DMEA announces a retirement and a promotion for two of its leadership staff

Montrose Business Times Delta-Montrose Electric Association has announced a series of leadership changes, including the retirement of a longtime executive and the promotion and reassignment of several senior staff members. Chief Safety Officer Chad Sticker will retire this fall after 34 years with DMEA. Sticker began his career with the electric cooperative as an apprentice […]

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Montrose Artisans Market brings creators and customers together… and also a scavenger hunt

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 […]

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An Olathe staple: El Rinconcito Restaurant and 23 years of food, family and resilience

When the business that would become El Rinconcito Restaurant struggled to attract customers, Estela Fernandez and her husband found another way to keep going. Beginning around midnight, they baked hamburger and torta buns along with Mexican sweet breads such as conchas and puerquitos. They worked until about 5 a.m., when her husband left to report […]

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‘A social club that does haircuts’: Classics Barber Shop is one year back in Montrose and still serving up clean cuts

The jokes started almost as soon as Adam Combs settled into the barber chair at Classics Barber Shop. Kodie Coblentz, who has cut Combs’ hair for about eight years, pointed out the increasing amount of gray. Combs said he regularly lies about having gray hair, but his barber never goes along with the lie. “I […]

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City Market’s south Montrose store is largest in Colorado after grand reopening Wednesday

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 […]

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Amazon unveils $25 million Montrose last-mile station meaning faster deliveries

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 […]

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24 businesses honored for entrepreneurship, dedication to community at 2026 Small Business Awards

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 […]

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The Coffee Trader is back at Montrose Regional Airport after being awarded contract

Three years after losing the contract to operate the food and beverage concession at Montrose Regional Airport, The Coffee Trader is back. The longtime Montrose-based coffee company recently reopened its airport café after successfully bidding to reclaim the concession contract, replacing San Juan Coffeehouse, which had operated the space since 2023. For Dee Coram, who […]

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