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Grand Junction is 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.The city has a council–manager form of government. [8] It is a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide, and the largest city in Colorado outside of the Front Range Corridor.
1894: "The official newspaper of the city of Grand Junction" 1923: "Official newspaper of the county of Mesa" and "Official newspaper of the city of Grand Junction" 1933: Instead of a slogan, the Sentinel ran above its banner, "Yesterday's press run" which was about 6,200 at mid-year. 1943: "Today's news today"
In 2001, the Art Center approached city parks officials with a proposal to build a new art center on a former mill-tailings site near the Colorado River, adjacent to the Grand Junction Botanical Gardens, [21] but this relocation plan was eventually shelved in favor of addressing more immediate goals at the current center. The Art Center devoted ...
The district has two major population centers, in Grand Junction and Pueblo. The two cities and their surrounding rural areas provide a competitive arena for congressional races. Grand Junction, on the Western Slope , is a Republican stronghold, while Pueblo, a town with a large Latino population and (by Colorado norms) a heavily unionized ...
Clifton is in central Mesa County, bordered to the west by the city of Grand Junction and to the northwest by unincorporated Fruitvale. The Colorado River forms the southern edge of the community. U.S. Route 6 passes through the center of Clifton, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to the center of Grand Junction and east the same distance to Palisade.
The tower added to the size of the hospital considerably, bringing it to seven-stories tall, and solidified its position as the largest medical center between Salt Lake City and Denver. The tower was renovated and fully reopened in 2010. St. Mary's Medical Center is the tallest building in the city of Grand Junction, standing at 146 ft (45 m) tall.
Grand Valley Transit is the public transportation agency that serves the Grand Junction area. Fixed route service began in 2000. [3] Eleven routes run hourly on Monday through Saturday, with seven of them meeting in a downtown transit center. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 579,300, or about 2,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
Orchard Mesa is in central Mesa County, on the southeast side of the city of Grand Junction, the county seat. It is bordered to the north by the Colorado River and to the southwest by the Gunnison River, its tributary. U.S. Route 50 passes through the community, leading northwest into Grand Junction and southeast 37 miles (60 km) to Delta.