Phil Castle, The Business Times Although Mesa County lags behind the more robust recovery that’s occurred on the Front Range, local labor and housing markets are slowly improving, according to an economist and executive with the Federal Reserve Bank. Recovery initially was slow in the bust that followed a natural gas development boom. But growth […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Marsha Harbert and Staci Adleman expect to meet a need in providing a range of trust services in Western Colorado. That includes services not only for large trusts and foundations, but also the smaller trusts that banks and other companies can be reluctant to take on, they said. The response […]
Portions of a new documentary about one of the biggest municipal fraud cases in United States history will be shown as part of a free event at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. The event is set for 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Meyer Ballroom at the University Center near 12th and Elm Streets. […]
A meeting planned for Grand Junction will offer the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed transfer of the state vocational rehabilitation division and what that means for work force services for people with disabilities. The meeting is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Mesa County Workforce Center, located […]
Fourth grade students and their families will be allowed to visit the Colorado National Monument — along with national monuments and parks across the United States — for free as part of the centennial celebration for the National Park Service. “This is a great opportunity for the families in our community to experience the wonders […]
Energy companies have not only implemented techniques in Western Colorado to reduce the effects of their exploration and production operations on mule deer, but also funded research that bolstered those efforts. “The public needs to recognize that much of what we know was made possible through research generously funded by energy companies,” said Ron Velarde, […]
United Way of Mesa County is more than a third of the way to it’s latest fund-raising goal thanks to workplace contributions. Employees at 24 so-called Pacesetter businesses and organizations pledged a total of $362,713, officials announced during a kickoff event. Those donations constitute more than 36 percent of the $1 million goal for the […]
Community Hospital has been selected to continue providing health care coverage for Mesa County employees. Mesa County commissioners approved a proposal by Community Hospital and Anthem to provide care. Community Hospital was first selected in 2013 through a comprehensive request for proposal process when the county was looking to revise the health care plan for […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled a listing of the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act isn’t warranted given land conservation efforts underway across the West to protect the bird and its habitat. The ruling follows an evaluation of the bird’s population as well as the collective efforts of the U.S. […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times An effort called Build a Better Colorado is under way to address what organizers see as structural problems in Colorado, including fiscal policy reform, the ballot initiative process and electoral reform. Reeves Brown, a former director of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and former executive director of Club 20, […]