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Young professionals invited to networking event
Chris Nelson with La Plata County Humane Society will be featured as guest speaker. The event is open to Durango-area professionals 21-40 years old. Cost is $10 for members and…
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Animas Surgical hires physician
Millerdu1-i-syn Dr. Miller has practiced medicine for more than eight years. She graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder, earned a medical degree from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine…
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SUCAP adopts new name
The community action organization, abbreviated SoCoCAA, provides services in Southwest Colorado, including job training, senior services, youth development, suicide prevention, public transit and more. The agency is located at 295…
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Silverton named certified business community
The recognition will be used to, in partnership with the Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College, develop a shared work space in the Grand Imperial Hotel. The location…
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Ballantine Family Fund supports San Juan County
SJDA aims to build resiliency in the Silverton community through assisting businesses and helping develop a long-term Superfund site. For more information, call 799-5012 or email [email protected].
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Realtors to close applications for nonprofits Sept. 30
To qualify, nonprofits must be located in La Plata or San Juan counties. Preference is given to housing and family support organizations. The deadline to apply is Sept. 30. For…
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Attorney opens new Durango law practice
Powelldu1-i-syn Powell graduated from University of Iowa College of Law, where he served as senior articles editor for the Iowa Law Review. He worked as an associate attorney at Brownstein…
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LPEA to hold member luncheons
Events will be catered by Back Porch BBQ with music from The Bar D Wranglers in Durango and Smoken MOES Un-Real BBQ with music by Tim Sullivan in Pagosa Springs.…
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Insider Q&A Small Colorado manufacturer caught in trade war
Robertsdu1-i-syn Roberts is CEO of Qualtek Manufacturing, which employs 74 people at a plant in Colorado Springs, producing specialty metal parts for medical equipment. The cost of the steel and…
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Alpenglow Properties hires two brokers
Santiago is from Santa Cruz, California, and moved in 2008 to Durango for a career with the U.S. Forest Service in field biology. She is a professional cyclist who has…
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U.S. trade gap widens most since 2015; record China deficit
The gap increased 9.5 percent to $50.1 billion, the biggest since February, from a revised $45.7 billion in the prior month, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday. Exports fell 1 percent,…
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Durango Christian Church may be converted into condos
Congregation needs room to grow; developer sees space for five units
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Southwest Colorado ideally situated to lure more tour groups
Illinois tour operator says organized tours ideal to fill shoulder season
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Locals help businesses weather storm
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…
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Two Montezuma County properties honored as Centennial Farms and Ranches
Two Montezuma County properties honored as Centennial Farms and Ranches
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Durango & Silverton railroad repairing damage from mudslides
Work expected to be completed by Sept. 15
Business
Colorado’s economy winning, but not everyone shares in victory
Some businesses struggle to find qualified workers
Business
Stillwater Music adds four to board
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…
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Nancy Heleno offers college essay instruction
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…
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LPEA names ‘right-of-way’ agent
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…
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Home-buyer education offered in fall
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…
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Film about Hunter S. Thompson to start shooting next week in Silverton
Mountain town standing in for 1970s Aspen
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Trade workers shortage hurting Fort Collins housing market
Wages have gone up, but few are applying for construction jobs
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Prepare now to reduce holiday stress
“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…
Business
Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they created
Companies must balance protecting their users with free speech
Business
TJ Maxx owner’s sales soar on new customers looking for deals
Comparable sales at the company, which owns the Marshalls and TJ Maxx chains, rose 6 percent in the second quarter, three times more than analysts’ estimates. That sent the stock…
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Kroger to sell its goods to Chinese shoppers through Tmall
Cincinnati-based Kroger, parent company of City Market, is working to catch up with Walmart and Amazon.com, which bought grocer Whole Foods last year. In recent months, Kroger launched an online…