Economy (general)

Family Dollar’s plan to open Mancos store meets opposition

Family Dollar's presentation was met with protest signs, and several residents spoke out against a proposed store.Mary Shinn/The Mancos Times…

January 22, 2014

Keck honored for economic work

Ed Morlan, executive director of Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado, pats Joe Keck, director of the Southwest…

January 21, 2014

Business

Joe Keck honored for economic work

Ed Morlan, executive director of Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado, pats Joe Keck, director of the Southwest…

January 21, 2014

Learning lab now in action

A new mobile learning lab rolled into Western Excelsior for the first time this week. By providing more training in…

January 17, 2014

Mobile learning lab rolls into action

A new mobile learning lab rolled into Western Excelsior for the first time this week. By providing more training in…

January 14, 2014

Business

100 lose jobless benefits

Long-term aid cut under new budget

January 6, 2014

Hemp farmers plan weekend meeting in Cortez

A 45-year marijuana grower believes hemp farming could revolutionize the local agricultural economy. “Jobs, jobs, jobs,” said Lu Nettleton. “And…

January 3, 2014

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Colo. job growth is expected in 2014

State expansion ranked in top 5 in U.S.

December 11, 2013

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Dolores County helium plant approved for 2014

A new helium plant in Cahone will be built next year and begin operations in 2015.Courtesy of Air Products A…

December 11, 2013

Local News

State job growth expected in 2014

Colorado growth ranked in top 5

December 11, 2013

Local News

Helium plant approved

A new helium plant in Cahone will be built next year and begin operations in 2015.Courtesy of Air Products A…

December 11, 2013

Local News

Helium rises in Dolores County

Extraction facility expected to bring 12 to 14 jobs

December 10, 2013

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Job Corps reopens doors

Jennifer Summers, left, says the Job Corps program saved her life. Babette Kimble is an admission counselor at the newly…

November 12, 2013

Local News

Job Corps returns to Cortez after shutdown The program ‘saved my life,’ graduate says

Jennifer Summers, left, says the Job Corps program saved her life. Babette Kimble is an admission counselor at the newly…

November 11, 2013

Cortez Cash helps lift the local economy

The Cortez Retail Enhancement Association has helped add more than $150,000 to the local economy over the last year. Aiding…

October 7, 2013

Economists forecast slow improvement in state

National politics creates uncertainty, harms growth

September 25, 2013

Economists forecast slow improvement in Colorado

National politics creates uncertainy, harms growth

September 23, 2013

State to help pay for flood recovery

Usually counties and cities foot costs not covered by the feds

September 23, 2013

Day Labor Center affords cash, hope

After working the night shift, Ray Nephew proceeds to the Day Labor Center in Cortez every morning to help make…

September 12, 2013

Tourism numbers a mixed bag

Visitors to the Colorado Welcome Center in Cortez have inched up slightly up this year, but tourism at Mesa Verde…

August 16, 2013

Udall led legislation to end FAA furloughs

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a Sen. Mark Udall-led bill Thursday night to avoid more furloughs of essential…

April 29, 2013

Building boomlet boosts economy

New businesses and new home construction are creating a mini-surge of development and revenues for area towns, prompting optimism about…

April 29, 2013