Department of Interior Deputy Secretary Katharine MacGregor visited Grand Junction on Monday, where she announced new rules to increase rural access to broadband internet and toured the Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Air Services facility, which provides aircraft to fight wildfires.
MacGregor began her day touring a broadband site before announcing the changes at the BLM headquarters in Grand Junction. The proposed rule changes are intended to make it easier for the industry to place infrastructure, manage trees, promote public safety and avoid fire hazards.
âHigh-speed internet connectivity is essential for education, economic opportunity, health and public safety â especially as we continue to respond to the challenges of COVID-19,â MacGregor said in a statement. âFacilitating greater broadband access and reducing wildfire risks for the benefit of rural and underserved communities is truly a bipartisan issue, and I hope these common-sense rules are c
Grand Junction will be getting more flights to Chicago this summer as United Airlines announced weekly weekend flights to the Windy City beginning in June.
After a storm earlier in the week dropped snow across Mesa County, cooler temperatures are expected to end 2020.
National Weather Service meteorologist Erin Walter said that one to four inches of snow was reported in areas across the Grand Valley. Douglas Pass received the most snow, 14 inches, in the storm and areas northwest of Mack reported up to four inches, with 1.5 inches reported in Cameo, according to the National Weather Service.
Up at Powderhorn, the mountain reported 10 inches of snow over a 48-hour period.
It proved to be one of the heaviest snowstorms to have hit the Grand Junction-area so far this winter.
COVID-19 wasnât the only story for businesses in 2020, but it was most of the story.
In a year marked by closures, changes and a growing tome of health and safety rules, the Grand Valley business community saw a shift to curbside pickups, takeout creativity and a run on plexiglass that likely wonât be repeated again soon.
Perhaps the biggest change to area business came late in the year when Grand Junctionâs oldest store finally called it quits.
After 109 years in business, Bengeâs Shoe Store in downtown Grand Junction ended its three-generation run as Coloradoâs oldest family-owned shoe store.
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