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Basin Coop sales up 2 percent, cash distribution at $281K
Cooperative has 2 board members re-elected
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Evenings Porch Assisted Living welcomes Janahy Tsosie, Courtney Schlapfer and Larry Benson to its team. Tsosie has been an in-home caregiver and loves working with the elderly. Schlapfer will cook…
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Educators and business look to groom the future
businesses, schools meet to examine young people’s future
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Commuter rail line running on empty
are covering only $2.8M of $28.4M in total operating costs
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Pastels are always in fashion for homes
Designer Brian Patrick Flynn uses high-end performance fabrics in pastel tones to create a lounge he describes as “rock-and-roll pastels.”Sarah Dorio/HGTV.com Decorating with these potentially too-sweet shades can be tricky…
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1 in 4 renters using half their pay on housing
Although the Great Recession has ended, millions of Americans who are paying more than a third of their annual income on rental housing are still feeling its impact, an analysis…
On Real Estate
Knowing the ABCs of home appraisals
Home appraisals determine the value of a specific residential property at a given moment in time. While real estate appraisals are required if there is a mortgage involved, they are…
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Federal programs to help homeowners extended
At a speech in Los Angeles on Friday, Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, announced that the deadline has been pushed forward to the end of 2016.…
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Business Briefs
The Durango Chamber of Commerce’s May Business After Hours will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. May 15 at Caliber Home Loans, 835 East Second Ave., Suite 310. There…
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Ballantine Communications rolls out high-gloss Southwest magazine
Lifestyle magazine – ‘Dorado’ – is company’s newest venture
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Super-rich set new threshold with $100M homes
Rather than settle for garages of antique cars or a museum’s worth of paintings, billionaires are increasingly willing to pay $100 million for homes that can serve as showcases for…
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Home prices in 20 cities increase at faster pace
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values increased 5 percent from February 2014, the biggest year-to-year gain since August, after rising 4.5 percent in the year that ended in January, the…
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Is it time to draw line on parental largesse?
Helping adult kids may put your retirement at risk
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Bayfield’s mill levy taxes town’s businesses
Commercial properties more expensive to operate than in Durango, Ignacio
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Don’t let your car become an emergency
When it’s raining or cold, I do appreciate driving, but I hate how cars can incite feelings of dread and, in me, shame. Because cars are expensive and essential transportation…
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The Tile & Carpet Store of Durango has gone through some changes recently. After 20 years of business in Durango on Bodo Drive, the store is under new ownership and…
A Take on Tourism
Don’t call them tourists anymore; they’re ‘explorers’ now
Kunkel What might come to mind is the family station wagon packed to the gills and headed for Jellystone Park with the kid’s hoping Yogi Bear and Boo Boo will…
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Living small
Montezuma County resident builds Earth-friendly and affordable homes for people on the move