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Businesses ask for tariff relief as trade war with China rolls on
Trump added more tariffs last week
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Colorado store throws Nike sale in protest of Kaepernick ad
COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs store is trying to permanently get rid of its Nike inventory in light of the company’s recent ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers…
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JetBlue is raising fees on baggage and ticket changes
People wait near the luggage area at Sea-Tac International Airport on Aug. 10 in SeaTac, Wash. An airline mechanic stole an Alaska Airlines plane without any passengers and took off…
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Homegirl Cafe offers ‘platos’ by ex-gang members with hope
LOS ANGELES — In a different time, at another place, and under other circumstances, you might have run away from Latisha Valenzuela and Glenda Alvarenga. But at Homegirl Cafe, a…
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Sales drop could be sign of peril for American muscle cars
DETROIT — Sales of new American muscle cars are falling, raising questions in Detroit and elsewhere about whether a nostalgic, high-horsepower cruising culture that dates to before the 1950s is…
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Silverton named certified business community
The town of Silverton was selected in August as one of four Colorado communities to be designated as a Blueprint 2.0 Certified Small Business Community. The recognition will be used…
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Colorado’s economy winning, but not everyone shares in victory
Some businesses struggle to find qualified workers
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Southwest Colorado ideally situated to lure more tour groups
Illinois tour operator says organized tours ideal to fill shoulder season
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Petrox Resources proposes drill site in San Juan National Forest
The Journal Petrox Resources has proposed developing existing Fruitland coalbed natural gas leases in the Fosset Gulch area east of Bayfield on San Juan National Forest, state, and private lands…
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Film about Hunter S. Thompson to start shooting next week in Silverton
Mountain town standing in for 1970s Aspen
Small Business Administration offers loans to businesses hit by 416 Fire
Deadline to apply is May 24, 2019
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Cortez becomes a top destination for Colorado Life magazine
Magazine’s staff return for ‘gold mine of great stories’
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San Juan Regional Medical Center forms strategic alignment
The Journal San Juan Regional Medical Center and Cerner in Farmington formed a strategic alignment to enhance service delivery capabilities. The strategic alignment will implement clinical information systems, improve patient…
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La Plata CSU Extension will sponsor food safety training
The Journal The La Plata County CSU Extension Office will sponsor ServSafe food safety training in September that was developed by the National Restaurant Association. The two-day classes will be…
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Durango Brewing Co. closes taproom, fires employees, moves to La Junta
Owners said a remodel in 2015 didn’t help business
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Family, community keep Allison Garage humming
Close-knit town makes advertising and computers unnecessary
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TDS Telecommunications offering 600Mbps internet service
The Journal TDS Telecommunications announced Tuesday that it is offering Ultra 600 internet service, with speeds up to 600Mbps, in Cortez. “Ultra 600 is superfast and provides reliable service for…
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Region 9 announces two new board members
The Journal The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has announced that Peyton Heitzman and Tuggy Dunton have joined the Region 9 board of directors as representatives of…