Business Briefs

Kinder Morgan acquires Hiland Partners Kinder Morgan is buying oil and gas company Hiland Partners in a deal worth $3 billion, including $1 billion in debt. Houston-based KMI said the deal with...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Southwest community college hosts free tax help

Southwest Colorado Community College is offering free tax preparation to anyone with a household income below $53,000. Thirty Internal Revenue Service-certified students and volunteers from SCCC...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Pie Maker opening bakery and cafe

This Valentine’s Day, a new business is hoping to warm hearts and fill stomachs of dessert lovers in Cortez as it opens its doors to the public for the first time.The Pie Maker, Mancos couple Shani...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Heart & Soul is given extension

The Heart & Soul Project has been extended another seven months to implement several of its community enhancement projects, following approval from the Cortez City Council. It’s the final phase of...

DATE: Feb. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Special-crop symposium

A speciality-crop symposium for current and aspiring growers is scheduled March 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center, 1 mile west of Highway 491 in Arriola. The hosts...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Cortez cop starts mobile gaming business

There was a time when a magician or clown was enough to keep a kid’s birthday party going, but times have changed, and in response, a new local business is giving birthday parties a 21st century...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

State considers ban on welfare cards at pot shops

Welfare money or food stamps for marijuana? It’s an urban legend that won’t go away in Colorado, and state lawmakers this year are poised to pass a law clarifying that public benefit cards can’t be...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

County drilling applications jump in ’14

Natural-gas and oil companies filed 87 applications to drill in La Plata County in 2014, more than doubling the previous year’s activity. That doesn’t mean there’s about to be a rush of drilling...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Business Briefs

Special-crop symposium planned at Lewis-Arriola A specialty-crop symposium for current and aspiring growers is scheduled March 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center, 1...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Tiny hydro plant plays big role on big stage

SILVERTON – The water from Arrastra Creek, unused industrially since it served to process precious metals at the Mayflower Mill 60 years ago, has been harnessed again. This time it is powering a...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Historical society wants Goose No. 5

The Galloping Goose Historical Society is requesting that the town of Dolores transfer the title of the Galloping Goose No. 5 over to them. The GGHS is seeking official ownership of the historic...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Dolores bank earns A+ rating

Dolores State Bank has received an A+ financial health rating from consumer information website DepositAccounts.com, based on third quarter 2014 data. The rating puts the Dolores State Bank in the...

DATE: Feb. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

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