Poll: Westerners OK with renewable energy

CENTER – It’s back to work for Congress this week, and according to a new bipartisan poll, Coloradans want Washington to continue work on legislation that supports renewable energy and public...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Retail pot sales growing

PAGOSA SPRINGS – Retail marijuana is open for business on the outskirts of Pagosa Springs, drawing local residents and visitors from throughout the Four Corners. Good Earth Meds, a 5-year-old...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Local co-op board recall vote is a go

A group of Durango Natural Foods Co-op members have collected enough signatures to put the removal of the DNF board up to a vote. Board President Geoff Wolf said, in statement, a Sept. 22 board...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

A new home

La Casita de Cortez opened up last week in a new location, one part-owner Dio Espinoza is hoping will mean more customers. La Casita, which was formerly on North Harrison St. across the street from...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Two programs will focus on ancestral Pueblo pottery

Kari Schleher, laboratory director at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, will share her expertise in two events sponsored by the Telluride History Museum. At 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22,...

DATE: Sept. 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Um AÁ Nuu Apag Ad? (Do you speak Ute?)

Lynda Grove d’Wolf learned the Ute language from her grandmother, Bessie Blue Elk Grove, who raised her in Ignacio. Few Southern Ute children nowadays have that experience, and few Southern Utes...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Empire Electric celebrates 75 years of power

Today, electricity is something we seldom think about. With a flick of a switch, it’s readily available to power nearly everything in our lives. In the 1930s, life in rural Montezuma and Dolores...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Local student default rate varies The student loan burden has exploded nationally, and locally about two thirds of local students are taking out federal loans. The student loan burden across the...

DATE: Sept. 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Cortez barber retires after 44 years

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Workshop to address steps of starting a business The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First Southwest Bank are sponsoring a half-day workshop titled “Starting Your Business”...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Flooring company lays down growth

Many miles from any hardwood forest, a milling company in Cortez is on track to sell more flooring this year than ever before. Muscanell Millworks, along with many hardwood flooring companies, was...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Home price gains slow in June

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices increased at a slower pace in June – a cooldown that could continue for several more months. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 8.1...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

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