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Locals help businesses weather storm
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Locals help businesses weather storm

September 1, 2018

The good news first: Overall sales tax collections that occurred in June this year were down 3.3 percent for the central business district compared to June 2017. However, sales tax…

Stillwater Music adds four to board
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Stillwater Music adds four to board

August 30, 2018

Gottlieb moved to Durango in 2016 and is the director of investments for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. He has worked with the Juilliard School in New York City and…

Nancy Heleno offers college essay instruction
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Nancy Heleno offers college essay instruction

August 30, 2018

Helenodu1-i-syn Heleno, as leader of a team of local community volunteers, was the first in Colorado to receive unanimous approval from the charter school board; first in Colorado to achieve…

LPEA names ‘right-of-way’ agent
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LPEA names ‘right-of-way’ agent

August 30, 2018

Walkerdu1-i-syn Walker is from Farmington and started her career in 1979 as a meter reader for Farmington Electric Utility. She completed an apprenticeship program for the electric meter shop, took…

Home-buyer education offered in fall
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Home-buyer education offered in fall

August 30, 2018

Topics include: budgeting and debt; credit; insurance; lending; real estate; and home maintenance and energy efficiency. According to a news release from HomesFund, participants will gain access to its down…

Prepare now to reduce holiday stress
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Prepare now to reduce holiday stress

August 25, 2018

“The holidays are filled with both joy and stress,” says Ellen Braaten, associate professor of psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Much of that stress comes from the financial cost of…

Report: Weak farm economy leading to fewer farm loans
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Report: Weak farm economy leading to fewer farm loans

August 23, 2018

The latest Rural Mainstreet survey says nearly one-third of bank CEOs reported rejecting a higher percentage of farm loans, while nearly 55 percent indicated their banks had raised collateral requirements…

Durango First National hires three
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Durango First National hires three

August 23, 2018

Wells was hired as a universal banker at the Bodo office. He grew up in California and earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Lewis & Clark College in Portland,…

4TheChildren names executive director
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4TheChildren names executive director

August 23, 2018

Heindu1-i-syn Hein is known in the community for her work at Animas High School and the Powerhouse Science Center, a news release from the organization said. In her new position,…

Big tech throwing big money at home robots
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Big tech throwing big money at home robots

August 20, 2018

A Boston Dynamics Inc. Atlas humanoid robot.Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Behind the scenes, big tech companies are funding secret projects to develop robots. Amazon.com Inc. has been working on a robot version…