HopeWest announced it hired Dr. Chris Azelby as the new medical director of Hospice and Palliative Care. According to a news release from HopeWest, Azelby will direct clinical practices, continuing HopeWest’s legacy of exceptional care. For more than 35 years, HopeWest has provided care across western Colorado and continues to do so through dementia support, […]
The City of Grand Junction will host a community celebration July 23 recognizing two historic milestones: the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 150th anniversary of Colorado statehood. The free event, Grand Junction 250/150: A Main Street Celebration, will take place during Market on Main from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at th and […]
Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology Executive Director Cassidee Shull will step down from her role, effective Oct. 31, concluding nearly 15 years of leadership dedicated to advancing Colorado’s grape-growing and winemaking community. CAVE made the announcement in a July 13 news release. Shull joined CAVE in 2012 at 23 years old, becoming one of […]
The Mesa County Commission approved a resolution to adopt changes to the Mesa County budget on June 30. This supplemental budget is a tool used to update the budget throughout the year as grants are awarded, donations are received and department needs change. According to a county news release, the changes included: The Animal Services […]
The Mesa County Commission approved a resolution June 30 to issue purchase orders for vehicles and equipment in accordance with the county’s 2026 schedule for replacing vehicles. According to a Mesa County news release, 21 pieces of equipment met the requirements to be replaced this year, and the county’s Fleet Management department issued purchase orders […]
The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ June Jobs Report showed the Small Business Employment Index remained essentially flat, registering 100.2 in June after measuring 100.3 in May. This is the fourth consecutive month the index declined. The current reading is below the 2025 average of 101.2 but still slightly above the historical average of 100. […]
The City of Grand Junction and the Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture are inviting artists to compete for public art commissions to create murals at designated underpasses along the Riverfront Trail as part of aRT (Art on the Riverfront Trail) for 2026. Because murals are refreshed every two years, the program continually introduces […]
Mesa County Public Health announced more than 9,500 boxes of naloxone have been distributed via naloxone kiosks, an average of 17 kits accessed every day, since the county launched its overdose-prevention program in December 2024. The county detailed the community impact of the program in its first Naloxone Kiosk Impact Report. “It’s exciting to grow […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Alex Easterwood was going to school to become a veterinarian when she realized that career path may not be the way to marry work and her love of animals. “It wasn’t aligning with what I wanted to do,” Easterwood said. “I loved animals, but I wasn’t loving, like, the biology […]
Newly opened Warp Zone’s virtual-reality escape-room and adventure games work out the mind and body Tim Harty, The Business Times When the Bentley family members were in their home’s driveway in January and February, wearing virtual-reality headsets and talking and flailing and turning and moving around in bizarre ways, it got the neighbors laughing. And […]