Minimum wage increases could challenge small business

Increases in the minimum wage that will become effective in January may be a challenge for some small businesses. In November, voters approved an increase in the minimum wage from $8.31 per hour to...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Pot shop moratorium proposed

The Durango City Council will likely vote on a 60-day moratorium on new marijuana shops in certain parts of town next week. On Tuesday, councilors asked the city attorney to start work on the...

DATE: Dec. 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Region 9 hires economic development planner

The Journal Jill Seyfarth, a former planner with La Plata County and Durango, is joining the Region 9 Economic Development District as a part-time economic development planner. Through her business...

DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Photo: Small Business Saturday in Cortez

DATE: Nov. 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

After many Durango businesses prepared for overtime rule change, law is blocked by a Texas judge

For the last six months, Durango business have been getting ready for federally mandated changes in overtime pay, but on Tuesday, a Texas judge blocked it just days before it was set to take effect...

DATE: Nov. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

How to get from a record store to an arts district

Kimber Lanning, Local First Arizona’s founder and director, will be a special guest speaker at the Green Business Roundtable in Durango on Dec. 14. A leader in the local economies movement, she...

DATE: Nov. 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Photo: Black Friday in Cortez

DATE: Nov. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

ConocoPhillips to sell off assets in San Juan Basin

ConocoPhillips, the largest operator in the San Juan Basin, a natural gas and oil field that spans across northern New Mexico and Southwest Colorado, will sell off all its assets, the company...

DATE: Nov. 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

SouthWest Colorado Concerts is awarded $4,000 grant

SouthWest Colorado Concerts Inc., recently was awarded a $4,000 Colorado Creates grant from the Colorado Creative Industries Division of the Office of Economic Development. The award was given to...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Job training program seeks seniors 55 and up

The Journal The Senior Community Service Employment Program is seeking low-income unemployed seniors 55 years and older to participate in their paid job training program. The program is committed...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos hosts scavenger hunt, Small Business Saturday

The Journal Small Business Saturday, which provides an incentive to bring customers to Mancos, will feature a scavenger hunt sponsored by the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce and participating...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Mercy is among top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery

The Journal Mercy Regional Medical Center was again recognized as one of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best™ Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery and America’s 100 Best™ Hospitals for Spine Surgery in...

DATE: Nov. 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

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