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Top 10 Reasons to Go to the San Juan Brewfest

The San Juan Brewfest will be held next Saturday, August 26. The Durango Business Improvement District manages this event, and this is the 10th year that I have personally been involved in i...

DATE: Aug 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Four Corners Community Bank hires two

Four Corners Community Bank recently hired Marsha Chaffin and Jackie Cook of Cortez to its staff. Chaffin, a longtime Montezuma County resident, was hired as operations officer at...

DATE: Aug 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Judge orders LinkedIn to stop blocking data-scraping firm

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered LinkedIn to stop blocking a startup company from scraping LinkedIn personal profiles for data. U.S. District Judg...

DATE: Aug 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Telecommunication project approved as Enterprise Zone Contribution

The regional, Southwest Colorado Council of Government Telecommunication Infrastructure Project was approved June 15 as an Enterprise Zone Contribution Project by the State Economic Developm...

DATE: Aug 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

For electric cars to take off, they’ll need place to charge

DETROIT – Around the world, support is growing for electric cars. Automakers are delivering more electric models with longer range and lower prices, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Cuba struggling to keep professionals from leaving

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba – Calle Marti is a modest half-mile boulevard split by a simple winding flagstone path that’s bracketed by green grass, pine trees and curving blue cement benches. ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango Athletic Performance now open

Sports chiropractor Kevin Vieser and exercise physiologist Kevin Dehlinger recently opened Durango Athletic Performance, located at 1315 Main Ave. The business owners and Durango ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Mountain Capital Partners hires mountain bike director

Officials with Mountain Capital Partners recently announced that Hogan Koesis was hired as mountain bike director for its resorts: Purgatory Resort, Pajarito Mountain, Arizona Snowbowl, Sipa...

DATE: Aug 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Rochester to host entrepreneur event Tuesday evening

Entrepreneurs of the Southwest will offer a food-business-entrepreneurs event from 5:30 to 7:30 Aug. 15 in the secret garden at the Rochester Hotel, 726 East Second Ave. Shamai Bu...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Startup software company GitPrime aims to be major employer

Company serving customers worldwide

DATE: Aug 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

The stupidest thing you can do with money

You may have guessed that I’m a bit of a freak when it comes to personal finance. Only a freak would get up at 5:30 a.m. on a Saturday to write about money. Right? Given that, it ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Postal Service bets on higher stamp prices to fix woes

WASHINGTON – Buffeted by threats from Amazon drones to deliveries by golf cart, the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service is counting on a different strategy to stay competitive: more freedom to r...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

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.