The Palisade Chamber of Commerce announced its 2025 award winners during its Legends of the West Annual Banquet on March 6 with Peach Street Distillers receiving Business of the Year and Jesse Scott Ferber-Brown being named Citizen of the Year. Meanwhile, Volunteer of the Year went to Courtney Webb; Sallie Millard was 2025’s Friend of […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Grand Junction’s tourism sector continued to post gains in 2025 and into early 2026, with hotel-performance metrics outpacing state and national trends even as lodging-tax growth remained comparatively modest, according to Visit Grand Junction data and comments from the organization’s director. Visit Grand Junction Director Elizabeth Fogarty said in an […]
Moody’s Underground intends to bring live music and comedy to Grand Valley six nights a week Tim Harty, The Business Times Bill Moody said he’s lived in Grand Junction his entire life. That’s 63 years. And a live-entertainment venue, featuring musicians or comedians every night, six days a week, along with good food, good cocktails, […]
Owners of Graff Dairy seek buyer who will carry on the Grand Junction ice cream store’s tradition Tim Harty, The Business Times Operating for six decades in the Grand Valley, Graff Dairy has become an ice cream institution. Its husband-and-wife owners, Ed and Lloy Beauchamp, know there’s something special about their ice cream shop at […]
During the January American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention, Colorado Farm Bureau President Carlyle Currier was re-elected to the board of directors and appointed to the executive committee. Currier has been on the AFBF board since 2023. At the time, he was nominated by the Western Region Caucus to fulfill an unexpired term. Since being […]
Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital signed an agreement to transfer the sponsorship of Meals on Wheels Mesa County to Volunteers of America Colorado, a nonprofit, faith-based organization with expertise in senior nutrition programs across the state. The transition will take effect April 18. St. Mary’s served as the sponsoring organization for Meals on Wheels […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Mesa County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to deny an appeal that challenged the basis for approval of a solar project near Palisade. The commissioners concluded the project meets the county’s fire-protection requirements based on a service agreement with a local fire district. The commissioners voted 3–0 to […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times March 11 technically was the first day of Mary’s Mountain Cookies’ soft opening at its Grand Junction store, 2695 Patterson Road, Unit 1, in Village Fair Plaza. But it wasn’t really, because husband-and-wife owners Justin and Tara Adis left the store’s front door open while training employees during the previous […]
February 2026’s 166 residential real estate sales in Mesa County were down 15 percent compared to 196 sales in February 2025, while active listings were 14 percent higher year over year for February with 638, according to data gathered by Bray & Co. Real Estate. February’s 166 homes sold were 24 more than January 2026, […]