Montrose Business Times: News, Business, Government, Community, Developmenr and more
The Montrose Veterans Memorial will take another major step toward completion Sept. 26, when veterans, families and community members gather to place more than 600 personalized tribute bricks along the memorial’s walkways. The brick-laying ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at the memorial site, 1800 Pavilion Drive, adjacent to the Montrose Botanic Gardens. Participants laying […]
Continue Reading
Montrose Business Times The Gold Mountain Fire remains 87% contained at 39,718 acres as firefighters continue working pockets of lingering heat, while federal land managers have reopened some areas that had been closed for weeks because of the fire. The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests reduced its closure area this week, reopening access […]
Continue Reading
Edgar Quiroz was still a teenager when he got his first look at the music industry from the inside. The Guadalajara-born, Western Colorado-raised hip-hop artist had been making music since his early teens when he signed with a record label. The experience wasn’t what he’d imagined, and after leaving the label, Quiroz said he nearly […]
Continue Reading
A collection of mismatched letters has found its way into 19 downtown Montrose businesses. Some are large and lighted. Others are small enough to be tucked beside a cash register — or hidden somewhere inside a store. Finding them all is the challenge at the center of the Downtown Letter Hunt, a scavenger hunt created […]
Continue Reading
Well over 100 people gathered in the parking lot outside City Market’s south Montrose store Wednesday morning as the company celebrated the completion of an $18.5 million expansion. Customers stood alongside store employees as City Market handed out door prizes, recognized workers and cut the ribbon on a project that added 20,000 square feet and […]
Continue Reading
Amazon’s new Montrose delivery station is designed to take days off local delivery times while processing as many as 28,000 packages per week. The company provided a behind-the-scenes look at the facility, located on County Road near the airport, Monday morning during a small tour and ribbon-cutting attended by members of the press, local economic-development […]
Continue Reading
News Release City of Montrose To help prepare local Montrose County School District students for success in the upcoming school year, the Montrose Police Department is hosting its 2026 School Supply Drive until Tuesday, August 11. Officers will be collecting school supplies to help our local students and teachers get back to school with everything […]
Continue Reading
Two dozen local businesses were recognized Thursday evening as Our Town Matters celebrated entrepreneurship during its fifth annual Small Business Awards at the Holiday Inn & Suites. Business owners, community leaders and supporters filled the venue for the cocktail reception and awards ceremony, where 24 businesses were honored after being selected through a community nomination […]
Continue Reading
A new festival celebrating punk music, skateboarding and local art is set to make its debut in Montrose this fall. KVNF Community Radio will host the inaugural Punk on the Unc from noon to 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Riverbottom Park and the Montrose Skatepark. The free, all-ages event will feature eight punk bands from […]
Continue Reading
Ten years ago, a simple question from Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) members set in motion one of the most significant infrastructure projects in the region’s recent history. As DMEA was installing fiber-optic lines to modernize its electric system, members began asking whether that same technology could be extended to homes and businesses. At the time, […]
Continue Reading