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Land title company purchased

Denver-based Land Title Guarantee Co. has purchased its Durango affiliate and hired Josh Neiman to run the local branch. Gary and Judy Robison started the Durango office 43 years...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Russell Planning hires new team member

Russell Planning & Engineering recently welcomed Geographic Information Services specialist Michael Mister to its team. Mister is a local partner offering geographic information s...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

First National Bank of Durango hires new staff

First National Bank of Durango recently welcomed two new staff members to its team. Universal banker Gracie King was hired for the Bayfield office staff and drive-up teller Jeff N...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Orthodontist Dr. Fletcher retires

Dr. Michael Fletcher, an orthodontist at A Smile By Design for 24 years, announced his retirement and is passing on his practice to Dr. Daniella A. Phillis. Phillis and her husba...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. home prices surpass pre-recession peak

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreL...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Bureaucracy can impact home prices

Rising home prices are a signal to builders: As housing gets more expensive, it’s time to create more of it. Then as new buildings rise, the competition for scarce housing falls. And that ke...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Atmos Energy finishes first phase of construction in Durango

Upgrade of infrastructure will continue in 2018

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Serenity Spa and Boutique opens on Main Avenue in downtown Durango

New shop offers ‘shabby chic Texas’

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter can be good time to go house shopping

In most areas of the country, including La Plata County, summer time is the prime home-buying season. There are more homes available for sale and more buyers in the market. The benefit for b...

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Green Lab Solutions gets green light from city of Durango

Marijuana testing facility aims for January opening

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Texas, California sending many new residents to Colorado

Census data shows Coloradans are top migrants to county

DATE: Dec 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

US construction spending up 0.5 percent in October

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders boosted spending on construction projects by a modest amount in October, helped by big gains in spending on home construction and the biggest increase in governmen...

DATE: Dec 1, 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