Phil Castle, The Business Times The June jobless rate has once again jumped in Mesa County, spiking from what had been its lowest level in more than a decade. But after the seasonal speed bump, what’s been a trend of lower unemployment rates and a growing labor force is expected to resume, said Curtis Englehart, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Most business owners and managers keep close tabs on assets, whether that’s equipment, inventories or accounts receivable. But Craig Madsen believes owners and managers also should pay attention to another important asset: the employees who work for them. Regardless of the opportunities or problems businesses face, employees play a crucial […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Western Slope employers expect to increase average wages in 2019 by the largest proportional amount in more than a decade, according to the latest results of an annual compensation survey. Pay raises are projected across Colorado next year as employers compete to recruit and retain workers, said Sue Wolf, director […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Christopher Meinzen applied to family medicine residency programs across the country, but was accepted to what he says was his first choice — the program offered at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. Three years later, Meinzen has started the next phase of his career at St. Mary’s as […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Page Tucker promotes collaborations between his company and Colorado Mesa University, hiring students as first interns and then employees. CMU graduates prefer to remain in the Grand Valley, and Tucker’s only too happy to help keep local talent local, he said. “I think there’s lots of opportunities and lots of […]
Sales tax collections, a key indicator of retail activity, continue to increase in the Grand Valley. The City of Grand Junction reported a 6.9 percent increase in sales tax collections for June compared to the same month last year. The proportional increase was even larger at 8.8 percent for Mesa County. Grand Junction lodging tax […]
Mesa County will receive nearly $3.6 million in the latest payment in lieu of taxes on more than 1.5 million acres of public land. The payment is the single largest to a Colorado county out of a record $40.1 million in so-called PILT payments in the state for the 2018 fiscal year. Four neighboring Western […]
Comments will be accepted through July 17 on plans to offer oil and natural gas leases on more than 236,000 acres of public land in Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management plans a competitive oil and gas lease sale in December on lands managed by its Grand Junction field office as well as its Colorado […]
Grand Junction ranks in the top third in the latest analysis of the best and worst small cities in which to start a business. Colorado ranks 10th in the analysis. Grand Junction finished 400th overall among 1,261 small cities evaluated by WalletHub. The personal finance website offers credit scores, reviews and other services. WalletHub used […]
Colorado continues to rank among the top 10 states for business in the latest results of an annual analysis that takes into account more than 60 measures of competitiveness. Colorado moved up a spot to fifth overall in the 12th annual list of America’s Top States for Business complied for the CNBC cable television network. […]