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Home Builders Association offering scholarships

The Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado is offering a $2,000 academic college scholarship and a $1,000 vocational/trade school scholarship to local graduating high school student...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

USDA grant trainings Feb. 6 and 7

There will be free U.S. Department of Agriculture grant training opportunities on Monday, Feb. 6 and Tuesday Feb. 7 at La Plata Electric Association, 45 Stewart Street. Trainin...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Understanding sandstone creates oil industry opportunity

Geocosm consortium creates reliable model in downturn

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Silicon Valley finds its voice as immigration ban fuels outrage

U.S. immigration restrictions introduced over the weekend are bringing the technology industry together in unified anger as never before. While the clampdown isn’t an immediate th...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Walgreens slashes offer for Rite Aid

Walgreens substantially lowered its offering price for drugstore rival Rite Aid and, facing resistance from U.S. regulators, raised the number of stores it would be willing to unload to ease...

DATE: Jan 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Pending home sales rose in December

WASHINGTON – More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in December. The increase possibly reflects more people scrambling to purchase homes as mortgage rates have been rising and increasi...

DATE: Jan 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Montezuma County agriculture summit focuses on finance

First Montezuma producers’ summit held Tuesday

DATE: Jan 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump stirs homebuilders’ dreams of bulldozing environmental rules

As Don Huffines sees it, Donald Trump’s election instantly made his Dallas-area pastureland much more valuable. That’s because the residential developer expects the president to follow throu...

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Mortgage rates up slightly for first time in ’17

WASHINGTON – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose last week after three weeks of declines, marking their first increase of the year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rat...

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Florida Road apartments ready for tenants this fall

College students expected market

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. new-home sales tumble

WASHINGTON – Americans pulled back sharply from buying new homes in December, but sales for all of 2016 were the highest since 2007. The Commerce Department said that new-home sal...

DATE: Jan 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Stillwater Music names board member

Stillwater Music has named Lissa Howe to its board of directors. Howe grew up in Durango, has a bachelor’s in biology and a master’s in geography and ecology from Colorado College...

DATE: Jan 24, 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.