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‘Pay workers more, they have more money to spend’: Durango residents call for minimum wage increase

Cost of living ‘dramatically outpaced the increase in wages’

DATE: Feb 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Inflation rising on high prices of food like meat and eggs

Costs ticking up in other areas, too, including medical care, recreation and apparel

DATE: Feb 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heading into year three, Team UP La Plata provides ‘summer-changing’ opportunities for youths

Collaborative program leverages grant funding to engage kids outside of school

DATE: Jan 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Region 9 receives state grant for broadband development

Funding will be used to connect Southwest Colorado to statewide network

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s inflation rate is falling faster than the U.S. average

A key inflation metric shows that growth in consumer prices in Colorado is cooling faster than the national average, state forecasters told lawmakers this past Thursday. Louis Pino, an econo...

DATE: Jun 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coloradans want politicians to do something about cost of living

Residents from every political party, every region and just about every age group are feeling pressure from the economy

DATE: Jun 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango deploys incentives program to support local businesses, essential services

Policy born of need for grocer in Three Springs area

DATE: May 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory executives resign

Company plans to look for CEO and CFO who will be based close to Durango

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango airport in need of new hangar space for private planes

Increased population, changing demographics driving demand

DATE: Apr 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado keeps quiet about faulty job data as federal agency calls out the erratic numbers

The jobs data that Colorado rolled out earlier in March should be based on official information but is still just a guess, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Colorado’s labor ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Would an Albertsons-Kroger merger be bad for Durango?

Economist says labor and grocery store prices would likely be impacted

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cost of living instills economic pessimism in Southwest Colorado residents

Economists break down what the state and county economies looked like in 2023

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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