For the first time in nearly two years, Mesa County has reported a year-to-year increase in sales tax collections. Meanwhile, the City of Grand Junction reported its largest proportional year-to-year increase in sales and use tax collections. According to its September report, Mesa County collected $3.03 million in sales taxes, a 6.72 percent increase over […]
Commercial air traffic at the Grand Junction Regional Airport increased in September compared to the same month last year. But traffic through the first nine months of 2010 continues to lag behind a record-setting pace in 2009. A total of 20,457 enplanements — that is, passengers boarding commercial flights — was reported in September 2010. […]
Home prices in Grand Junction have declined more than 14 percent over the past year, according to the latest results of a monthly analysis by a California-based firm. CoreLogic reported that its Home Price Index (HPI) for Grand Junction, including distressed sales, was down 14.41 percent in August compared to the same month last year. […]
Mesa County commissioners are expected to narrow their search for a new county administrator from five candidates to two or three finalists. The commissioners recently interviewed five candidates and are expected to soon select two or three finalists. The latest steps in the process follow a national search that began shortly after Jon Peacock resigned […]
Thrifty Car Rental has closed its office in Grand Junction even as local car rental operations report declining revenue. Thrifty Car Rental closed its office on Horizon Drive in October. A telephone message confirmed the closure, but also indicated the company still was accepting rental car returns as of late October. The Grand Valley Business […]
Enstrom Candies in Grand Junction will celebrate 50 years of business with special prices on its almond toffee as well as coffee and ice cream. From Nov. 1 to 7, Enstrom Candies will sell a toffee square, a small cup of coffee or a single scoop of ice cream for 50 cents. Chet Enstrom and […]
Oil shale has remained on the back burner as a potential energy source for decades. Western Colorado residents are all too familiar with the oil shale bust of 1982, when Exxon shut down its operations with no advance notice. Driven by government subsidies designed to encourage experimentation with methods of extracting oil from shale, the […]
A special event is set for Nov. 10 to celebrate the grand opening of a new senior day care facility in Grand Junction. Hilltop Community Resources will host the event from 3 to 6 p.m. at its new Senior Daybreak facility at 1620 Hermosa Ave. The free event will include tours of the facility and […]
Phil Castle Business Times The Mesa County unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in four months even as labor demand continues to increase. “On a snapshot basis, it’s a much improved picture,” said David Porfirio, manager of business services at the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. According to the latest estimates […]
Colorado employers soon will face an increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Most employers will pay slightly higher premiums in 2011 as a result of a 3.4 percent increase in what’s known as loss costs — the average cost of lost wages and medical payments to workers injured on the job. Loss costs are one […]