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For the first time in recent history, gasoline prices in Cortez have dropped below $2 per gallon. On Tuesday morning, the Giant Store on East Main was advertising regular gasoline at $1.99 per...
DATE: Jan. 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
In a small shop in Cahone, a big idea was born, and it recently got the attention of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. In his State of the State speech on Jan. 15, Hickenlooper praised River Rim...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Building a new Durango-La Plata County Airport terminal on the east side of the runway may be a little bit more affordable than previously thought, at least at first. The Durango-La Plata County...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Asbestos abatement class offered in Towaoc The Ute Mountain Ute tribe is offering a three-day Class I asbestos abatement certification class on March 3-6. Those who complete the class and pass the...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
After 20 years in farming, Rosie Carter has learned a thing or two about rural life. In 1994, Carter and husband Chuck Barry bought the bones of what would become Stone Free Farm – 60 acres of...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Colorado State University’s experimental research station in Yellow Jacket has the green light to grow and study industrial hemp varieties this spring, according to CSU officials. Speaking at the...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Two bills introduced in Congress this month seek to amend the U.S. Controlled Substance Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of the marijuana drug. “The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
The past two years have been a whirlwind for 19-year-old Mancos resident Easton LaChappelle. He’s given a TED talk, landed a job with NASA, met the president, and last February, founded robotics...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Express your love and contribute to a great cause at the Annual Sweetheart Ball sponsored by the Cortez Cultural Center. On Feb. 14 the traditional Valentine’s Day party will be held at the Baymont...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
DENVER – Two measures introduced by Colorado Republicans aim to compensate mineral-rights owners in the event of a ban on drilling. But Democrats in the Colorado Legislature already are pushing...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
David Habrat has been hired to lead sales efforts at The Cortez Journal and four sister newspapers. Habrat will serve as vice president of sales for the newspaper division of Ballantine...
DATE: Jan. 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business
Standing behind a display window of Sears on Main Street, local cattle industry advocacy group the Southwestern Cowbells gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 21, to hang their latest labor of love – the...
DATE: Jan. 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture
