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Potential impacts of minimum wage increase discussed at Durango City Council

Business leaders outline concerns, responses to possible salary hikes

DATE: May 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango residents push City Council to raise minimum wage

Advocates say policy would put more money in workers’ pockets, feed economic growth

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

How Durango Emergency Dispatch is turning tide on turnover

911 center pivots from 106% churn rate to zero in two years

DATE: Jan 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

How mountain town businesses are working to defy Colorado's elevated quit rates

Creative benefits can make up for lower wages, less-than-ideal health insurance

DATE: Oct 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Business

Mercy Hospital had a retention problem: What changed?

Across the country, doctors left their jobs. Mercy has employed new tactics to get them back

DATE: Jun 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Manna’s revamped culinary program trains Durango’s cooks

Two years in, students are learning skills to meet restaurants’ needs

DATE: Feb 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

As spring construction ramps up, Durango Public Works says recruitment efforts are paying off

Streets division is nearly fully staffed; department turns focus to utilities maintenance

DATE: May 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Walgreens customers pushed to Durango’s lone independent pharmacy

Rivergate Pharmacy has gained 3-4 patients per day

DATE: Mar 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Staffing shortage causes intermittent closures at Walgreens pharmacies

Patients in Durango say they have struggled to access vital medications

DATE: Mar 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango City Council candidates discuss spending priorities in forum

Ballots to begin arriving in mailboxes this week

DATE: Mar 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Can apprenticeships help recruit health care workers?

Hickenlooper praises such programs in committee hearing

DATE: Feb 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado’s unemployment rate rebounds; housing and labor present concerns

Cost of living is impacting employers’ ability to recruit young talent

DATE: Jan 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

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