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 […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Mesa County unemployment rate spiked in June, an annual increase attributed in part to high school and college graduates entering the work force in search of work. The jobless rate is expected to retreat, though, as increased hiring for the summer and fall gives way to holiday hiring, said […]
An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has seesawed back up, pointing to moderate growth could weather challenges from the financial and labor markets. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Indicator advanced three-tenths of a percent to 123.7 in June. The gain more than offset a two-tenths of a percent decline […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times David Hartman would like to hire more homegrown engineers to work at his firm and expects an expanded program between Colorado Mesa University and the University of Colorado offering a civil engineering degree to help. “Today, that process changes,” said Hartman, vice president and director of engineering with Armstrong Consultants, […]
Two Colorado Mesa University students placed first in a national competition testing skills and knowledge in business-related events. Twelve other CMU students also won awards and competed in the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda national leadership conference in Atlanta in June. Jordan Lehr and Currey Ventling placed first in marketing analysis and decision […]