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Lunch & Learn to feature guest speaker Feb. 22

Dan Peterson will present “Resistance to Change” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 during the lunch and learn event at First National Bank of Durango, 259 W. Ninth Street. Pa...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

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

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