ALPINE BANK: CHANGE TO OPERATING HOURS EFFECTIVE JUNE 4

Alpine Bank is adjusting its operating hours at several of its branches. Primarily, Saturday operations are impacted, with some slight modifications to midweek business hours. Please visit the link below for a complete list of branches that will be affected by this change, effective Saturday, June 4, 2022. The following alternatives are available to meet your banking needs:

• Online and mobile banking, for deposits, transfers, paying bills and much more
• Night Drop for deposits, to post the next business day
• Convenient ATMs, where you can get cash and check your balance
• Alpinebank.com, to open an account online
• The Alpine InfoLine, 888-4-ALPINE (888-425-7463), with 24-hour information access to your account

These changes come about after months of careful consideration. We hope that with the alternative services listed above, you will continue to have a positive customer experience. Thank you for placing your trust in Alpine Bank.

BOULDER'S FLATIRON PARK SELLS FOR $625 MILLION, LARGEST SALE IN STATE HISTORY

Boulder's Flatiron Park, near 55th St. and Arapahoe Ave., sold for $625 million, which was deemed the largest single-asset sale in Colorado history, according to real estate analysts. The purchase spans 1 million square feet and includes 22 buildings. JLL's Capital Markets group was the seller and BioMed Realty, a San Diego-based real estate investment trust company, was the purchaser. BioMed has indicated it will invest an additional $200 million in "redevelopment costs over time…" BioMed also owns and operates life-science real estate in Boston, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and the New York metropolitan area, along with Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

GOV. POLIS SIGNS DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL, BUT CHANGE WON'T HAPPEN SOON

Gov. Jared Polis Thursday signed HB22-1297, the "Daylight Saving Year Around" bill into law. The bill keeps Colorado locked in daylight saving time, but only if a federal law is enacted to allow states the option, and at least four other states in the Mountain Time Zone also enact daylight saving year around legislation. To date, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a measure in the spring to lock the nation’s clocks in at daylight saving time. An identical measure has been introduced in the House of Representatives, but no action has been taken. Also Montana, Wyoming and Utah have all adopted lock-the-clock bills for permanent daylight saving. Arizona, New Mexico or southern Idaho would need to also adopt daylight saving legislation.

STOCKS RALLY WITH BIG TURNAROUND, DOW, S&P, NASDAQ ALL RISE

Stocks were very unsteady at the beginning of trading Thursday, but then turned around. At the close of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.3 percent, 435 points, to 33248.28. The benchmark S&P 500 gained 75.59 points, or 1.8 percent, to close at 4176.82, while the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite added 322.44 points, or 2.7 percent, to 12316.90. Prices for crude oil jumped up after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC oil producers led by Russia agreed Thursday to a bigger-than-expected oil production increase. Futures for Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, ended Thursday up $1.32 a barrel to $117.61.

125TH STRAWBERRY DAYS RETURN IN FULL FORCE

The pandemic completely shut down Strawberry Days in 2020 and last year, there was only a very limited "Berry Special Weekend" with a few events in downtown Glenwood Springs. This year, one of the longest-running community festivals in Colorado, returns with an expanded version for the 125th edition, and there will be a different venue. Strawberry Days will be June 17-19 and will be held at Two Rivers Park instead of the traditional location, Sayre Park on Grand Avenue. The change to Two Rivers Park also brings a change in the parade route for the Hometown Parade, featuring the theme of "125 Years of Awesomeness." The parade will begin at Glenwood Springs High School, then proceed down Pitkin Avenue before circling around the Garfield County Courthouse, to Seventh Street and proceeding to an end near the Roaring Fork bikepath leading to Two Rivers Park.

WIND AND SNOW CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR HIKERS

Everyone knows it has been a very windy spring and now hikers are facing the aftermath, trails blocked by downed trees. Shelly Grail, recreation manager for the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service, notes that downfall is the norm for this time of the year, “...but this year we’re maybe seeing more (downfall) than usual.” The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District’s seasonal workers on the trails and wilderness crews started work last week and have already cleared parts of the trails to American Lake, Cathedral Lake, Thomas Lakes, East Maroon and Crater Lake. The trail clearing extends only to the snowline, however. Hikers are advised there still is snow at the 9,000-10,000-foot level.

IT'S TIME FOR FARMERS MARKETS IN THE GRAND VALLEY

The Grand Valley is home to some of the best farmers markets in Colorado. Here is a brief look at markets in the Grand Valley:

• The F.A.R.M. Market: 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and Wednesdays beginning June 4 at Cross Orchards Historic Site, 3073 F Road
• Palisade Sunday Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning June 5 at Third and Main streets, Palisade
• Fruita Farmers Market: 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from June 11 through Oct. 29 at Reed Park, 250 S. Elm St., in Fruita.
• Market on Main in Grand Junction: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays from June 23 through Sept. 8
• Redlands Farmer Market: 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Redlands Community Center, 2463 Broadway

BILL JENSEN HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

He was born in Hawaii and raised in Southern California, but became a legend in the ski industry in Colorado and earlier this month, Bill Jensen was presented the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Ski Areas Association at their 2022 National Convention. Jensen had barely started skiing when he took a job at Mammoth Ski area in California. Jensen was hired as the chief operating officer at Breckenridge in 1997 and his success in building skier visits at Breckenridge caused Vail Resorts to hire him as chief operating officer. Jensen also was CEO at Intrawest and CEO at Telluride Ski and Golf. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2008 and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2018.

GRAND OPENING WEEKEND FOR HABITAT'S RESTORE IN GYPSUM

Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley opened its first Home Outlet store in Gypsum in 2004. That store closed in 2010 when it was moved to Eagle. Now, Habitat is returning to Gypsum, with the opening of a ReStore at 250 Lindbergh Drive. The new ReStore in Gypsum has held a ribbon cutting, but there are opening weekend festivities on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new ReStore is just off Hwy. 6 at the former Mountain Living storeroom and has a loading dock, two garages in addition to large showroom space. Habitat for Humanity was able to purchase the property with the aid of a loan through the United States Dept. of Agriculture rural development program.

WHAT ARE THE BEST U.S. CITIES FOR HOCKEY FANS

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are in the semi-finals, with the Colorado Avalanche playing the Edmonton Oilers for the Western Conference Championship and the New York Rangers playing the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Eastern Conference Championship. Fans have returned after the pandemic shutdown, and the National Hockey League is expected to bring in record revenues this season. WalletHub ranked 72 U.S. cities based on 21 key indicators of a good hockey city to create its list of 2022's Best Cities for Hockey Fans:

1. Boston, MA
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Detroit, MI
4. St. Louis, MO
5. New York, NY
6. Denver, CO
7. Buffalo, NY
8. Tampa, FL
9. Newark, NJ
10. Sunrise, FL