'Urban Blight' discussed

Abandoned, and often times, unkempt properties dotting the sides of the highways approaching the eastern and southern entrances of Cortez are a thorn in the side of residents and city officials...

DATE: Feb. 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Casino adds parking facility for trucks passing through city

Ute Mountain Casino is in growth mode, officials say, and in response a new parking facility for commercial trucks is now open. The roughly 60-truck capacity lot is directly across from the Travel...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Is Silverton ready for a cleanup?

All around Silverton, where a series of mines – once lucrative, now abandoned – pock the earth like gaping, oozing wounds, the waters course with poison. Silverton resident Melody Skinner said her...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

SW Memorial names new CEO

After almost a year of searching, the Southwest Health System Board of Directors has announced W. Kent Rogers of Oklahoma has been appointed CEO of Southwest Memorial Hospital. Rogers has 16 years...

DATE: Feb. 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Real estate’s top dogs

They came; they saw; and they conquered. Or, rather, they sold. The Durango Area Association of Realtors, which documents sales transactions in Montezuma, San Juan, Archuleta and La Plata counties,...

DATE: Feb. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Community college students provide tax help

Southwest Colorado Community College will host Tax Help Colorado. People who had a household income lower than $53,000 in 2014 is eligible for free income tax preparation through the Tax Help...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Osprey expanding headquarters

Osprey Packs announced Feb. 10 its plans to expand the company’s headquarters in Cortez, a move that will create 14 new jobs. The expanded corporate headquarters, slated to open in the second half...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos Valley Bank, Dolores State merging

The Dolores State Bank and Mancos Valley Bank announced Feb. 13 the two have signed a definitive merger agreement, under which DSB has agreed to acquire MVB. The terms of the agreement were not...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

If made a utility, Internet can help reach ruralites

DENVER – Internet use in Colorado and across the nation soon may be regulated as a utility. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced this week that he will seek to have the...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Mesa Verde a finalist in Sunset awards Sunset magazine plans to hold its first Travel Awards program – and two of the four finalists for Best Cultural Attraction are in Southwest Colorado. Mesa...

DATE: Feb. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Medicine Man now recreational

Main Street marijuana shop Medicine Man has officially branched out into main stream recreational sales.Owner Sherry Garcia confirmed that the shop opened for recreational sales to customers 21 and...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango housing project idles

Durango City Council gave final approval on March 15, 2011, to the first phase of Twin Buttes, a development that, as planned, would encompass up to 595 houses. Situated below two natural buttes on...

DATE: Feb. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

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