James Ranch, north of Durango, receives approval for expansion
Ranch can now hold more events, build a new restaurant and bakery
DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Frontier Airlines fined for long delays in Denver snowstorm
DENVER – The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it fined Frontier Airlines $1.5 million for keeping passengers stuck on a dozen aircraft on the Denver airport tarmac for more than...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Irma’s damage a reminder of Florida economy’s vulnerability
WASHINGTON – Florida’s economy has long thrived on one import above all: People.
Until Irma struck this month, the state was adding nearly 1,000 residents a day – 333,471 in the p...
DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Ska Fabricating owners start structural steel company
Ska Fab Steel buys equipment from Hermosa Iron Works
DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Colorado construction is plugging the gap with an academy
DENVER (AP) – Houses along the Front Range can’t be built fast enough. Part of the problem is a booming population. There’s also a shortage of construction workers to get the job done. ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
iPhone X an evolution of the iPhone, but not the smartphone
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple needed to wow skeptics with its 10th-anniversary smartphone, the iPhone X. (That’s pronounced “iPhone 10,” for the curious.) As expected, Apple showed off a phone w...
DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat
Andy Schaudt is an invisible man.
He is wearing a “seat suit” to make it look like his Ford Transit Connect van is driving itself.
His bespectacled face is obscured by ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Ballet Durango opens new space
Ballet Durango recently opened studios at 225 East Eighth Ave., and an open house will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 22 at the new location.
Director Frances Rosser Taylor, with ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
San Juan Basin Public Health hires 2
San Juan Basin Public Health recently hired two to its team.
Kristin D. Pulatie was hired as director of assessment and planning. In her new position, Pulatie will assess communit...
DATE: Sep 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Apple edges closer to fraught age of facial recognition tech
A whiff of dystopian creepiness has long wafted in the air whenever facial recognition has come up. Books, movies and television shows have portrayed the technology as mainly a tool of surve...
DATE: Sep 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Apple may test the bounds of iPhone love with a $1,000 model
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple is expected to sell its fanciest iPhone yet for $1,000, crossing into a new financial frontier that will test how much consumers are willing to pay for a device that’s ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Harvey and Irma to slow U.S. growth but rebound should follow
WASHINGTON – With businesses disrupted, fuel and chemical refineries out of commission and consumers struggling to restore their lives, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will likely pack a tough do...
DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
