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Home design comes full circle

NEW YORK – Curves have been all over the fashion and celebrity magazines and are finding their way into design and décor, too. “They’re sensuous and inviting,” New York designer ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Construction spending falls

U.S. home building slips in February

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Rising home prices deter new buyers

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose at a steady pace in January, pushing prices up at a faster pace than wages and putting more homes financially out of reach for would-be buyers. ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Need seen for industrial park

Economic officials study Bodo’s impact

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Bidding wars make comeback in real estate

WASHINGTON – The housing bubble brought bidding wars – wars over $500,000 properties that ultimately sold for $600,000, wars over under-listed condos that drew dozens of would-be buyers, war...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Is your home in a flood plain?

When considering the purchase of a home in a flood plain, make sure you are informed about all that is implied by that designation. Just because the home is in what is considered ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Need seen for more senior housing

Aging population expected to boost demand

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Regulators probing Lumber Liquidators

NEW YORK – Lumber Liquidators Holdings is being investigated by federal regulators for possibly selling flooring with high levels of formaldehyde. Consumer Product Safety Commissi...

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Homes sales climb in U.S.

WASHINGTON – Purchases of new homes unexpectedly rose in February to a seven-year high as stronger job gains helped bolster industry activity amid severe weather. Sales climbed 7....

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Gas, oil drilling rights can affect properties

There are 3,329 active gas and oil wells in La Plata County. Because of this, owners, buyers and sellers of real estate face unique circumstances regarding property in our area. I...

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Rising rents push millennials toward homes

BOSTON – Americans in their 20s and early 30s are getting a nudge toward homeownership a decade after sales peaked during the housing bubble. It’s not their nagging parents. It’s rents, whic...

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. home sales rebound slightly in February

WASHINGTON – Slightly more Americans bought homes in February, but tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather point to sluggish sales in the coming few months. ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

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