Home prices in U.S. rose 5.5 percent

WASHINGTON – Steady job growth, low mortgage rates and tight inventories helped fuel rising U.S. home prices in October. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent...

DATE: Jan. 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

A first option?

The first home has sold, and two more are under contract in the new Silverview community, which will be completed by summer 2016. First-time homeowners Tomas German-Palacios and his wife, Elvia...

DATE: Jan. 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Minimum wage straps local workers

Across Montezuma County, a single mother with a preschooler making minimum wage must work more than two full-time jobs in order to make ends meet. The alarming statistic was recently revealed in a...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico lawmakers seek extension of solar tax credit

ALBUQUERQUE – More than $31 million – that’s how much New Mexico homeowners and businesses spent on solar panels and solar heating systems in 2015 as part of an incentive program offered by the...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota

There’s a dark side to those delightfully low gas prices: Housing markets are slumping in communities that were recently flush from the U.S. shale oil fracking boom. Home sales are down sharply...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango may let businesses provide housing

Employers could build on-site housing for their employees soon in Durango. The new housing option is one of 12 changes to the Land Use and Development Code the Durango Planning Commission...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Body scanner returns to Durango-La Plata County Airport

Passengers departing from the Durango-La Plata County Airport may have noticed something new: The Transportation Security Administration has reinstalled a body scanner. “It allows TSA to process...

DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Ballantine Fund plans new application process

Next week, officials with the Ballantine Family Fund will outline the organizations new online grant application process. Presentations will be made in both Cortez and Mancos on Tuesday, Jan. 5....

DATE: Dec. 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado pot banking case tests federal government’s drug rules

DENVER – A marijuana banking case set for arguments Monday is testing the federal government’s stated goal of addressing the cash-only nature of the quasi-legal pot industry. But should pot sellers...

DATE: Dec. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Kids’ tablets ‘grow up’

NEW YORK – Kiddie tablets have grown up. Tablets designed just for kids are getting more sophisticated as they face increased competition from regular tablets. The new products also have better...

DATE: Dec. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Economic outlook for La Plata County relatively stable

DENVER – The Gold King Mine spill in August will likely have little fiscal impact on La Plata County, according to a Colorado economic outlook report presented Monday. The annual study, conducted...

DATE: Dec. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Briefs

Area farmer to talk about organic certification Should local farmers get certified as organic? Why or why not? Local farmer Linley Dixon will delve into the pros and cons for local farmers and...

DATE: Dec. 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

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