Ad

Finding good employees during the staffing crisis

“It can be like finding a needle in a haystack.” That’s what one business owner said to me recently while trying to fill a vacant position. Hopefully the expiration of the supplemental unemp...

Lawsuit could delay replacement for aging postal fleet

PORTLAND, Maine – Postal workers thrilled at the prospect of making deliveries in modern, comfortable and environmentally friendly vehicles are soldiering on in their aging, spartan trucks. ...

Without 'right to repair,' businesses lose time and money

As software and other technologies get infused in more and more products, manufacturers are increasingly making those products difficult to repair, potentially costing business owners time a...

Freddy’s, a fast-casual chain eatery, opens in Durango

Hot dogs and sandwiches range from $6 to $14

San Juan Regional Spine Center welcomes new neurosurgeon

San Juan Regional Medical Center welcomed Dr. Christopher Payne to the San Juan Regional Spine Center’s team of neurosurgeons. Payne graduated with his undergraduate degree in biology from t...

Downtown Ambassadors and a San Juan Brewfest update

Durango Business Improvement District started its Downtown Ambassador Program in summer 2016. Over the past six years, the program has become an integral part of BID’s work for downtown busi...

Cannabis industry in New Mexico faces big challenge of water

MADRID, N.M. (AP) – Where some see desert, Cid and Medina Isbell see opportunity. Standing on a plot on their 30-acre property just north of Madrid, they envision a greenhouse full of cannab...

What’s behind a workforce shortage in Southwest Colorado?

Local businesses struggle to find willing applicants

Now is the time to take advantage of the job market

As I walked around downtown recently, I noticed numerous help wanted signs. Businesses are continuing to emerge from the pandemic and need employees. If you are looking to make a career chan...

Colorado voters approved paid leave last year, but a new lawsuit from a Grand Junction company says it’s unconstitutional

Colorado’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which voters approved in 2020, is facing a legal challenge that aims to invalidate the program before it starts. The conservative nonprofit,...

U.S. drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscori...

Southwest food co-op sees success through virtual farmers market

Local food cooperative Southwest Farm Fresh saw a 70% boost in sales during the economic tumult of 2020 in part because of its new online farmers market. The Cortez-based co-op connects cust...