The Colorado Homebuilding Academy is an effort to get more people to work. People like Shimai Hunter. “I don’t have any construction experience,” Hunter says. “I actually come from a…
The kids are in school, pumpkin spice lattes reappeared, Labor Day has come and gone (I still think the academic year should start after Labor Day weekend), Halloween candy is…
Southern Ute Indian Tribe cited as a model
The iPhone X, which comes a decade after the original model, is Apple’s first major redesign since 2014 and represents a significant upgrade to the iPhone 7 line.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg…
Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat.Michael Laris/Washington Post He is wearing a “seat suit” to make it look like his Ford Transit…
Director Frances Rosser Taylor, with 35 years of experience teaching ballet, opened Ballet Durango six years ago, which offered ballet, lyrical, modern and pre-ballet. With the new space, the business…
Kristin D. Pulatie was hired as director of assessment and planning. In her new position, Pulatie will assess community needs and agency processes to design future programs and improve public…
Apple sought to reverse that equation Tuesday with the long-anticipated release of its 10th-anniversary smartphone, the iPhone X. It replaces the fingerprint sensor previous generations used for unlocking a user’s…
In this Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone 7 during an event to announce new products, in San Francisco. Apple is expected…
Rescue workers, left, search a neighborhood for flood victims as a man on a kayak down the street after Hurricane Irma brought floodwaters to Jacksonville, Fla. on Monday.John Raoux/Associated Press…
Equifax Inc. executives say their firm has made changes to address customer complaints since it disclosed a week earlier that it exposed vital data on about 143 million Americans. Equifax…
Isolation, cost of rural air travel make for a heavily subsidized airline
The luxury department store chain says its Nordstrom Local concept store will open in Los Angeles next month. The Seattle-based company says the store will be staffed with personal stylists…
A car is submerged Aug. 27 on a freeway flooded by Hurricane Harvey, near downtown Houston. Harvey dropped a year’s worth of rain onto the Houston metro area. Flooded roads…
Finnigan finds his creativity in ‘maker spaces’
McConnell was named CEO in March after overseeing operations and growth of Mercy’s 16 primary care and specialty clinics as the vice president of operations and outreach strategy. In the…
Here is some almost mind-boggling information concerning the effect of tourism on our economy: As of 2015, tourism accounted for 26 percent of the jobs in La Plata County, making…
registered nurses open spa with medical applications
Joe Wheeling owner of James Ranch, talks about the future of agriculture as a panelist at an economic development forum hosted by La Plata County on Friday. Laura Lewis Marchino,…
Zumacom expands service to Dolores, Lewis
In 2008, Hurricane Ike tore the roof off his business, Three Brothers Bakery. Now, he estimates, he’s facing $1 million in damage and lost revenue from Harvey – the fifth…
A man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in 2015 in San Francisco. Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith…
An employee sorts Legos in the LEGO flagship store unveiled as part of the new Les Halles shopping mall during the press visit in April 2016 in Paris. Danish toy…
The guest speaker will be Matthew Sarchet, representing the Warner Pacific sales team, who will give a presentation about the past and future of benefits administration and 1 CE credit.…
three years, pub box has expanded rapidly
Erin Neer Erin Neer, a certified public accountant, founded MUNIRevs in 2011 but signed up this year for the Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs to accelerate the growth of…
Project on Florida Road adds 20 units to rental market
Startup aims to help rural utilities move away from traditional technology
Lewis College study surveys festivalgoers, businesses
