The great joy of publishing a business journal is telling success stories about businesses, in particular the entrepreneurs who find innovative ways to provide better services and products than their competitors. So it was especially enjoyable to tell the story of Hoptocopter Films, the Grand Junction company that has developed a reputation for storytelling in […]
A long-awaited economic roundtable between the governor of Colorado and Western Slope business interests afforded for two hours an amenable home on the range for the more than 50 people gathered there. Seldom was heard a discouraging word. As it turned out, the skies over Glenwood Springs were not cloudy all day. The question now, […]
Tired and frustrated with a system he believes has hampered rather than helped health care delivery, a Grand Junction physician has taken matters into his own hands. Starting in October, Dr. Craig Gustafson will offer unlimited primary care from Appleton Clinics for a single monthly fee of $79. In switching to what’s known as the […]
If implemented, a federal plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants could have a perverse effect on the Colorado coal industry. Mines likely would produce far less coal to fuel power plants in this state and elsewhere in the United States. But there could be opportunities for mines to export more coal to […]
What would happen if one chamber of the Colorado Legislature was selected principally by geography rather than population — the same way the U.S. Senate includes two representatives from each state? One result could be more even representation from across Colorado — and with it a stronger voice for rural areas of the state, including […]
For the record, I’m in favor of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, with the usual and, I should think, reasonable exceptions (the clichéd but relevant prohibition against yelling “fire” in a school or crowded theater or showing pornography in either venue, for example). I think it’s accurate to say no one in America, […]
It’s a common, albeit imprecise, complaint: Government regulations hurt the economy. However, the latest version of an annual report assigns a specific number to the collective cost of federal regulations, and it’s a whopper: nearly $1.9 trillion. According to an analysis from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the compliance costs and economic effects of federal regulations […]
Leave it to entrepreneurs to envision new uses for an old facility. We’re talking specifically about Joe and Mita White and their efforts to turn a former feed mill in Grand Junction into an adventure center featuring a trampoline park, obstacle courses and climbing walls — not to mention Mita White’s Pilates studio. The Whites […]
Two important indicators are headed in opposition directions, which constitutes good news for the Mesa County economy. The monthly unemployment rate slipped another two-tenths of a point to retreat to 7.9 percent in March. That means the jobless rate has backed off four-tenths of a point from January, when the rate typically spikes to its […]
And sadly, you can say that again two ways: both for the folks who suffer and for our creditors. I’ve been saying for a long time what is just beginning to surface as a topic of conversation with western lawmakers as all things relate to the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Parks and […]