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Control your money; reclaim your dreams

Last month, I told you that I’m traveling around the country for a year and getting to live in Hawaii for the winter. I bet that sounded great. But life hasn’t always been that w...

DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Candy no longer Mars’ biggest business

Candy giant Mars Inc., is digging even deeper into the world’s love affair with pets with the $7.7 billion acquisition of VCA Inc., a veterinary and doggie day-care company based in Los Ange...

DATE: Jan 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

3-story hotel proposed on Camino del Rio

Rock Lounge, Animas Herbal, others would need to move

DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red state homes are luring young blue buyers inland

Dayton, Ohio, gave the world the Wright Brothers and the electric cash register. As recently as 1990, manufacturing jobs there were the backbone of the local economy. But in the two decades ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Hygge is winter’s hottest trend

Scandinavian decor brings warm-glow feeling home

DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Chamber announces annual award finalists

The Durango Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the annual Durango Rocks! awards. The awards honor businesses and individuals for their accomplishments and contrib...

DATE: Jan 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s trending in Durango kitchen designs

Remodelers and designers talk about 2017 trends

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Purgatory Resort names general manager

Colin McBeath will oversee resort operations

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rico’s internet provider pulls out of town

Farmers will end service Feb. 1; Direct Communications working to maintain service

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sears to sell Craftsman tool brand and close 150 stores

Sears on Thursday announced that it has agreed to sell its Craftsman tools brand to Stanley Black & Decker in a deal valued at $900 million, the latest bid by the flailing retail chain to tr...

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

La Plata County economy could face challenges in 2017

State looks forward to continued growth

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. auto sales hit a record 17.55M in 2016

DETROIT – U.S. consumers bought a record number of new cars and trucks in 2016. A repeat performance in 2017 could be a tall order. Low gas prices, rising employment and low inter...

DATE: Jan 4, 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