The Mesa County Public Library is among eight libraries in Colorado participating in a pilot program in which people can check out passes for entrance into Colorado state parks. People can reserve and then check out a pass for up to seven days and then renew that time. The pass comes with a backpack filled […]
The City of Grand Junction has earned recognition for its efforts promoting the use of natural gas to fuel vehicles. The city received the 2015 Natural Gas Vehicle Achievement Award during a national conference in Denver. City efforts to use natural gas as a vehicle fuel date back to 2007. The city fleet currently includes […]
Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. Oct. 30 for grants from the Grand Junction Lions Club. Applications are available on the Grand Junction Lions Club Web site located at www.gjlions.org. Applications also may be picked up at Brown’s Shoe Fit, located at 425 Main Street in downtown Grand Junction. All completed applications must be […]
An expert on global coal markets will share his outlook during a presentation planned for Grand Junction. Steve Doyle, founder and former chief executive officer of a research company that tracks coal from mines to markets across the world, is set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in the south ballroom of the Colorado […]
A regional economic summit will offer information about branding and promoting communities as well as crowd funding, entrepreneurism and exporting. Utah State University Eastern has joined with the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce and Price City to present the Eastern Utah Economic Summit. The event is set for Nov. 5 and 6 in the Jennifer […]
Colorado Mesa University is moving ahead with plans to construct a computer science and engineering building, including relocating a math and science center to the new facility proposed for the Grand Junction campus. Under an expanded partnership announced by CMU and the John McConnell Math and Science Center, the center will occupy 19,500 square feet […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Snow — and plenty of it — remains the determining factor in the ultimate success of Colorado ski resorts. But a number of other factors signal what representatives from the resorts see as encouraging indicators. Resorts are replacing lifts, adding and remodeling restaurants and renovating other facilities. Commercial air service […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The administrators of two Colorado banking groups praise proposed federal legislation easing the regulatory burden on smaller community banks. The Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act passed the House of Representatives on a 411-0 voice vote on Oct. 6 and is headed to the Senate. A second measure titled the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Implementing a performance-based learning system, strengthening reading instruction and improving leadership and communication rank among the top priorities for six candidates seeking election to the Mesa County District 51 School Board. In participating in a forum hosted by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, the candidates also addressed such […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Lifting what it describes as an outdated ban on crude oil exports from the United States could bolster energy production and in turn the economy in resource-rich Colorado, according to a coalition of business and economic development leaders in the state. “We believe this could be a real growth driver […]