Phil Castle, The Business Times Wendy White serves as a guide of sorts on a journey that starts on the growing number of farms and ranches in Mesa County and ends in consumers’ mouths. White, a marketing specialist with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, is among those making the connections from fields, orchards and pastures […]
Payroll growth in the United States topped 250,000 for a second consecutive month with hiring across a range of industry sectors. The national unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent for July as more people entered the work force. Average hourly earnings increased. Nonfarm payrolls increased 255,000, according to the latest Labor Department report. Moreover, […]
A Grand Junction real estate business has joined a national franchise in a move intended to access additional resources while maintaining a family operation. Heiden Homes Realty has joined Weichert Real Estate Affiliates to become the first Weichert office on the Western Slope and fourth in Colorado. “I’m very excited to be a part of […]
James Utley and Denice Broshears have joined Hummel Real Estate in Grand Junction. Utley served 15 years as a deputy sheriff in Cortez. Broshears brings to her new position experience working at West Star Aviation. She also graduated from the Klemmer personal leadership and development academy. Hummel Real Estate operates offices at 316 Main St. […]
HopeWest plans to use a $300,000 grant to fund efforts that increase the number of people who take a more active role in planning and making known their health care wishes. HopeWest — a Grand Junction-based organization offering hospice, palliative care and grief support services in Western Colorado — received the grant from the Colorado […]
An upcoming celebration of aviation will include presentations to middle school students about careers in the industry. Armstrong Consultants announced Grand Junction will host a National Aviation Day celebration set for Aug. 19 in the Maverick Innovation Center at Colorado Mesa University. About 100 middle school students from Mesa County School District 51 are expected […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Doug May believes what were two investment firms now work better as one in offering clients the benefits of technology and experience — along with an independent approach. “The decision was we’d be stronger overall together,” said May, an investment advisor in Grand Junction and director of the mountain west […]
Two companies that have developed techniques for extracting resources from oil shale have joined the lengthening list of firms approved to take advantage of tax credits offered under a new state program. The Colorado Economic Development Commission has approved General Synfuels International and Qmast to participate in the Rural Jump-Start Program in Mesa County. The […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Chris Higgins plays a chess game of sorts in deploying staff at the StarTek facility in Grand Junction to match demand for the services provided there. It’s getting more complicated for Higgins, the site director, because StarTek offers more services and there are more employees — a lot […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A construction project that lasted for a decade, climbed 12 stories into the Grand Junction sky and ultimately cost nearly $340 million has been completed. Patients were scheduled to move on July 27 to the ninth and 10th floors of the patient tower at St. Mary’s Medical Center, the final […]