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Robots now rule at Swiss factories

High wages make automation essential

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Rekindle your dreams goal by goal

There are no coincidences. I sat down to write this column, turned on Pandora and Shakira’s “Try Everything” from “Zootopia” started blasting. “I won’t give up. No, I ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Melloy Auto Group buys Hanson Honda

The Melloy Auto Group bought Hanson Honda in Farmington, New Mexico. The dealership was renamed Melloy Honda this month. The Melloy Auto Group consists of dealerships throughout c...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Chamber announces keynote speaker at Tech Conference

Jeff Walker, the author of the New York Times best seller Launch, will speak at the Durango Chamber of Commerce’s Tech Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 15 at the DoubleTree. ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Chamber to hold Business After Hours

The Durango Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. March 16 at the Sachs Construction offices, 182 Girard Street Unit B. Admission is $7. Food, beer a...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

BID launches shoplifting alert system

The Business Improvement District recently started an online alert system. If anyone notices a shoplifter, someone passing counterfeit bills or someone disturbing customers, they...

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos Brewery to expand with move this spring

‘We want to keep saturating the Mancos Valley with the best beer we can make’

DATE: Mar 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Insurance group to meet at Strater Hotel

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors South Western Colorado will meet at noon on Thursday in the Oak Room at the Strater Hotel. Bob Avery, a certified fin...

DATE: Mar 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

New housing scams coming on the market

Real estate agents say wire fraud becoming more common

DATE: Mar 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Famous Waldorf Astoria getting makeover

NEW YORK – The word “grand” matched few hotels in the world better than New York City’s Waldorf Astoria, but this bastion of gilded splendor is now closing for two to three years for a trans...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Why Trump’s immigration crackdown could sink U.S. home prices

In San Francisco, an Indian software engineer on a work permit canceled plans to bid on a $900,000 home. In Washington, a Brazilian nonprofit executive passed on a fixer-upper near her offic...

DATE: Mar 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Construction spending drops 1 percent in January

WASHINGTON â€“ Builders cut back on construction spending in January by the largest amount in nine months, with weakness stemming from the biggest reduction in government activity in nearly ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday