Tag: Grand Junction
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Hot Tomato pizza about as legendary as mountain biking in western Colorado | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FRUITA • For his first shift at Hot Tomato eight years ago, Aaron Knapp was told to wear a costume. “I was just like, is this a prank? Are they hazing me?” he recalls. “I wore a costume, and sure enough, everybody was in weird…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls as payrolls surge to record
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Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in February to its lowest level in two years as payrolls surged to a record high, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic The 4% jobless rate, down from 4.2% in January, is the lowest since February 2020, just before…
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7 ‘endangered places’ saved in Colorado by program celebrating milestone
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In late 1998, a bunch of nerds gathered for beers at Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Co. They represented agencies big and small from around the state dedicated to preserving history. “It was a pretty lively conversation from the very beginning,” one in attendance, Kim Grant, recalls.…
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Colorado recovers jobs lost in first months of pandemic
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s private sector has recovered all of the jobs lost early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Since May 2020, the state has added 370,000 private sector payroll jobs, compared to losses totaling 358,800 in March…
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Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters faces arrest warrant on obstruction charge after fracas in bagel shop
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An arrest warrant on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a peace officer was issued Wednesday for Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is accused of interfering with authorities attempting to serve a search warrant on her a day earlier at a bagel shop in Grand…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife acquires shooting park amid rising demand
A popular Front Range venue has entered the public trust in a continued effort to meet demand for recreational shooting. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced acquiring Colorado Clays Shooting Park in Brighton, east of Barr Lake State Park. A news release credits Clays’ “state-of-the-art rifle and pistol range,” complete with a heated, semi-enclosed canopy…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
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Bureau of Land Management details departure from Grand Junction, return to D.C.
The Bureau of Land Management Tuesday announced plans to relocate senior leadership positions from its former Grand Junction national headquarters back to Washington, D.C. But, as part of the agency’s commitment to keeping a stronger presence in Colorado, the National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships will anchor the BLM’s Western headquarters. BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning told…
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INSIGHTS | BLM lost diversity coming to Colorado, others shouldn’t follow
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Diversity was never Grand Junction’s long suit. We knew that two years ago, but nobody wanted to say anything when the Trump administration moved the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management to Colorado. That was a daisy. The agency controls more than 245 million…
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Powder primer: A closer look at Colorado’s ski areas
ARAPAHOE BASIN A-Basin is known as “The Legend.” That’s partly due to its long season — with more operating days than any other ski area in Colorado, typically opening first in North America and sometimes staying open through Independence Day. The ski area has open bowl skiing up top and serious glades just below. It’s…