Business
A passive house is an efficient house
Some local builders adhering to tighter efficiency standards
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Business
Election may be putting real estate market on hold in Durango area
Many home buyers may be sitting on the sidelines until after the election
Business
Escape Room offers mystery lovers a puzzle on Main Avenue
New business offers an indoor alternative to Durango’s outdoor attractions
Editorials
Make it Count campaign to discourage panhandling in Durango is worthwhile
Things changed in 2014 when the American Civil Liberties Union informed the city that its law violated the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech, an opinion that has been upheld…
Local News
New retail, restaurants move into Francisco’s building on Main
Clothing store to open this week
Business
Business Briefs
PHD Advanced Nutrition recently opened in the 1200 block of Main Avenue in Durango. While Dr. Ashley Lucas has had a successful online presence in the nutrition and weight-management field…
Business
In Memphis and around U.S., economic averages miss big picture
It’s a tale of two cities, all in one place. And it’s a tale of two Americas: the one that national averages indicate has all but recovered from the Great…
A Take on Tourism
Old-fashioned vacations are back
More simply, it’s a memorable vacation where you do exciting stuff and have lots of fun. What makes a vacation “authentic?” That’s when the core attraction is an outdoor environment…
Business
Sky high: NYC ‘trophy apartment’ could list for $250 million
A luxury 90-floor apartment skyscraper called One57, left, rises above all other buildings overlooking Central Park, while a crane sits atop ongoing construction for a new condominium skyscraper at 220…
On Real Estate
Making your home ‘pop’ can help get that sale
Proper lighting can help you present your home in the best light possible to potential buyers such as Mary Tuttle, right, who is checking out a home with real estate…
Business
Slowdown sends spending on construction down
Construction workers smooth wet concrete at the site of a new apartment building rising in the Brooklyn borough of New York.Mark Lennihan/Associated Press Construction spending dropped 1.8 percent in April…
Business
Purgatory Resort buyers going for cheaper homes
Sales up, median price down in Purgatory resort area
Business
Cold coffee is booming; now everyone is piling in
Andrea Illy, chief executive officer of Illycaffe, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London on April 19, 2016. When the beverage industry looks to the future, it sees U.S. consumers…
Business
Home sales unaffected as prices rise
U.S. home prices rose 5.4 percent in March, the same as in February, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index.Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city…
What's Up Downtown
Downtown, north Main online directory offered
Sometimes, it is hard to find what you need, despite the variety of stores that we have downtown and along north Main Avenue. To help bridge that gap, the Durango…
Business
Dealing with a renovation nightmare
While most people come through the mess and expense and enjoy the results, the biggest fear of many homeowners is that they will be among the unhappy group who suffer…
Business
Pending U.S. home sales up
The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index surged 5.1 percent last month to 116.3, the highest since 117.4 in February 2006. The…
Business
Freeway views are hot: Homeowners cozy up to urban eyesores
Robert Leviton doesn’t mind living near a highway in Pasadena, Calif., because his new townhouse is close enough for him to bike to work.Nick Ut/Associated Press The busy stretch of…
Business
Mining claims cheap but complex real estate
Provided the buyer doesn’t mind primitive living, a plot to build a rustic mountain cabin can come cheaply. Today, about 40 claims are listed in rural San Juan County, and…
Business
U.S. new-home sales jump to highest level in more than 8 years
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that new home sales jumped 16.6 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 619,000, up from a revised total of 531,000 in March.…
Business
Fifth-graders practice making big bucks
Mock town provides opportunity to understand financial concepts
Business
Ranching challenges emerge after 2012 drought
Genetics key to getting by for northeast Colorado ranch
A Take on Tourism
We’re tracking the wiley website-using tourist
One source, the U.S. Travel Association (USTA), is a large producer of ongoing tourism research, which the Durango Area Tourism Office uses in its strategic planning. According to USTA’s body…
Money Savvy
High-achievers share this essential trait
What does it take to accomplish our goals? What sets high-achievers apart from ordinary people? Is it talent? Hard work? Luck? Talent High-achievers often appear to have a special gift…
Business
Colorado coal industry collapse leaving mining towns unsure
Shiny black rocks fell past his helmet as he secured the tunnel, doing a job that is fast disappearing in Colorado: taking coal from deep inside Earth and sending it…
Local News
Economic adviser will help Silverton through mine cleanup
2-year grant will help fund position during mine cleanup