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Walmart to launch new online home shopping experience

Company trying to combat rival Amazon

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

How we decide where to aim our efforts

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on tourism marketing strategies.Last month, I described, in percentages, where the Durango Area Tourism Office spent its marketing doll...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

SCAPE to hold open house March 14

The community is invited to come meet the new companies selected for the Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs (SCAPE) program, to learn about the SCAPE Investment Fund 3,...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Realtors association provides scholarships

The Helping Hand Community Service Committee of the Durango Area Association of Realtors is now accepting scholarship applications. The criteria are: Must be a curr...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Financial advisers group to host events March 7 and 8

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Southwest Colorado will host Keith Gillies, the National NAIFA president, March 7 and 8 in Durango. Gillies is the managing pr...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Jeanette Simpson promoted at LPEA

Longtime LPEA employee Jeannette Simpson has been promoted to the staff position of human resources & payroll specialist. Most recently she served as payroll specialist. A Bayfiel...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Monica Rodriguez has new position at La Plata County Electric Association

La Plata Electric Association has established the new position of assistant controller and hired Monica Rodriguez for the position. In addition to finance and accounting support, ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Community fund creates new website

First Southwest Community Fund recently launched its new website at The new website includes information on the Intermediary Relending Program, the New Pioneers Microloan Program, the Rura...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango Daybreak Rotary to meet

Durango Daybreak Rotary will meet from 7 to 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Eolus Room at Durango Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. The meeting will feature a Club Assembly and ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Rural Bayfield subdivision finds path to faster internet

3½-year effort by Deer Valley residents pays off with state grant

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Photos: March 1 proclaimed Ed Zink Day in Durango and Colorado

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango imagines a more welcoming corridor along Camino del Rio and north Main Avenue

Grants, land-use revisions and urban renewal authority could make vision a reality

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.