About 150 high schools from across Western Colorado are expected to attend an annual economic leadership conference in Grand Junction. The Freedom & Responsibility Education Enterprise (FREE) Foundation and Foundation for Economic Education have scheduled the conference for 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Colorado Mesa University Center ballroom. Based in Grand […]
A nonprofit health care organization that provides services to people affected by human immunodeficiency virus and other diseases has opened in a newly renovated location in Grand Junction. The Colorado Health Network celebrated a grand opening for the 5,000-square-foot facility, located at 1001 Wellington Ave. The Grand Junction-based team provides a range of services — […]
Children’s Hospital Colorado has opened a new outpatient care clinic in Grand Junction. The clinic is located on the first floor of the Primary Care Partners medical building at 3150 N. 12th St. The 3,100-square-foot facility includes 10 examination rooms, a pulmonary function testing laboratory and procedure room. The facility consolidates a number of services, […]
A cable transportation company expects to open next year its largest operation in the United States in a new facility in Utah. Leitner-Poma of America recently purchased 5 acres in Grand Junction to also expand an operation that already includes a 100,000-square-foot facility. Officials with Leitner-Poma joined Utah Lt. Gov. Diedre Henderson, Tooele Mayor Debbie […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to drain Highline Lake west of Grand Junction as part of additional efforts to eradicate an infestation of zebra mussels. “We understand that this isn’t ideal for our boating and angling community,” said Alan Martinez, manager of Highline Lake State Park. “What we hope is that people see this and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate has retreated for a second consecutive month in Mesa County even as labor demand grows. Lindsay Bullock, manager of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction, said job openings afford opportunities and there are qualified applicants to fill them. “It’s a good mix.” The seasonally […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to decline, signaling weakness and what could be recession. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index decreased seven-tenths of a point to 104.6 in September. Separate measures of current and past conditions increased. Justyna Zabinska-La Monica, senior manager of business cycle indicators at […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction has added to the technology it deploys in detecting breast cancer. Doctors and technicians at the breast cancer center in the Advanced Medical Pavilion joined in a celebration of sorts of a third mammography unit. “It’s an exciting day,” said Dr. Joyce Sekharan, […]
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024 on a bank building in a riverfront business park in Grand Junction. OakStar Bank announced plans to build a 12,000-square-foot facility at the Riverfront at Las Colonias development. The facility will include the bank operation as well as a restaurant and retail and office space. The building is […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Officials with local business groups called on Grand Junction voters to approve a measure they said would help in efforts to provide more affordable housing. The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, Grand Junction Economic Partnership and Downtown Grand Junction are among the organizations that have endorsed City of Grand […]