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Do you want marijuana businesses downtown?
Contentious issue divides shop owners in Durango
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Real estate and the millenial generation
In the Durango area, the millenials want in-town homes with close proximity for walking and riding their bikes to the amenities the town has to offer. The advantages of the…
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Improving U.S. home market still facing obstacles
Housing prices are up in San Francisco and many people want to buy, but there are few properties available for sale. Entering the 2014 spring buying season, the U.S. housing…
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In spite of slowing sales, home prices rose in February
Real estate data provider CoreLogic said prices for existing homes rose 12.2 percent in February from a year ago. That was up slightly from January’s year-over-year pace of 12 percent.…
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Office for iPad: Pretty and functional, too
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella helped unveil his company’s new Office for the iPad. The software suite includes Word, Excel and Powerpoint.Eric Risberg/Associated Press The new version of Office for Apple’s…
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Health-care costs can ruin your retirement plans
Add to that worries about health-care costs in retirement, and those concerns are off the chart. They should be. “I’ve seen people pay as much as $5,000 to $15,000 a…
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Bust out of prison: Take some advice to pay off debt
What kind of time are you serving: 1 to 2 years, 2 to 5 years, 5 to 10, life? Almost 10 percent of Americans believe they are serving life sentences.…
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Defective GM vehicles lead to young deaths
This combination of undated family photos shows, from left, Amber Marie Rose, Natasha Weigel and Amy Rademaker. All three were killed in deadly car crashes involving GM’s Cobalt during 2005-06.Associated…
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Will Dolores Valley plan be modified?
rages on about proposed changes, landowner property rights
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New worry for flood victims: Insurance increase
Charlie Corson and his wife are trying to decide whether to rebuild their home in Lyons. One of the issues they are looking at is that federal flood insurance rates…
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Will mortgage rule stall housing recovery?
du1-i-syn Basic tenets of the rules can be confusing. Near term, implications are not clear. Expect the government to tweak the rules as impacts on the housing market are recognized.…
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Spring’s the time to clean walls
It’s easy to pass by walls and woodwork every day without a second glance, but spring-cleaning season is a great time to give them the attention they deserve. Like many…
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Home prices dip in January for the third month
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, declined 0.1 percent from December to January, the same drop as the previous two months. That figure is not adjusted…
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IRS to tax bitcoins like property
Although bitcoin may operate like coin and paper currency and can be used to pay for goods and services, no country accepts it as “legal tender,” the Internal Revenue Service…
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Apps let you share secrets anonymously
At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new class of mobile applications aims for a bit more…
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Want a cheaper shipping deal?
Some took the $20 price hike in stride. “I order stuff once a week on Amazon,” said Liam Stephens, a Los Angeles-based mobile phone game designer. “It’s still a better…
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Get ready for bigger gas bill from Atmos
winter in Pacific Northwest linked to price spike
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Watch riverfront concerts?
Project proposes $30M arts and sciences facility next to Durango Discovery Museum