The Centennial State has one of the highest minimum wages in the country. While the impacts have been mostly positive, questions about the effect on affordability remain.
One of the country’s only food bank-based food dehydration programs is in Grand Junction. It’s proving to be a win for area kids and agricultural producers alike.
A pilot program in Mesa County seeks to make fresh, locally grown produce readily available in communities facing food insecurity and transportation barriers.
Co-responders Tim Dellett and Connie Brydges regularly visit a sanctioned campsite in Alamosa, doing whatever they can to help the dozens of unhoused people staying there.