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New Mexico taps federal loans to pay unemployment

SANTA FE – New Mexico has depleted its unemployment benefits trust fund and begun to use federal loans to keep up with claims – spending that can trigger higher taxes if not repaid, a top la...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Nurses say state staffing levels leave patients vulnerable

DENVER – Some Denver nurses said the state’s minimum staffing levels have left them overworked and patients vulnerable to substandard care. A Colorado Department of Public Health ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

A new hand on deck to offer assistance to small businesses

With COVID-19 hitting the bottom line, SBDC adds disaster relief coordinator

DATE: Sep 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Why join Visit Durango’s Board of Directors?

Visit Durango is currently accepting applications for our Board of Directors from now through October 31, 2020. The Visit Durango Board of Directors is organized by sector to ensu...

DATE: Sep 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Former CEO pushes back on audit of Gallup hospital

SANTA FE – The former CEO of Rehoboth McKinley Christian hospital in Gallup on Wednesday challenged the findings of a special audit of finances and contracts at the taxpayer-supported hospit...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Tomsic Physical Therapy welcomes Nathan G. Dailey as their newest physical therapist

Tomsic Physical Therapy will welcome Nathan G. Dailey as their newest physical therapist in October. Dailey is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist and certified strength and con...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado workers protest COVID-19 fine issued to meat plant

DENVER – A union representing workers at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more were infected staged a protest Wednesday, claiming that federal off...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado cold snap could disrupt state’s marijuana industry

DENVER – Early cold temperatures and snow in Colorado may have destroyed millions of dollars worth of outdoor plants, cannabis and hemp companies said. The drop of about 70 degree...

DATE: Sep 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Needles Liquors to move to Purgatory Resort

Store will rebrand itself as Mother Cline Liquor

DATE: Sep 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

How Wolf Creek plans to navigate a coronavirus reopening

Ski area proposes daily cap on skiers, adjusts pricing

DATE: Sep 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Photo: Burger shack calls it quits

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Starting from the bottom

Unless you’ve had the luxury of hibernating up in the mountains camping somewhere, you certainly can’t have avoided all the election hyperbola. Are we over it? Well, not yet, but we’re close...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber