Two airlines have announced plans to add flights to their service to Grand Junction for the summer season. Beginning June 7, SkyWest Airlines will offer three daily flights between Grand Junction and Salt Lake City. SkyWest serves as a regional carrier for Delta Airlines. Beginning June 14, American Eagle Airlines will add a third flight […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Cindy Hoppe disputes the latest results of a quarterly survey that pegs the average apartment vacancy rate in Grand Junction at more than 10 percent. Hoppe, manager of Bray Property Management in Grand Junction, believes the apartment vacancy rate likely dropped below 7 percent during the first quarter of this […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: A Grand Junction manufacturer was among the first businesses in Colorado to take advantage of a program offering assistance in training highly skilled workers. It’s a promising start to what Suzie Miller, business services manager at the Mesa County Workforce Center, foresees as a helpful effort. “We’re really excited about […]
Sales tax collections in Mesa County continue to outpace last year, an encouraging measure of increasing retail activity. Tax collections for Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction reported in April exceed the same month last year. Collections reported through the first four months of 2012 also top the same span in 2011. The […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has seesawed back down as a drop in the number of people counted among those unsuccessfully looking for jobs exceeded a smaller decline in payrolls. Meanwhile, labor demand as tracked by a separate measure persists at its highest level in four years, a […]
An index forecasting future economic performance in the United States has declined for the first time in seven months, a dip that reflects a recovery that’s yet to fully gain traction. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) slipped a tenth of a percent in April to 95.5. The index continues to […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Running a fast-growing electronic recycling business has been something of a moving experience for Ken Burns and Jeffery Ferguson. By accepting nearly everything that plugs into an outlet or runs on batteries, E-Waste Recyclers of Colorado has grown as rapidly as the volume of materials the Grand Junction company handles. […]
Nine students have earned diplomas as the first graduating class of a mechanical engineering degree program offered jointly by Colorado Mesa University and the University of Colorado. Students attend classes at CMU in Grand Junction. CMU faculty teach lower-division courses, while CU faculty teach upper-division courses. Graduates receive bachelor’s degrees from CU. A total of […]
Agricultural exports from Colorado continue to outpace last year, led by increases in the sale of meat and dairy products. The value of agricultural exports during the first two months of 2012 totalled $222 million, up $45 million from the same span last year. The 25 percent gain constituted the fourth year in a row […]
Signs have been installed to direct people along a route showcasing the fruit and wine-growing area around Palisade. A dedication for the Palisade Fruit & Wine Byway is scheduled for 2 p.m. May 11 at High Country Orchards & Vineyards and Colterris Winery, 3548 E 1/2 Road. The event will include tours through the orchards, […]