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Burger robots: Labor nod revives image but reality’s complex

NEW YORK – It’s a scenario often invoked by critics of minimum wage increases: fast-food workers replaced with burger-flipping robots. The imagery resurfaced when President-elect ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

New shopping, dining options arriving soon

New stores are popping up all over Downtown and North Main Avenue, bringing new options to the heart of Durango’s shopping areas. Cerda 7 Cantina Y Comida opened recently in the ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Russell Planning hires new team member

Russell Planning and Engineering hired Madeline Jacknin for their planning team. Jacknin has a bachelor of arts in environmental studies from the University of Pittsburgh and a ma...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Kogan Builders hires project manager

Kogan Builders hired Jon Trepanier as project manager. He has a background in construction management and design and 25 yearsâ€™ construction experience building track housing, l...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

EXIT Realty Home and Ranch hires Sigillito

EXIT Realty Home and Ranch hired 16-year Durango Party Rentals owner Jon Sigillito. Contact Jon Sigillito at 946-0896 for real estate services or for additional information. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Mortgage rates continue to rise

DATE: Dec 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

D.C. hotel sale could be expensive for Trump

To resolve conflicts issue may mean selling property at loss

DATE: Dec 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Preparing for a winter sell

Real estate agents say capitalize on holidays

DATE: Dec 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Existing U.S. home sales reach highest level since February 2007

WASHINGTON – Americans bought homes in November in the fastest pace in nearly a decade. But rising mortgage rates, a deepening shortage of houses and higher prices are likely to weigh on the...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Online sites court procrastinators with speedy shipping

ATLANTA – Forget ordering online weeks in advance or dashing out to the drug store for a gift card on Christmas Eve. Procrastinating holiday shoppers are finding a haven online as retailers ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

For 2017, dare to set a big goal for yourself

If we’re friends on Facebook, or in real life, you probably know that I’m currently living in Hawaii. Moving here is part of my Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal to travel for a year. C...

DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Walgreens, Rite Aid to shed 865 stores to close $9.4B deal

Walgreens and Rite Aid will sell 865 stores to rival retailer Fred’s for $950 million, potentially removing the final roadblock thwarting a tie up between the nation’s largest and third-larg...

DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | 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