Mine cleanup analysis stresses need for federal involvement

A conservation advocacy group recently determined it would cost about $21 billion to clean up the approximately 100,000 abandoned mines across 13 Western states, but what the study truly aims to...

DATE: Dec. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Survey at Fort Lewis College in Durango: Marijuana not a major tourism driver

Tourists stopping in at pot shops are not coming to Colorado specifically for marijuana, a recent survey by a Fort Lewis College professor found. Shortly after marijuana was legalized, the survey...

DATE: Dec. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Southwestern health agencies strive to coordinate care

Most patients assume various providers of health care are in constant communication with one another, but a local group is reminding individuals that’s not always the case. The Center of Excellence...

DATE: Dec. 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Rewards for shopping local

DATE: Dec. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Ballantine fund gives $270,000 in 2015

Since 1957, the Ballantine Family Fund has been supporting good causes in Southwest Colorado. In 2015, the fund granted $270,000 to nonprofits in five counties and to other causes that support the...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Mancos real estate agent wins Re/Max award

Bill Stanley, of Re/Max Mesa Verde Realty, was recently awarded the Re/Max Hall of Fame Award, which honors successful agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Activists campaign against GMO label ban

DENVER – Colorado activists are mounting a campaign to oppose federal legislation that would prohibit states from requiring labeling of genetically modified foods, despite Colorado voters already...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Golden years

It started with an off-hand comment about a local ski team needing a place to practice and has become a key community institution. It’s now 50 years old. Purgatory Resort was founded by oil and gas...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Incoming state tourism director, Cathy Ritter, keenly aware of being positive

DENVER – The incoming director of Colorado tourism has her sights set on activating rural Colorado, which could be a boon to Durango after the world saw the Animas River turn a mustard-yellow....

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Routt County officials welcome coal mine’s sale

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (AP) – The pending sale of the Twentymile Coal Co. Mine outside Steamboat Springs is a piece of rare good coal news for Routt County officials. Peabody Energy said last week it...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Shoppers looking to dial up sales

NEW YORK – If the beginning of the holiday season is any indication, it could be a merry mobile Christmas for shoppers. For the first time, there’s expected to be more people visiting retailers’...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

How tourism officials calculate Gold King Mine spill in ad dollars

When it comes to tarnishing a region’s image in the wake of an environmental disaster, the media can be an accomplice to the disaster itself. The now-famed photograph of the three kayakers afloat...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

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