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When Pete Turner, founder of burrito chain Illegal Pete’s, decided to offer 401(k) plans to employees a few years ago, it was tedious and time consuming. A staffer now spends 60 hours a year...
DATE: Feb. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Southwest Health System has been recognized for improving patient care and chronic disease management by the Colorado Rural Health Center’s iCare Program. The Primary Care and the Mancos Valley...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
The Journal The CSU Extension Office’s fruit tree project will host a pruning workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 5 at the Yellow Jacket Southwest Colorado Research Station, 16910 County Road Z. ...
DATE: Feb. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Melanie Asmar on February 20, 2020 Nearly every day, Brenna Wann saw staff members take young students, sometimes kicking and screaming, to the “quiet room” of...
DATE: Feb. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
MANCOS – Farmers who have struggled for years with falling commodity prices might have some advice for the wave of newbies who jumped into hemp as the next big thing: Grow up. Hemp biomass prices...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
The purchase of Durango-based Cedar Networks by Toronto-based Ting Internet will likely mean an expansion of the Durango business that builds fiber-optic internet systems in Colorado and New...
DATE: Feb. 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Not surprisingly, quite a few restaurants in environmentally conscious Durango have taken an extra step or two to eliminate the use of single-use plastic items. “We’ve been actively working to...
DATE: Jan. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Jim and Jean Wootton may not have the most sophisticated or biggest winery in Colorado, or even Montezuma County for that matter, but they may have the funnest. The couple, operating as Yellow Car...
DATE: Jan. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Michael French, who in 2007 found Durango the ideal location to telecommute while raising a family, has been named the new executive director of the La Plata County Economic Development Alliance....
DATE: Jan. 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Four years of minimum wage increases in Colorado have put more money into the pockets of La Plata County workers, but some argue it is not enough. Minimum wage increased incrementally from $8.31...
DATE: Jan. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Rural Innovation Strategies Inc. has announced that the Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs has been chosen to participate in the 2020 Rural Innovation Initiative, a technical...
DATE: Jan. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
A booming economy is driving up wages for low-skilled and entry-level jobs across the nation. It’s true in Durango as well, and entry-level and younger workers appear to be the beneficiaries. “It’s...
DATE: Jan. 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
