How does Durango get its water?

When the river ran orange with mine waste in August, city taps still flowed with clean, usable water. To make sure Durango will have drinking water in a future emergency and to serve eventual...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Fracking has a big water footprint, but that’s not the whole story

Here’s today’s quiz from the energy-water nexus. Pick the correct answer. Shale oil and gas wells that are hydraulically fractured in the United States: a. Consume a total of 250 billion gallons of...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Briefs

Old Journal photos go on display Oct. 22 The Montezuma County Historical Society has hundreds of black-and-white photo negatives donated by the Cortez Journal from the 1950s to ’70s. Dale Davidson...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Forest slammed over Wolf Creek

DENVER – U.S. Forest Service officials were dealt a blow this week when a federal court ruled that the agency unjustifiably withheld documents related to the proposed Village at Wolf Creek...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

City to pay $2.99M for Journal building

The City of Cortez is under contract to purchase the 25,000-square-foot, $2.995 million Journal building from the Ballantine family to house City Hall operations. City Manager Shane Hale said the...

DATE: Oct. 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Donuts, drinks and dinner

A donut shop by day and a full-service restaurant boasting items like escargot, seared ostrich, french-style frog legs, steamed New Zealand fresh green lip mussels, is the latest eatery to set up...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Ads for marijuana go airborne over radio

Durangoans listening to X-Rock-FM (105.3) may have noticed ads for marijuana, whether they’re into the area’s “best buds” or not. The move to advertise for marijuana stores such as Sante...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Star burns bright for 118 years

On April 8, 1897, R.B. Hawkins published the first Silver Star, which a few years later became the Dolores Star. The arrival of the Rio Grande Southern railroad route in 1891 gave Hawkins hope for...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Mercy to offer free prediabetes education

For The Journal People diagnosed with prediabetes are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Effectively managing prediabetes can help prevent diabetes. In...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Leadership Montezuma turns 21

For The Journal Continuing its 21-year legacy, Leadership Montezuma launched the 2015-2016 class year as 18 new people joined in the retreat at The Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez. Leadership...

DATE: Sept. 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Weld likely top gas producer

GREELEY (AP) – Weld County may soon become Colorado’s top county in terms of natural gas production. In the game of musical chairs that characterizes fossil-fuel energy production, no single county...

DATE: Sept. 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango’s small-business center names new head

The new executive director of the Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center is bringing a strong background in academia, small business and economic development in rural areas to her new...

DATE: Sept. 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

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