business and finance

HomesFund hosts upcoming home-buying classes

The first is Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Bayfield Town Hall building, and the second is on Saturday, Oct. 13,…

Small business group names 2018 ‘State Star’

Shepherd serves as the executive director of the Southwest Colorado SBDC, hosted at Fort Lewis College. Her contributions to the…

Absolute Physical Therapy turns 2

Registration underway for 12th annual Economic Summit

expected to discuss tough year in tourism

Let’s make conference & events center a reality

The Durango Business Improvement District (BID) has been an active member of the current group working to solve this puzzle.…

Man and machines

Machines will create 58 million more jobs than they displace by 2022, World Economic Forum says

Wells Fargo to cut 10% of workforce

Wells Fargo & Co. Chief Executive Tim Sloan made the announcement to employees on Thursday. The bank currently employs roughly…

It’s high times for soaring marijuana stocks on Wall Street

Investors eye pot stocks as Canada set to legalize it

One answer to lack of affordable apartments begins at home

Portland eases restrictions on accessory dwelling units

Mortgage rates rise again

30-year now at 4.65 percent

Coca-Cola eyes the cannabis market

Employees inspect cannabis plants at the CannTrust Holdings Inc. Niagara Perpetual Harvest facility in Pelham, Ontario, on July 11.Cole Burston/Bloomberg…

Leadership La Plata holds meet-and-greet

The event will welcome in the new class for the program, which aims to provide leadership skills for county residents.…

Hiring underway for CDOT winter maintenance personnel

Most positions begin in November, with a starting hourly pay of $18.47, according to a CDOT press release. Permanent positions…

Know Your Dough adds to team

Lopez and her family have lived in the Durango area for 11 years. After growing up in the Midwest then…

Alpine Bank hire will serve Latinos

Salamundu1-i-syn She will lead the bank’s commitment to provide unrivaled service to Latino customers in the 28 Colorado communities served…

How many hotel rooms in Durango are too much?

475 more rooms expected to be built in next few years

Simple strategies to save for your next vacation

Good idea for a column, right. With some research, here’s what I discovered: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,…

Portland goes old school on electric scooters

gets ahead of companies

4 ways to get a sale price when there isn’t a sale

Sign up If you’re willing to supply a retailer with some of your personal information – such as your name,…

HP pitches 3D metal printer in bid to expand in manufacturing

HP is unveiling the Metal Jet printer, and some early customers, at a manufacturing trade show in Chicago on Monday.…

What’s in the Amazon box?

it’s a real 7-foot Christmas tree

Amazon begins building delivery fleet

Company has ordered 20,000 vans

Mortgage rates climb again

Thirty-year rises to 4.60 percent

Kroger results disappoint, especially compared to Walmart and Target

Comparable-store sales rose 1.6 percent when excluding gasoline sales. That’s below the estimate of 1.8 percent from Consensus Metrix. A…