Business & Agriculture

Francisco’s Restaurante y Cantina, a 46-year-old Main Avenue mainstay, has closed without explanation. The restaurant was purchased last year by Michelle and Dan Featheringill of Santa Fe. They...

SILVERTON – Mark Esper, editor and publisher of the Silverton Standard & the Miner, used to report in war-torn Bosnia and Northern Ireland. “It was good preparation for Silverton,” he said....

Tuesday’s elections meant sweeping victories for the marijuana industry nationally, but in Colorado, the outcome was more of a mixed bag. Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., legalized recreational...

The past few months have been rather hectic for Bealls store manager Jennifer Hermanns. The department store stayed open during remodeling and expansion into the space next door, which had been...

Ever since she was a girl growing up in Dolores, Dyanna Hoffman wanted to help people feel better. When Hoffman was 16, she said she’d drive to Durango and spend hours in the health food store...

There is a new dentist in town, and his brand-new office just opened up a few weeks ago. The Sundance Dental and Orthodontics office, at 111 South Sligo near Walmart and Walgreens, is taking...

The weather was just right Saturday morning as hordes of people poured into the 51st annual Hesperus Ski Patrol Ski Swap. In all, about 2,000 people were expected, most looking for skis,...

Stan Folsom, owner of Doc’s Outdoor Sports and Recreation, is sweetening the pot in his effort to open a marina on McPhee Reservoir. He’s a man on a mission, the type of character needed to...