Jeff Kuhr, executive director of Mesa County Public Health, has been appointed to the Colorado Early Childhood Leadership Commission. Kuhr was among 11 appointees, He will serve as a representative of local government. The commission seeks to improve outcomes for children from birth through age 8 and their families by advancing the alignment, coordination and […]
Colorado Mesa University students won nine awards in an academic competition conducted as part of the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda national leadership conference in Baltimore. Avery Cantrell and Sarah Glidden placed second in business decision making. Cantrell, Glidden and Jarrott Brown placed fourth in marketing analysis and decision making. Brown also placed […]
Jon Nash, Cynthia Castaneda, Kathy Tomkins and Kat Rhein were honored as the top-performing agents for June at Weichert Realtors-Heiden Homes Realty in Grand Junction. Nash posted the highest dollar volume in sales for June, while Castaneda had the most closings for the month. Tomkins and Rhein tied for the most new listings. Weichert Realtors-Heiden […]
Richard Keller, a financial advisor with the Oakley-Wanebo-Love-Mendenhall-Keller Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in Grand Junction, has been named the Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club Rotarian of the Year. Keller was honored at the club’s annual charter night on June 28. Club members select the Rotarian of the Year through a secret ballot to […]
Dr. Brian Davidson, president of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction, has joined the Donor Alliance board of directors. The organization facilitates organ and tissue donations in Colorado and most of Wyoming, serving a total of more than 100 hospitals and 5.8 million residents in the two states. “I have had professional and personal […]
Callie Hendrickson of Grand Junction was among the latest winners of annual awards bestowed by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. Hendrickson was one of two people to receive the Volunteer of the Year awards from the CCA during its annual convention in Loveland. The trade association for beef producers honors recipients for their contributions to the […]
Kathleen Hall, an assistant professor of nursing at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, has been appointed to the Colorado Commission on the Aging. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Hall to the commission as a Green Party representative from the 3rd Congressional District. Hall succeeds Debra Kay Bailey of Grand Junction, who resigned. The commission […]
Kathy Ondrus, a Fruita woman working on her enology specialization technical certificate at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, has earned top honors in an international competition for amateur winemakers. Ondrus won the award for the grand champion wine and also was named winemaker of the year in a competition organized by Winemaker Magazine. […]
Stephanie Dickey has joined Aspen Home Mortgage as a lender. While Dickey will represent Aspen Home Mortgage across Colorado, she will focus on Mesa County and the Denver area. Dickey brings to her position experience as a real estate agent and property manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. […]
Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate, and Lynn Thompson, president of the Grand Junction firm, attended the Real Trends Gathering of Eagles. Executives with the residential real estate firms in the 2018 Real Trends 500 attended the gathering, conducted in May in Denver. “We always take away some good ideas on how […]