business and finance

Frontier Airlines fined for long delays in Denver snowstorm

But the department said it will forgive $900,000 of that because of compensation the airline paid to the passengers. The…

September 18, 2017

Business

Irma’s damage a reminder of Florida economy’s vulnerability

A house rests on the beach after collapsing off a cliff from Hurricane Irma in Vilano Beach, Fla. Florida’s economy…

September 18, 2017

Business

Ska Fabricating owners start structural steel company

Fab Steel buys equipment from Hermosa Iron Works

September 17, 2017

Business

Colorado construction is plugging the gap with an academy

The Colorado Homebuilding Academy is an effort to get more people to work. People like Shimai Hunter. “I don’t have…

September 16, 2017

Money Savvy

Control holiday stress by doing what’s essential

The kids are in school, pumpkin spice lattes reappeared, Labor Day has come and gone (I still think the academic…

September 16, 2017

Local News

Indian Biz Expo explores strategies for success

Southern Ute Indian Tribe cited as a model

September 14, 2017

Business

iPhone X an evolution of the iPhone, but not the smartphone

The iPhone X, which comes a decade after the original model, is Apple’s first major redesign since 2014 and represents…

September 14, 2017

Business

Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat

Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat.Michael Laris/Washington Post He is wearing a…

September 13, 2017

Business

Ballet Durango opens new space

Director Frances Rosser Taylor, with 35 years of experience teaching ballet, opened Ballet Durango six years ago, which offered ballet,…

September 13, 2017

Business

San Juan Basin Public Health hires 2

Kristin D. Pulatie was hired as director of assessment and planning. In her new position, Pulatie will assess community needs…

September 13, 2017

Business

Apple edges closer to fraught age of facial recognition tech

Apple sought to reverse that equation Tuesday with the long-anticipated release of its 10th-anniversary smartphone, the iPhone X. It replaces…

September 12, 2017

Business

Apple may test the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model

In this Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event…

September 11, 2017

Business

Harvey and Irma to slow U.S. growth but rebound should follow

Rescue workers, left, search a neighborhood for flood victims as a man on a kayak down the street after Hurricane…

September 11, 2017

Business

Getting up to speed on the Equifax data breach scandal

Equifax Inc. executives say their firm has made changes to address customer complaints since it disclosed a week earlier that…

September 11, 2017

Business

Here’s why you pay $249 to fly to Denver from Cortez

Isolation, cost of rural air travel make for a heavily subsidized airline

September 11, 2017

Business

Nordstrom is opening concept store that has no inventory

The luxury department store chain says its Nordstrom Local concept store will open in Los Angeles next month. The Seattle-based…

September 11, 2017

Business

Car-centric Houston struggles after loss of countless autos

A car is submerged Aug. 27 on a freeway flooded by Hurricane Harvey, near downtown Houston. Harvey dropped a year’s…

September 11, 2017

Local News

Durango inventor combines music, robots and booze

Finnigan finds his creativity in ‘maker spaces’

September 11, 2017

Business

Mercy CEO aims to maintain hospital legacy amid uncertainty

McConnell was named CEO in March after overseeing operations and growth of Mercy’s 16 primary care and specialty clinics as…

September 10, 2017

The Tourism Effect

Tourism: Is it worth the investment?

Here is some almost mind-boggling information concerning the effect of tourism on our economy: As of 2015, tourism accounted for…

September 9, 2017

Business

BeLiz MedSpa offers medical spa treatments in Cortez

registered nurses open spa with medical applications

September 9, 2017

Local News

Panel explores solutions to business challenges in La Plata County

Joe Wheeling owner of James Ranch, talks about the future of agriculture as a panelist at an economic development forum…

September 8, 2017

Business

Houston’s businesses inching back to work as waters recede

In 2008, Hurricane Ike tore the roof off his business, Three Brothers Bakery. Now, he estimates, he’s facing $1 million…

September 8, 2017

Business

Microsoft says it’s willing to defend its 39 ‘Dreamers’ in court

A man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in 2015 in…

September 7, 2017