The Palisade Chamber of Commerce announced its award winners from its 2025 Annual Member Banquet and Community Awards, which took place Jan. 31 at Orchard River View, 3926 U.S. 6 & 24 in Palisade. Atlasta Solar Center was the event’s presenting sponsor, and Community Hospital was the hospitality sponsor. The award winners, along with comments […]
Mesa County Libraries invites the community to participate in discussion about the future of the Orchard Mesa Branch Library. Because of declining usage, rising rent costs and anticipated budget reductions in 2026, the library must evaluate the long-term sustainability of its current location. Mesa County Libraries said in a news release a 21 percent rent […]
West Springs Hospital’s board of directors announced the hospital will close March 10, leaving the Grand Valley without an inpatient psychiatric hospital. The board made the announcement in a news release Feb. 24, and it emphasized outpatient services are not impacted by the hospital closure. “While West Springs Hospital is located on the main campus, […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times With the lease for the Homeward Bound Resource Center set to expire April 15, the Grand Junction City Council is considering its next steps for potentially securing a permanent site for the center. During a Feb. 24 workshop, Grand Junction City Manager Mike Bennett outlined the possibility of purchasing a […]
Bonfire Oyster Co. already has 3 times as many events scheduled this year than it had last year Tim Harty, The Business Times After making do with a 6-foot-wide and 8-foot-long food trailer and a tent to serve fresh oysters at events on the Western Slope, Bonfire Oyster Co. decided this year to go big. […]
Museums of Western Colorado board sought a ‘great’ executive director to rev up revenues Tim Harty, The Business Times The Museums of Western Colorado have targeted $1.849 million for total revenues this year, and that’s an ambitious number. The nonprofit organization’s Internal Revenue Service Form 990s from recent years show why, as the total revenues […]
Space Exploration Technologies Corp, more commonly referred to as SpaceX, and Dewberry Engineers Inc. formally withdrew its application for a conditional-use permit to construct a satellite earth station near De Beque, Mesa County announced in a news release Feb. 19. As a result, the Mesa County Commission canceled its scheduled Feb. 25 administrative public hearing, […]
Birth rates are steadily declining in Mesa County, but Community Hospital continues to deliver a record number of babies as more expecting parents are choosing to deliver at The Birth Place at Community Hospital. Overall, birth rates in Mesa County have decreased more than 30 percent since 2016, whereas Community Hospital has seen an increase […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Making regular trips to Copeka Coffee, because it was literally right across Fifth Street from her store, Green Valley Herbal owner Patricia Nizalowski saw how busy the coffee shop was on a regular basis. As in: It’s really busy. “They have community there at Copeka,” Nizalowski said. “You know, people […]
After more than two decades at the helm of Grand Junction-based HRL Compliance Solutions Inc., Herman Lucero sold the company to employee Matt Smith. Under Lucero’s ownership, HRL Compliance Solutions, 2385 F 1/2 Road in Grand Junction, grew into a trusted and reputable environmental firm working with a variety of industries, recognized for its expertise […]