Recent Articles from Bob Kretschman
Rough waters
Colorado's tourism industry braces for a slowdown as low gas prices fail to trump the recession, but travelers can expect to find bargains and grateful hosts.
Rooms with vineyard views
Rising from the vineyards of Palisade is something as important to the Western Slope wine industry as grapes — a new $8 million hotel designed for guests who want to savor wine country around the clock. The Wine Country Inn is an 80-room Victorian-style hotel that marks an important step in the Grand Valley wine […]
State of the State
Agriculture: Peach crop plump, sweet — and priceyColorado’s peach crop took its time this year, with fruit growing plump and flavorful thanks to an unusually long, cool spring. Although fruit is ripening 10 to 14 days later than normal, growers say the crop is one of the best in years. “The peaches are late, but […]
Executive Edge: Konrad Krauland
GRAND JUNCTION — Fishing line was never a product that Konrad Krauland thought he would produce at his Grand Junction-based company, Innovative Textiles. “If I’d have known we were going to be a fishing line manufacturer when we started, I would have named (the company) something else,” said Krauland, who founded Innovative Textiles in 1992. […]
State of the State: June
Economic developmentDelta lands award for business and job growth Years of chipping away at the problem of low wages in Delta County has earned the area the 2007 Small Community Award from the Economic Development Council of Colorado. The honor was given in April. “It acknowledges we’ve been doing the right thing in moving the […]