We are very excited to partner with the city of Durango on an upgrade to all the downtown lighting. The historic lamp posts downtown have first-generation LED bulbs in them.…
Normally, you’d expect the rigs to return to the field in significant numbers as producers flush with added cash looked to boost output. But the weekly Baker Hughes tally has…
The agency says it has gotten an increase in reports of attempts to obtain employees’ W-2 forms in hopes of stealing people’s personal information and identities. The scams often go…
In Maryland, however, at least one community bank is working with the state’s newly launched medical marijuana industry, offering growers and stores a way to avoid the security concerns and…
An existing home for sale in Walpole, Mass., on Jan. 8. Average mortgage rates rose this week, though they’re still considered low by historic standards.Steven Senne/Associated Press The average rate…
Nominees can be projects, people and innovations that exemplify the spirit of the clean-energy movement in Colorado, such as residential; utility; municipal/institutional; commercial; or industrial solar projects that have helped…
Otter Otter is the current program manager at La Plata Economic Development Alliance and Mountain Middle School board president. She began her career in public education, and has experience as…
Ideal candidates will have teaching experience; knowledge of accounting, banking and investing; and a passion for working with youth. Students will learn about needs and wants; saving and budgeting; debit…
The class will cover budgeting and debt; credit; insurance; lending; real estate; home maintenance; and energy efficiency. Cost is $15. To register, visit www.homesfund.org/events/durango-homebuyer-education-class-12018. For more information, call 259-1418.
The competition offers up to $5,000 to current students and recent alumni with ideas for new businesses. Teams will be matched with mentors in the Durango business community and engage…
D’Andrea Lyn D’Andrea of Bayfield has owned and operated the business since 2011. The salon offers free haircuts to customers who donate their hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit…
Smith The CVA designation acknowledges expertise as a business valuation expert. For more information, call 385-1002.
Pet-product company will consolidate with Texas-based Merrick Pet Care
Pizzeria sees growth potential in Three Springs area
Change likely to happen in early 2018
Katie Burford, owner of Cream Bean Berry ice cream shop, pours the ingredients of Cream Bean Berry’s vanilla bean ice cream into the batch freezer in July 2013. Burford recently…
An employee operates an Eastman Machine Co. 627 Brute straight knife machine to cut through denim patterns at the Dearborn Denim facility in Chicago on Nov. 8, 2017.Jim Young/Bloomberg Factory…
‘We’re retaining more revenues in the local economy when renewables are employed’
The nation’s coal mines recorded 15 deaths last year, including eight in West Virginia. Kentucky had two deaths, and there were one each in Alabama, Colorado, Montana, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.…
If you are scared, you’re not alone. Having had more than 10 credit cards at one time and having been petrified at the sight of the bills, I know how…
A worker operates a cotton picker at a farm in the Nueces County of Chapman Ranch, Texas, on Aug. 23, 2016.Eddie Seal/Bloomberg Of the nine components tracked by the Bloomberg…
Amazon captured 89 percent of all online holiday spending in the five-week period beginning on Thanksgiving, according to an analysis of credit- and debit-card transaction data by Earnest Research in…
Changing local economy factored into decision to shutter shop
“We wanted a relaxed, helpful atmosphere where people can get ideas on their window-covering options,” owner Gene Carlson said in a news release. Custom Window Coverings has served the Four…
New gym offers an alternative workout to CrossFit and pumping iron
Let’s first talk about getting to Durango. As most of us realize, Durango is a drive market. That is, most visitors get to Durango by driving in their automobile. As…
