Local manufacturer has products in Bass Pro and Cabela’s
Business, News
Local manufacturer has products in Bass Pro and Cabela’s
By Tonya 
April 18, 2024
Local enterprise Geyser Systems has seen substantial growth in demand in the last year, as they continue to build on their water-saving camp showers. Company owner Jonathan Ballesteros talked about new ideas and developments at the company, including a new deal the company has made with large retail...
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Garden center thriving 30 years after being asked ‘What are you thinking?’
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Garden center thriving 30 years after being asked ‘What are you thinking?’
By Justin Tubbs 
April 4, 2024
There was a time when Sheree Wanner didn’t know if she could keep going. In the early years, after purchasing a failing garden center that was, at that time, two miles south of Montrose city limits, she had her doubts, and so did most of the community. “Everyone said, ‘What are you thinking?’ No one...
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Local Glass Doctor franchise is tops in sales among 280 North American stores
Business, News
Local Glass Doctor franchise is tops in sales among 280 North American stores
By Justin Tubbs 
March 28, 2024
Luke and Star Bray are owners of the Glass Doctor Franchise in Montrose, after purchasing it a little more than a year ago. The two recently learned their business is the tops when it comes to sales per capita among some 280 Glass Doctor franchises across North America. The two have been together si...
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Suit to block Kroger/Albertsons merger filed by FTC
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Suit to block Kroger/Albertsons merger filed by FTC
By Tonya 
February 28, 2024
Less than a week after the Colorado Attorney General filed suit to block a proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, the two largest supermarket chains in the country, the Federal Trade Commission has joined the party by filing a suit of its own. Montrose’s two major supermarkets ­— City Market...
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Attorney General Phil Weiser has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the Kroger/Albertsons merger
Business, News
Attorney General Phil Weiser has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the Kroger/Albertsons merger
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
February 22, 2024
Editor's note: Not familiar with this story? Read our previous coverage here and here. After a yearlong investigation, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser today filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court to block the $24.6 billion proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest sup...
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Meet Kimberly McGehee, owner of SheShe Boutique
Community, News
Meet Kimberly McGehee, owner of SheShe Boutique
By Justin Tubbs 
February 22, 2024
Kimberly McGehee is the owner of SheShe Boutique. She is a Colorado native that grew up in the Denver area and moved to the Western Slope when she married her best friend, Michael, in 1990. She and Michael have four children: Keegan (28), MaKenna (26), Jenna (23) and Stephen (18). Being their mom ha...
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A marijuana retailer showed interest in getting recreational on city ballot
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A marijuana retailer showed interest in getting recreational on city ballot
By Justin Tubbs 
January 18, 2024
Tuesday’s Montrose City Council agenda had plenty of interesting items on it. But maybe the most interesting was an ordinance related to retail marijuana sales. The wording: “Consideration of... an ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, authorizing the submission of a ballot question to the vo...
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Former owners of Sears Hometown stay planted, open Western Slope Appliance
Retail
Former owners of Sears Hometown stay planted, open Western Slope Appliance
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
May 3, 2023
When Sears filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December last year, it was in some ways a relief for Kevin Moore, owner of Sears Hometown appliance store in Montrose for the past eight years. He and his family wouldn’t be working with Sears any longer, but they had to decide what they'd do next. By Februa...
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Candy shop takes over portion of old Russell Stover space
Retail
Candy shop takes over portion of old Russell Stover space
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
May 3, 2023
It’s a familiar sight. Where there once was a Russell Stover candy and ice cream shop, there will soon be an Enstrom Candies. The new shop, which will share a building with Home Loan State Bank at 1440 Encanto Place, will be a confectionery, coffee shop and ice cream shop and is expected to open mid...
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