Business
Harder to sue for home defects?
Statehouse likely to tackle lawsuits as part of effort for affordable housing
Cedar Networks offering premium Internet service in Dolores
New fiber-optic line gives business, schools an edge
Telluride newspaper sold to competitor
The Watch, a weekly that covers Telluride and other communities in the region, has been purchased by the Telluride Daily Planet. The first edition under its new owner will be…
Programmer opens up innovative shop
IOIO Spark Shop offers high-tech solutions, hopes to ignite local creativity
Business Briefs
FSA applications being accepted for assistance Montezuma County Farm Service Agency is accepting applications for 2015 non-insured Assistance Program coverage for non-insurable perennial crops. The sales closing date for alfalfa…
How to shop for health insurance
Here are some changes Colorado customers can expect when they shop for health insurance this year: Subsidies are dropping Good news and bad news –falling insurance rates in many areas…
Hospice named an Enterprise Zone project
Hospice of Montezuma has been approved as an Enterprise Zone Contribution Project by the Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC). This designation allows all donor contributions above $250 or more for…
Options for new terminal carry hefty price tags
Durango aviation director: Doing nothing has costs, too
Francisco’s Restaurante shuts unexpectedly
Durango family still owns building; no decisions made yet
Silverton’s heroic Clark Kent
Esper writes, edits, lays out and delivers the Standard weekly
A mixed bag
Some towns reject marijuana sales in Colorado vote, and cumbersome U.S. tax code keeps pressure on stores
Americans express anger that wages mean less
Since 2009, inflation-adjusted earnings have dropped