Retail

As a biologist, Cristin Salaz admits she doesn’t “have much business running a business.” But after two decades spent pursuing her passions – protecting ecosystems and searching for jobs that gave...

Autumn is a time for change and that is true not only for the weather but for the retail scene on Main Avenue, where several shops and restaurants are relocating and some new ones have opened....

A noted landmark honoring long nights drinking in downtown Durango – the brick wall associated with the now-closed Lady Falconburgh’s Barley Exchange – will be coming down. The Cavern Bar and Grill...

Durango’s Sears store will remain open and is not part of the Sears Holding Corp. bankruptcy filed Monday. The Durango store is a franchise of a separate corporation, the Sears Hometown and Outlet...

The Four Corners Motorcycle Rally appears to have met one of its prime missions: boosting late-summer sales for merchants, at least for some Durango merchants. Motorcyclists seem to have kept the...

City of Durango sales tax revenue collected for the month of June came in at $2.22 million, down 5.6 percent from the same month in 2017 – a relief to some the drop wasn’t bigger given the 416 Fire...

When Katzin Music closed this past spring, musicians were left with few local options when it came to buying the supplies they needed. But not long after Katzin’s retail doors closed for good, new...

For Cathy Roberts, working a few shifts as a downtown ambassador is an ideal fit. “I get to walk and talk. It’s the perfect job for me,” Roberts said during a shift early in the tourist season. “I...

Rite Aid in Town Plaza is in the midst of a transition to become a Walgreens by the end of the month. Jim Lashway, a shift supervisor, said the store employs 20 full- and part-time employees, and...

Marketing efforts will ramp up this summer in an effort to reverse the financial harm caused by the 416 Fire and bring tourists to Durango. Durango’s streets have been fairly quiet in recent weeks...

Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the federal government could become available to small businesses in Silverton and Durango hurt by the 416 Fire. Dan Nordberg, regional administrator of the...