported its Small Business Optimism Index fell 1.8 points to 98.8 in July, just below the historic average for the nearly 50-year-old index. […]
Employment increased and the unemployment rate dropped in the United States in July as labor conditions continued to improve in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, although at a slower pace. Nonfarm payrolls grew 1.8 million and the jobless rate fell nine-tenths of a point to 10.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The latest numbers for business filings in Colorado offer encouragement the state is well-positioned to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. It remains uncertain, however, how long recovery could take. “We still have a long, long way to go,” said Richard Wobbekind, a senior economist and faculty director of the Leeds […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Western Colorado food producers and businesses face a triple threat in a spring freeze, coronavirus pandemic and worsening drought. But growers, restaurateurs and others have managed to weather both the weather and an outbreak by adapting to changing conditions and diversifying their operations. “I’m seeing that all across the board […]